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as well as Age of Consent complications (which is 16 or 17 in over 2/3'rds of the states), as well as issues with the fact that most sex crimes are state-level crimes (the Feds have jurisdiction only in specific circumstances), as well as budgeting issues because trying to take down a rich/powerful person for an alleged sex crime is going to end up very expensive because they will have very competent lawyers.

And then there's the problem that the girls wouldn't have been, like, given the men's business cards or phone numbers. Ergo, proving "identities" period could've been a stumbling block in many cases. "Old guy, between 60 and 90, overweight, thinning grey hair, wore glasses" probably isn't going to suffice in an indictment.

And on top of all that, Federal prosecutors are well-known for NOT wanting to bring cases unless they're pretty damn certain they can win them.

Put it all together, and it isn't THAT surprising that only Epstein and Maxwell themselves were ever indicted, imho. And it is not evidence of "corruption" on the part of the DoJ.

At least, not when Obama/Biden were in charge.