Derec, apparently there are plenty of images, still and video. I’ve read enough to know that, unless you wish to believe that the videos and other images and the email conversations between Epstein and a lot of others are fake, there IS plenty of evidence. What Andrew is being most investigated further and charged with is corruption of the business kind.
Unfortunately, there is question about the integrity of the data. It's like Biden's laptop drive--some is true, but there's reason to suspect tampering.
I think most of it is true, but it's not courtroom level evidence. I suspect this is quite intentional--plant fake stuff in it so it's not possible to prove what is real and what isn't.
Why is there reason to suspect tampering??
And why is t the testimony of many women sufficient?
Because it isn't enough to convict, at least the accusation. If additional information can be provided that helps demonstrate the case, that helps, but a lot of this is simply accusatory and the guys who are being accused will deny it. So much time has passed in these cases. There are no rape kits, no physical evidence. So you need to place this person with the accused, which could be possible. But then the defense is,
it wasn't me who did it.
Think of it like getting a mob boss. There are crimes clearly being committed, but convicting on those crimes, particularly the up aboves, is ridiculously hard. You need someone to talk. With any luck, Prince Andrew will talk.
People have been contacting authorities about violence towards minors for 30 years!
I'd say one of the biggest unaddressed crimes was the sweet deal in Florida that Epstein received. And if it weren't for the press, Miami Herald, we wouldn't even have this thread.