Ex-Reddit CEO Ellen Pao admits to knowing about Epstein sex trafficking

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[–]Trajan 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

How weird it must be to live in a world where knowledge of a whore monger, supplying children to degenerates, does not lead to speaking with law enforcement. I’m glad my world is different.

[–]Kabubum 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Can you be charged just for the knowledge of a crime and not reporting it?

[–]Potato24681 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In this case its possible

[–]CarlDung 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

In some places even planning a criminal act can be punished.

[–]liberty_primer 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I don't think that's the case in the USA. Conspiracy charges usually require some sort of constructive action toward committing the crime.

It can be small though ... I think it could be as small as purchasing the murder weapon with the intent to use it. Merely talking about it and planning has never been a criminal matter to my knowledge.

[–]BravoVictor[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In a court of law? No.

In a court of public opinion? Hell yes.

[–]magnora7 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Everyone knew. It was public knowledge, yet Ghislane was still invited to the party. That's her whole point.

Epstein was investigated by the FBI in 2008. He's a convicted pedophile. Everyone knew this. Everyone knew Ghislane was his associate. So the real person to blame is the person who made the guest list for the party, and I think that's who Ellen Pao is trying to call out.

[–]dissent 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Although I'm all pitchforks you may well be correct here.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I mean there are reasons to be legitimately upset at whoever organized this entrapment party, but Pao is just the messenger. People reacting at Pao like they have is the exact reason more people don't open up about this stuff. She's just saying "this was public knowledge, yet this person was still allowed, isn't that weird?" and I think that's a perfectly reasonable question, despite the fact she asked it a decade after the fact.

The way many people are reacting, it's like going to a party where OJ Simpson shows up and then going "who allowed the murderer here?" and then everyone going "You knew he was murderer? Why didn't you say something!"

[–]dissent 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yup. We ALL knew for years. She was probably as shocked as anyone

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yup. So whoever organized the party is to blame, and probably did it with the intention of it being a mossad-backed entrapment party.

[–]dissent 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fits the current narrative, yes.