From: To: Cc: Subject: DAILY BEAST; How Did !rump and Clinton Pal Jeffrey Epstein Escape #Me loot Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:08:44 +0000 Importance: Normal How Did Trump and Clinton Pal Jeffrey Epstein Escape #MeToo? Call him Weinstein 1.o: The billionaire with famous friends (Kevin Spacey, Woody Allen) was a secret pervert who used his power and influence to groom teens for abuse. As the Harvey Weinsteins of the world get their comeuppance in the press and in court, another serial predator walks free. Last month, after a flood of allegations by Hollywood actresses, Weinstein was indicted on rape and criminal sex act charges in New York. The disgraced Hollywood executive stands accused of assaulting one woman in 2004 at Miramax headquarters in TriBeCa and raping another woman at a Midtown hotel nine years later. He has pleaded not guilty to these crimes. Since Weinstein's reign of terror was exposed and ignited a #MeToo reckoning other powerful men have found themselves publicly censured or even toppled over their dark pasts and allegations of sexual misconduct. But the Weinstein Effect seems to have spared one Jeffrey Epstein—a 65-year-old billionaire and convicted sex offender who's palled around with former President Bill Clinton Prince Andrew Kevin Spacey Woody Allen and other high-flying friends whose names were revealed in his "little black book" and flight logs for his private jet. Many of them enjoyed jaunts to Epstein's private Caribbean island and mansions in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida. Even President Trump was among the deviant philanthropist's admirers. "I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy," Trump told New York in 2002. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it—Jeffrey enjoys his social life." EFTA00065479