After a lot of ‘will they, won’t they’ speculation, the notorious ‘Jeffrey Epstein’ documents have entered the public domain and there is more to come. Hundreds of pages containing high-profile names were unsealed by a US judge where it was stressed that being named in no way implied or suggested wrongdoing.

For those hoping for a huge ‘gotcha!’ moment, it was a bit of a letdown.

It was especially a letdown for the far-left, who desperately wanted former President Donald Trump to be caught up in the Epstein saga to balance out all the Democrats. Instead, the documents exonerated Trump from the left’s network of false claims, quieting the screech of social media. First Russia Collusion and now Epstein. All their desperate fictions are disintegrating leaving Trump a smidgen closer to the White House.

Sky News Australia interviewed former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, who said of the unsealed documents, ‘A lot of smoke but no fire … there are no new allegations of wrongdoing by any of these very very famous people. While [the documents are] somewhat salacious and interesting, it doesn’t seem to change anyone’s position about what went wrong with Mr Epstein.’

Mulvaney went on to quote former President Trump, who said of Epstein, ‘He’s – like – Mick, you know, this guy is like really weird and I had him banned from Mar-a-Largo.’

The sad truth about the latest document release is that most of its contents will circle the pages of the Daily Mail for a few months before migrating onto dodgy online forums where the information will mutate and evolve, spawning another era of conspiracy and intrigue. Which is exactly what those under suspicion desire.

The more unbelievable these stories get, the more unlikely it is anyone will be brought to justice.

Those seeking justice should do everything possible to keep the Epstein story grounded in its indisputable facts and work from there, collecting one truth at a time.

There are some things that we know. Jeffrey Epstein has a prior sex offence conviction and a pattern of behaviour surrounding soliciting sex along with a string of court cases. His final arrest was on suspicion of sex trafficking in 2019 and Ghislaine Maxwell, his long-term companion, is serving 20 years for related offences. It is an abuse of reality that none of their presumed powerful shadowy clients have been arrested.

Epstein presided over a sex trafficking empire with … no customers. Or so we are supposed to believe.

If the reports of hidden cameras are true, Epstein did not only build an empire of ‘pleasure’ but a honey trap to solidify power through fear and blackmail. This may go a long way toward explaining the vast stretches of silence from the so-called ‘greater good’ class of #MeToo progressives.

This notable void in the justice system punctuated by a lack of Epstein clients has helped to fuel the theatrical nature of the Epstein story. People are fascinated by mysteries and this terrible saga has its fair share of unanswered questions. Questions such as, if no one has been arrested for using Epstein’s services, are the authorities protecting them? Who is powerful enough to warrant any such potential interference with the justice system?

These are perfectly reasonable questions to which we have been given no satisfactory explanation.

Epstein’s list of friends and visitors includes the most powerful people in the world. No doubt the vast majority of these are part of his network-building agenda. Epstein made it his business to force his way into influential circles and as a result, there are likely a huge number of innocent people caught up in this nightmare.

I am less sympathetic toward those with the power of the State behind them. What is their excuse for ignorance? How plausible is it to say a President or Prime Minister didn’t know they were hitching a ride on the Lolita Express? What sort of intelligent, discerning politician fails to ask follow-up questions about a mysterious billionaire whose private jet was nicknamed after the banned Russian-American novel centred on hebephilia – the ‘strong, persistent sexual interest by adults in pubescent children who are in early adolescence’ – and a professor who kidnaps a 12-year-old to sexually abuse? A plane that, far from being fitted as a business jet for high-profile meetings, was designed to compliment a queen-sized bed and its 70s-themed red velvet décor. No questions at all?

Since Epstein’s death, the alleged victims have been forced to pursue the crimes of a dead man in order to unmask the sins of the living.

Epstein was arrested in July 2019 by the FBI-NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force and found dead in his cell at Metropolitan Correctional Centre in August of the same year. As the chief client of the sex trafficking ring, Epstein’s testimony under oath promised to shake the establishment and its rarefied atmosphere of elite off their lofty perches and into jail cells. All the alleged power he held was about to be transferred to the justice system.

