A dozen victims of deceased, influential pedophile Jeffrey Epstein are now suing the U.S. government over allegations that the FBI not only allowed, but enabled, his sex trafficking operations for more than 20 years.
The victims, who remain anonymous in the suit, say that as early as 1996, the FBI got credible tips about Epstein’s role in his criminal sex trafficking ring but willfully chose not to investigate.
BREAKING: A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein have sued the U.S. government, accusing the FBI of allowing and enabling his sex trafficking for two decades.
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BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein victims have sued the FBI, alleging a coverup by the organization to protect powerful American individuals and businesses
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Jeffrey Epstein victims sue FBI for alleged failure to investigate 'sex trafficking ring for the elite' https://t.co/x36GKspN3K
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The Hill has more details on the lawsuit:
A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein sued the U.S. government Wednesday, accusing the FBI of allowing and enabling his sex trafficking for two decades.
The anonymous victims alleged that the FBI had received credible tips about Epstein’s sex trafficking operation as early as 1996 but did not investigate them.
A probe finally began in 2006, the suit says, but ended once Epstein pleaded guilty to a soliciting prostitution charge in Florida and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. The suit claims the FBI continued to ignore tips until Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2019. He killed himself in prison months later.
“As a direct and proximate cause of the FBI’s negligence, plaintiffs would not have been continued to be sex trafficked, abused, raped, tortured and threatened,” the suit reads. “Jane Does 1-12 bring this lawsuit to get to the bottom — once and for all — of the FBI’s role in Epstein’s criminal sex trafficking ring.”
The plaintiffs also allege that the FBI had evidence of crimes that the agency refused to pursue.
The New York Post also reported:
A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing the FBI of covering up its failure to investigate the late financier, enabling his sex trafficking to continue for more than 20 years.
The victims, using Jane Doe pseudonyms, said the FBI received credible tips as early as 1996 that Epstein trafficked young women and girls, yet failed to interview victims or share what it knew with federal and local law enforcement.
Victims said the FBI finally began a probe in 2006, but ended it two years later after Epstein pleaded guilty to a Florida prostitution charge, and kept ignoring tips until his July 2019 arrest.
Epstein committed suicide a month later.
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