{"id":34522,"date":"2019-07-06T22:25:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T02:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=34522"},"modified":"2019-07-06T22:32:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-07T02:32:16","slug":"did-they-arrest-jeffrey-epstein-to-put-pressure-on-trump-secretary-of-labor-alex-acosta-is-up-to-his-eyeballs-in-pedogate-swamp-alligators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/?p=34522","title":{"rendered":"Did they arrest Jeffrey Epstein to put pressure on Trump? Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta is up to his eyeballs in alligators from the Pedogate swamp!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/trump-Epstein.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-124790\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/trump-Epstein.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"932\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Jeffrey Epstein Has Been Arrested For Sex Trafficking of Minors<\/h1>\n<p>ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Epstein has been arrested for allegedly sex trafficking dozens of minors in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005, according\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-of-minors-source\">The Daily Beast<\/a>. Epstein is reportedly due to appear in court on Monday, about 12 years after the 66 year old received a slap on the wrist for allegedly molesting dozens of underage girls.<\/p>\n<p>The new charges claim that &#8220;<strong>Epstein sexually exploited dozens of underage girls in a now-familiar scheme: paying them cash for &#8216;massages&#8217;\u00a0and then molesting or sexually abusing them in his Upper East Side mansion or his residence in Palm Beach.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ep1.png?itok=2viaqxjC\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ep1.png?itok=2viaqxjC\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep1.png?itok=wTYXxFf9 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep1.png?itok=wTYXxFf9 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep1.png?itok=wTYXxFf9 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep1.png?itok=wTYXxFf9 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep1.png?itok=wTYXxFf9 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ep1.png?itok=2viaqxjC 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/ep1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"2f895ec2-7bbd-4638-83ed-d3366734b80b\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Epstein&#8217;s abuse allegations date back more than a decade and have been recently brought to light by his victims and authorities. Up until now, and even in the midst of the #MeToo\u00a0movement, Epstein has been able to avoid any type of meaningful jail time.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"my_spring1\"><\/aside>\n<blockquote><p>In an era where #MeToo has toppled powerful men,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/how-did-trump-and-clinton-pal-jeffrey-epstein-escape-metoo\">Epstein\u2019s name was largely absent<\/a>\u00a0from the national conversation, until the\u00a0<em>Miami Herald<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/local\/article220097825.html\">published a three-part series<\/a>\u00a0on how his wealth, power and influence shielded him from federal prosecution. For years, The Daily Beast reported on Epstein\u2019s easy jail sentence and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-how-the-hedge-fund-mogul-pedophile-got-off-easy\">soft treatment<\/a>\u00a0by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-billionaire-pedophile-goes-free\">which ultimately scrapped a 53-page indictment<\/a>\u00a0against Epstein. An earlier version of Epstein\u2019s plea deal included a 10-year federal sentence\u2014before his star-studded lawyers threatened to go to trial in a case prosecutors feared was unwinnable, in part because Epstein\u2019s team dredged up dirt on the victims, including social media posts indicating drug use.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Employees and associates of Epstein allegedly recruited the girls for Epstein, and some victims also became recruiters themselves. The girls were as young as 14 and police allege that Epstein knew they were underage.\u00a0Epstein&#8217;s attorney, Martin Weinberg, declined to comment Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein has been accused of transporting young women on his private jet to facilitate the abuse, according to his alleged victims. For more background on the allegations already made in lawsuits, and in the public domain against Epstein, read the full Daily Beast article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-of-minors-source\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png?itok=hDTYgKKj\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png?itok=hDTYgKKj\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png?itok=tbmkaDG- 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png?itok=tbmkaDG- 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png?itok=tbmkaDG- 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png?itok=tbmkaDG- 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png?itok=tbmkaDG- 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png?itok=hDTYgKKj 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/ep%202_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"425e16e2-fa34-469f-8d37-c9c979473251\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<aside id=\"in-content-dianomi\" class=\"placement placement-embedded placement-dianomi\"><\/aside>\n<p>Recall, back in 2017, we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-11-24\/former-secret-service-agent-threatens-reveal-new-details-about-clinton-epstein-conne\">wrote about<\/a>\u00a0former secret service agent Dan Bongino threatening\u00a0to reveal new details about Bill Clinton\u2019s 26 documented trips aboard notorious pedophile Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s private jet, nicknamed the \u201cLolita Express.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bongino dropped a ominous-sounding threat at the time: \u201c&#8230;people know things not yet released publicly about your messiah Hillary. Don\u2019t poke the bear loser, you may not like the results. #Epstein #EmailGate,\u201d tweeted Bongino.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are unfamiliar with his story, Jeffrey Epstein is a New York City financier who pled guilty in 2008 to a single count of soliciting sex from an underage girl. He eventually spent 13 months in prison and was forced to register as a level three sex offender (considered the highest risk of re-offending) though stories of his lust for girls as young of 12 have spread like wildfire in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Epstein allegedly installed beds in his custom jet, and also purportedly filmed powerful men during romps with underage girls to obtain materials for blackmail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ds.png?itok=bkOY9NNw\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/ds.png?itok=bkOY9NNw\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ds.png?itok=chcrwUVk 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ds.png?itok=chcrwUVk 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ds.png?itok=chcrwUVk 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ds.png?itok=chcrwUVk 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/ds.png?itok=chcrwUVk 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ds.png?itok=bkOY9NNw 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/ds.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"307\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"d9bce8e1-c72c-4ed7-9b39-c03b39bb7728\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Fox News, Epstein allegedly had a team of traffickers who procured girls as young as 12 to service his friends on Epstein\u2019s \u201cOrgy Island,\u201d an estate on Little St. James in the US Virgin Islands. Epstein now lives permanently in the US Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton chose to continue his association with Epstein even after the lurid trial, according to the Alliance to Rescue Victims of Trafficking, \u201ceveryone within his inner circles knew was a pedophile.&#8221; Speculation that Clinton was involved with Epstein was noted in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-05-29\/bill-clinton-was-here-elite-one-percent%E2%80%99s-orgy-island-exposed\">Bill Clinton Was Here&#8221;: The Elite One-Percent\u2019s &#8216;Orgy Island&#8217; Exposed<\/a>.&#8221; An article by the now defunct Gawker titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/gawker.com\/flight-logs-put-clinton-dershowitz-on-pedophile-billio-1681039971\">Flight Logs Put Clinton, Dershowitz on Pedophile Billionaire\u2019s Sex Jet<\/a>&#8221; added to speculation about Clinton&#8217;s troubling relationship with the convicted sex offender.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2017, we\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-11-24\/former-secret-service-agent-threatens-reveal-new-details-about-clinton-epstein-conne\">revealed the full flight logs\u00a0<\/a>from Epstein&#8217;s &#8220;Lolita Express&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" title=\"Epstein Flight Manifests\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/365409235\/content?start_page=1&amp;view_mode=scroll&amp;show_recommendations=true&amp;access_key=key-tHp7LfYzBvN1gN5G0RTP\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-aspect-ratio=\"null\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-07-06\/jeffrey-epstein-has-been-arrested-sex-trafficking-minors-0\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-07-06\/jeffrey-epstein-has-been-arrested-sex-trafficking-minors-0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cosmicconvergence.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}