General Discussion

In the UK, Keir Starmer’s government  has been rocked by revelations of ties between Epstein and Peter Mandelson, whom the prime minister appointed as ambassador to the US.

Raskin noted the files were enough to spark a political firestorm in the UK but not in the US even though Trump – unlike Starmer – is mentioned repeatedly in the files.

“It is a huge political scandal [in Britain], and I’m just afraid that the general coarsening and degradation of American life has somehow conditioned people not to take this as seriously as we should be taking it,” Raskin said, noting that files he has seen contain discussions regarding girls as young as nine years old.

“I hope the whole country is focusing on the absolute gravity of the crisis that we’re in.”