His death increased the likelihood that those who participated in his activities would escape justice. Epstein’s lifeless body represented the slamming of the evidence book leaving investigators and the press to hunt around the remnants of his empire, thrashing their way through the forested life of a bizarre man.

‘Epstein did not kill himself’ is a suspicion that grew out of disbelief and frustration regarding Epstein’s reported suicide, with legitimate questions being asked about the feasibility of such an act taking place while a high-profile man was in custody.

After pleading not guilty, he was denied bail and held in custody while the eyes of the world’s media watched. He was meant to have a cellmate. He was meant to be closely monitored.

Despite the allure of powerful people organising a ‘hit’ on Epstein, it’s possible he really did kill himself.

Epstein was a creature of vanity bred out of desperate insecurity. Could this be a consequence of his rags-to-riches rise? The maths teacher who became a ‘billionaire’. Those who have shared their interactions with Epstein spoke of a man with a painfully short attention span who struggled to keep up with the conversation of his intellectual peers, eventually reducing most conversations to crude comments about sex or women. As with so many individuals with too much money and no day job, the ‘philanthropic’ ventures that interested him revolved around eugenics and transhumanism. During the year of his arrest, the New York Times reported that Epstein had said he wished ‘to seed the human race with his DNA’. The article went on to discuss Epstein’s alleged wish to turn his New Mexico property into a place where women could be ‘inseminated with his sperm and would give birth to his babies’. His mind was a strange place – maybe even unravelling.

His fortune, like his reputation, appears to be largely fabricated. He was rich, but not fabulously wealthy as he pretended. To this day, we still have no idea how he managed to amass his assets. It is unlikely Epstein’s life would stack up kindly under the microscope of court with the press pecking and pulling at the threads of his life.

A proud, insecure person may very well behave as Epstein is alleged to have done in that cell, pondering the end of his world. It is worth mentioning that it’s likely an earlier attempt was made on his life while Epstein was awaiting trial in July. He was treated for neck bruising at the infirmary following a suspected hanging attempt.

At the time, a lawyer for some of the accusers said, ‘We want him [Epstein] to remain alive to face the justice and accountability which is so long overdue. And it’s coming.’

If someone tried to kill him the first time, Epstein made no attempt to tell anyone. Adding suspicion, or perhaps incompetence, the surveillance video that was specifically requested to be preserved and presented to court was deleted. As Epstein’s former cellmate said, this revelation was ‘deeply troubling’.

When it comes to Epstein’s second successful attempt to hang himself, the number of things that had to go wrong are astonishing but possible. Everyone is asking, ‘Did Epstein kill himself?’ Perhaps they should be asking, ‘Was Epstein given the opportunity to kill himself…’ Like leaving a syringe out for a heroin addict, it may be that we have been looking at this from the wrong angle. But it is idle speculation.

Some of those who failed to conduct their duties properly have already been charged, but the list of failures that led to Epstein ending up in a jail cell – dead – are almost as long as Epstein’s infamous black book.

‘Epstein didn’t kill himself’ has become a catch-cry. A declaration against the establishment. An acknowledgement that the wheels of power are crushing civilisation and we can feel our bones breaking.

Comedian Ricky Gervais sounded it off as a warning during his Golden Globe speech. ‘…he obviously didn’t kill himself. Just like Jeffrey Epstein. Shut up. I know he’s your friend, but I don’t care.’

There were awkward faces in the audience – nervous expressions – but it is what Gervais said next that made it one of the most important speeches of the century.

‘Apple roared into the TV game with The Morning Show, a superb drama about the importance of dignity and doing the right thing, made by a company that runs sweatshops in China. Well, you say you’re Woke but the companies you work for in China – unbelievable. Apple, Amazon, Disney. If ISIS started a streaming service you’d call your agent, wouldn’t you? So if you do win an award tonight, don’t use it as a platform to make a political speech. You’re in no position to lecture the public about anything. You know nothing about the real world. Most of you spent less time in school than Greta Thunberg.’

It is this sentiment that surrounds the question of Epstein. This is not about one man’s depravity, it’s a crack in the wall of power through which we may glimpse something far more frightening.

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Alexandra Marshall is an independent writer. If you would like to support her work, shout her a coffee over at donor-box.

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