Department Obstructing Justice (DOJ): Epstein Sex-Trafficking Conviction Functioned More Like Firewall than a Breakthrough
A federal sex-trafficking case ended with a conviction, a long prison sentence, and a grotesque paradox: children were trafficked, crimes were proven, lives were destroyed—and yet, legally speaking, there was almost no one to traffic them to. The justice system established that abuse happened, that it was organized and deliberate, and then quietly stopped short of answering the only question that matters: who else was in the room?
Veteran investigative journalist and 20-year Epstein Expert Nick Bryant is available for interviews on this latest revelation. He is also the author of The Franklin Scandal: a Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal Bryant has referred to the Franklin Scandal as a “Carbon Copy” of the Epstein scandal. The Epstein files produced an email from 2011 in which Epstein’s orbit was made aware of “Nick Bryant” as someone who was causing a problem.
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Recording of Alfredo Rodriguez, talking to an agent about Epstein’s Black Book that Bryant eventually acquired:
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Despite the release of roughly three million pages of Epstein-related material, senior officials are asserting something extraordinary: that there is no evidence Jeffrey Epstein trafficked underage girls to other powerful men. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has publicly made this claim, echoing similar testimony from FBI Director Kash Patel during a Senate hearing. The message from the top is strikingly uniform—and deeply at odds with what the public has long been told, what victims have alleged, and what prior court records suggest.
This raises a central question Bryant can unpack: if Epstein was not trafficking girls to others, then what exactly was the criminal enterprise for which he and Ghislaine Maxwell were prosecuted?
Maxwell’s case only deepens the mystery. She was convicted on serious federal charges tied to the sexual exploitation of minors yet later received treatment that legal experts describe as virtually unheard of—being transferred to a minimum-security facility despite convictions that typically mandate far harsher confinement. The disparity has fueled suspicions of preferential treatment and has renewed scrutiny of whether the justice system is protecting certain interests rather than pursuing full accountability.
Most troubling is the disconnect between official statements and victim testimony. Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent victims, repeatedly and explicitly identified individuals to whom she said she was trafficked. Those named include the man formerly identified as Prince Andrew, as well as a former prime minister widely believed to be Ehud Barak. Her claims were not vague or hypothetical; they were specific, consistent, and made under oath in civil proceedings. Yet the current Justice Department posture appears to dismiss the entire trafficking-to-others framework outright.
Bryant can examine how this stance effectively nullifies victim accounts without disproving them—and why that matters. If federal authorities now assert there is no evidence of third-party trafficking, are they redefining evidence, ignoring it, or shielding it? And what does it mean when massive document releases produce less clarity, not more?
At stake is more than the Epstein case itself. It’s the credibility of federal law enforcement and the Justice Department’s willingness to follow evidence wherever it leads—even when it implicates powerful figures. Increasingly, critics argue that DOJ has become less a Department of Justice than a Department of Obstructing Justice.
Bryant’s voice is critical now, as the official narrative hardens and the window for real accountability quietly closes.
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Click here to see Kurt Metzger encourage Joe Rogan to have Nick Bryant on his show: https://youtu.be/LIhkYiYLON0?si=UokiQyqW5IQ32lic&t=5477
Optional Q&A:
- Who, if anyone, besides Jeffrey Epstein was ever legally identified as a recipient of trafficked girls in Ghislaine Maxwell’s criminal case?
- Why did federal prosecutors choose to narrow the case so tightly around Epstein rather than pursue a broader trafficking network?
- What is the legal difference between trafficking someone to a person versus grooming and facilitating abuse under federal law?
- Which high-profile individuals were named by accusers in civil cases or depositions, and why were those names absent from the criminal trial?
- How did Epstein’s death shape the strategy, scope, and limits of the prosecution against Maxwell?
- What evidence or testimony existed that was ruled inadmissible or simply never introduced at trial?
- Why is the idea of a “client list” so persistent in public discourse despite never being part of the case?
- What unanswered questions remain about accountability beyond Maxwell, and is there any realistic legal path to resolving them now?
ABOUT NICK BRYANT…
Nick Bryant is an investigative journalist and director of www.EpsteinJustice.com He spent seven years investigating a child sex trafficking network that was covered up by state and federal authorities, culminating in The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse, and Betrayal. The trafficking network I wrote about in The Franklin Scandal has been the focal point of considerable misinformation and/or disinformation on the Internet. Individuals who, perhaps, suffer from psychiatric disorders have woven the Illuminati and shape shifting reptilian ETs into the narrative.
But the book’s foremost transgressor has been Wikipedia. The “Franklin child prostitution ring allegations” Wikipedia page has been under siege by unscrupulous Wikipedia “editors,” and they’ve intentionally made it nonsensical.
The Franklin Scandal and the Epstein scandal are quite similar in the sense that both child trafficking networks were covered up by state and federal authorities and the mainstream media has been complicit, because it never demanded justice for the children whose lives had been disfigured. I started investigating the Epstein network in 2012, when I acquired his “Little Black Book”—seven years before the case broke nationally. I pitched an article on the Little Black Book for three years to mainstream media outlets, but, like The Franklin Scandal, my pitches were met with unbridled skepticism and incredulity.
In 2015, finally, Gawker published the Little Black Book and accompanying articles. I found it ironic that Gawker, considered to be the mean kids in the media, had the fortitude to publish a story about children whose lives have been disfigured with impunity, whereas media outlets ostensibly immersed in integrity had rejected the story.
His latest book, The Truth About Watergate: A Tale of Extraordinary Lies and Liars, details the false narrative that our history books have imparted about the infamous Watergate affair.
ABOUT PETER SHINN…
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Pete Shinn is the Associate Director of www.EpsteinJustice.com and has an extensive background in the U.S. Air Force as a trainer, journalist, and adult educator. He also served as an executive officer for the Continental NORAD Region Air Operations Center, and as a liaison between the Secretary of the Air Force and U.S. Senate Appropriators.
Beginning in 1989, Shinn began providing interactive diversity and inclusion training to Air Force audiences. In 2008, Shinn was selected to provide leadership, communications, problem solving, and critical thinking skills training at the U.S. Air Force Officer Training School. In 2010, he deployed with the Iowa National Guard to provide agricultural training to farmers in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province.
After returning from Afghanistan, he provided interactive training on the intersection between agriculture and national defense to a variety of organizations, including the National Agri-Marketing Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Pork Board, and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, among others. Pete retired from the Air Force in October 2020 after 36 years of service. He is currently a co-creator at Shinnfluence LLC, a family media and training business.
Pete’s major military awards include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and the U.S. Army Combat Action Badge. His major civilian awards include the 1998 Nebraska Broadcaster’s Association Gold Service to Agriculture Award, the National Association of Farm Broadcasting President’s Award in 2004 and 2005, and an Emmy Award in 2012 for Best Military Program.
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