You want to know what I think is probably the truth? There are three main possibilities: that there is no list so its unsurprising that one hasn’t been found; there is but it’s in a storage depot somewhere, next to Caravaggio’s Nativity with St Francis and St Lawrence; there is a list, Pam Bondi had it on her desk then the deep state disappeared it.
67% of Americans polled this week opted for the last option, I’m very much inclined to the first. I don’t think it ever existed because there was no need for it to. Like most rich predators Epstein’s vice was enabled by one or two procurers, of whom Maxwell was the most significant, kept safe from scrutiny by his wealth and lifestyle (many houses, many rooms, many cars, many lackeys, incurious authorities) and not often or at all “shared” with other men, except maybe a prince or two. He didn’t need it to be.
But, as Umberto Eco might have said, the Epstein listers are now everywhere, aided by the fact that they have never existed. And contrary to the old adage, with human beings not only can there be smoke without fire, but today there is almost always smoke without fire. Especially since producing smoke can be both enjoyable and lucrative. It is far more profitable to concoct a list than ever to have been on one. On this issue, weh ist mir, I agree with Trump.
