Jeffrey Epstein

Trump to accused sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘I wish her well.’ Message received?

~ Michael Stevenson ~ 1 Comment

Maxwell, who prosecutors say helped groom underage girls for multimillionaire sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein, is in a federal jail awaiting trial.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wished alleged sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell “well” after he was asked about her case during a news briefing at the White House largely focused on the coronavirus.

“I haven’t really been following it too much. I just wish her well, frankly,” Trump said when asked for his thoughts on whether she could turn on powerful men such as Britain’s Prince Andrew, who prosecutors have been seeking to question in connection with her case.

Maxwell is currently being held without bail in federal lockup while awaiting trial for allegedly helping transport minors for sexual activity in the 1990s and then lying about it under oath. Prosecutors said she “played a critical role” in helping multimillionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein identify, “befriend and groom minor victims for abuse.” She has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty.

Trump, who was photographed with Maxwell and Epstein numerous times before Epstein was first charged in the mid-2000s, said Tuesday “I’ve met her numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach, and I guess they lived in Palm Beach. But I wish her well, whatever it is.”

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It’s just not Woking: Prince Andrew has already ruined The Crown 

~ Michael Stevenson ~ Leave a comment

The thought of having to wait a decade for the Netflix take on the most staggering spectacle of our time – Prince Andrew’s interview – is torture

Does anyone else wish The Crown would get a bloody move on? Because, sure, despite the new intake of actors, the third season of The Crown is exactly the same as the previous two. It’s slow and staid and sumptuous, and largely about a very rich woman who basically has a very nice time without any sort of incident most of the time. It’s good and impressive and all, but there isn’t exactly a lot of high drama.

I can’t speak for everyone but the reason I keep watching is because The Crown is, to all intents and purposes, Better Call Saul With Corgis. The drama isn’t in what we see onscreen, but what we all know will definitely happen later. There will be death. Divorce. Windsor Castle will burn down. Prince Charles will get married to Princess Diana, but declare his wish that he was another woman’s tampon. Prince Harry will dress up like a Nazi. And Prince Andrew will deny having sex with a minor at the behest of the world’s most notorious billionaire paedophile shortly after having a pizza in Woking.

This last one has prompted the biggest crisis the monarchy has had to face for over two decades, and there’s a real sense that the whole thing will end in total disaster if it isn’t handled with extreme care. Everything is going wrong, and we still cannot rule out the possibility that The Crown will end with Queen Elizabeth undertaking the royal equivalent of opening a Cinnabon in Nebraska. That’s dramatic tension, not countless scenes of Prince Philip demonstrating an appropriate level of excitement about the moon landing. Continue reading →