General Discussion

with the feeding frenzy surrounding the Epstein files. America never could handle sex in general, especially when linked to scandal and hyped by the media into spectacle, so especially not now. Thus the timing may prove beneficial to the plaintiffs. While child porn did not become illegal in the USA until 1978 (hence, I think, the reference to "the sixties" above), statutory rape was a thing for pretty much all Hef's life, in most states anyway.

Now me, I wonder whether releasing Epstein's files will be seen by some judges as "unfairly prejudicial" to defendants in future Epstein-related lawsuits, and perhaps even have a spill-over effect into other, unrelated matters. My suspicious mind also wonders if that IS the purpose of the current Khanna/Massie push. I also wonder: what the Biden Justice Department was doing for four years? Did they gather some/most/all of this stuff, or does some/most/all of it predate them, since Epstein died during Trump 1.0? No idea, me. But I wonder what the backstory is here; while at the same time doubting we'll ever get it.