Not sure how ‘convenient’ this is when his death will dominate the headlines for a while and consequently amplify the accusations against him and associates. It’ll feed every conspiracy going. More attention is drawn to the wrong’uns by this happening really, I think they’d have preferred something quieter.
This strikes me as a method of last resort. The extent and gravity of the crime perhaps necessitates it - that is, the public can easily understand what's gone on here. There's no real way to spin this, no amount of PR flak that can stop a clear statement of involvement with underage prostitution. If this were a financial crime, where millions of people had been screwed out of their livelihoods, the parties implicated could always blanket the media with garbage about how careful the companies will be next time, what a mistake they've made, etc, and rely on generalized ignorance about the nuances of economics - see Wells Fargo for a basic example. I once made a dollar fifty filling out a survey asking me repeated questions about what I knew about 'negative coverage' of Wells Fargo in the media. They were paying a survey company to see what the public knew, so they knew how much to spin, and what they should be spinning. With Epstein, though, it's not really possible to bullshit your way out of it if he decides to squeal. Everyone knows what underage sex is - there's no ambiguity and no escape hatch. That means he has to die. Even if it fuels speculation, it will only stay speculation and it can always be called a "conspiracy theory". It'll always just be one of those "controversial" things, where anyone involved can always weasel out with "well, we don't have any hard proof".
That's the pessimistic outlook, of course. The future has yet to be written, and perhaps other testimony can bring down some of the people involved - but with Epstein himself gone, the cases will be a lot harder compared to what they would have been with his cooperation. Perhaps impossible.
Obviously all of this is just speculation, and I'm not even that well-read on the case, and barely know anything about my own legal system. But this right here is the most obviously corrupt thing I believe I've ever seen in the USA in my lifetime in terms of the extent and ... diversity? of the people involved. There's so many people linked to Epstein it boggles the mind, and I really thought my mind was kind of un-bogglable these days. I guess it's just the result of the sexual nature of the case - probably an artifact of power in general, without a political or financial motive, so it affects a larger number of people?
Is that just tautology or is it protesting too much?
