Prison staff who leaked information about Ghislaine Maxwell’s preferential treatment have been fired, a lawyer for the convicted sex trafficker said.

Maxwell, a longtime associate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was moved to a minimum security prison known as Camp Bryan after meeting with the Justice Department earlier this year. The DOJ interview followed backlash against the Trump administration for its handling of government files related to Epstein.

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[–] 268 points 11 months ago (12 children)

Why is our government so dedicated to protecting elite criminals and their treatment?

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  • [–] 218 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Because our government is run by elite criminals, obviously.

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  • [–] 13 points 11 months ago

    Because they're in solidarity with their own class interests. No doubt that there are a bunch of elected officials who would feature in the Epstein files if they were released in full, but even those that wouldn't still have a vested interest in stabilising the current order. Doing this sets a precedent that even if consequences come for some, they will be protected.

    Not every elected representative is a corrupt asshole, but I'd wager it's the majority. Some of them probably even think they're acting benevolent in acting to reinforce and protect their own power.

    The system isn't broken, it's working exactly as intended.

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    [–] 108 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Facilitate sex trafficking: preferential treatment
    report (leak) wrongdoing: lose job

    Lol.... wtf kind of society is this??

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    Man she sounds like she gives no fucks. Good on her!

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  • [–] 42 points 11 months ago

    I have the absolute most respect for any whistleblower. I dread to imagine what kind of world we'd be in w/o them. Example, Snowden.

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  • [–] 42 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Unless they're planning on killing her this seems like its just as bad for PR as straight up pardoning her.

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  • [–] 30 points 11 months ago

    They've also been transferring prisoners to maximum security prisons who leak information about her treatment.

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    Get that staff on the news and have them do rounds.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    What the fuck.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Pedos helping pedos.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Thank goodness and jolly good too. Heaven forbid that anyone dares to look at the internal processes in place at a (checks nodes) prison.

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago

    This is what we mean when we say there's a two different justice systems.

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