Things are about to get very, very, very interesting for a lot of powerful people now that Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested. Sounds like many have ‘protected’ this monster for a long, long time and it’s all about to come out.
Like this thread from Vicky Ward about a piece she tried to write on Epstein for Vanity Fair back in 2002.
Nearly 20 years ago.
In 2002, I was assigned to write a profile of Jeffrey Epstein for Vanity Fair. This was that piece. But what was published was far from the whole story. https://t.co/XzWG9ewPip
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Just wait …
I uncovered many concrete, irrefutable examples of strange business practices and it soon became quite clear: Jeffrey Epstein was most certainly not who and what he claimed to be.
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
I was a little mystified at how benignly he responded to my questions about his suspicious business activities. The thing I noticed was that he was *much* more focused on another topic: He would ask me again and again, “What do you have on the girls?”
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Yikes.
I did indeed have something “on the girls”—three remarkably brave first-person accounts from a mother and her two daughters about how Epstein had tried to seduce both daughters, the younger sister then only 16.
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Double yikes.
After I filed the piece, I was told that Graydon Carter was cutting the testimony of Maria Farmer, her mother, and her sister from the piece, erasing all mention of these brave women who had come forward with their stories of abuse.
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Now, why or why would Vanity Fair have done that?
I confronted Graydon, asking why he was doing something that seemed so clear to me to be so wrong.
“He’s sensitive about the young women” was his answer.
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Seriously?
I have thought often about the fact that if my piece had been published in full—with the names and stories of these women—the FBI may have come after Epstein sooner and perhaps some of his victims would have been saved.
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
The thing about Jeffrey Epstein is that people KNEW this. See Trump’s comment back in 2002 about Epstein liking “beautiful women…many of them on the younger side.”
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Seems people of all political persuasions and positions of power knew … and many said nothing.
Like Ellen Barkin for example.
From Page Six in March 2016: “When the Russian girls arrive in the city, they already have Jeffrey’s phone number.” https://t.co/kOSBtOZjtZ
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
No words.
For years, Jeffrey Epstein operated in plain sight. He was untouchable. His money and connections bought him the ability to evade justice.
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Clearly.
Jeffrey Epstein’s friendships are not insignificant. They are a BIG part of this story. He has been insulated by those he could be capable of taking down. https://t.co/36ONa5Ee9Z
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Epstein is connected to Bill Barr: https://t.co/oICrIewlC8
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Epstein is connected to Trump Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta: https://t.co/VqLvD81sT6
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
I urge you to back and read @jkbjournalist’s 3-part series “Perversion of Justice” that started all of this. It is a stunning expose on this egregious miscarriage of justice: https://t.co/wMabIUgnGL
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
I tried to expose Jeffrey Epstein for what he is and I was silenced. Everyone who knew about Epstein was—silenced by people with more money and power and influence. Now that silence is over. It’s time for the truth to see the light.
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
There are some injustices that maybe only time can right. And that time has now arrived.
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) July 8, 2019
Let’s hope she’s right.
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