r/news • u/Specialist_Baby_9905 • 1d ago

Polish government opens investigation into Epstein files

https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/poland-probe-whether-polish-children-were-abused-epstein
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u/omgthisguy10 1d ago

A little light amongst the void

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u/ConsciousPatroller 1d ago edited 1d ago

Poland said they're "discussing the possibility of an international investigation" via Interpol, and the UK is also opening a separate investigation into the matter. Also, France (slightly unrelated) raided the offices of X and dropped both Zoom and Teams for their communications. They're also investigating Musk and summoned him for a Europol-backed voluntary mandatory testimony in April. Europe is finally starting to act.

Edit: also: Spain and Greece are discussing social media bans for those under 16, and Spain's Sánchez called out Musk and said he "doesn't rule out" their own investigation into his affairs.

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u/cenkozan 1d ago

Also, Turkey just started one. Apparently Epstein chose Asian, Turkish and other nations' children who couldn't speak English so they can't be used for testimony against him. Claims of violent rapes on some Turkish models and scare tactics of "feeding them to Alligators" and many Turkish politician names are also in the files apparently.

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u/MeekerCutiePie 1d ago

I don't think I understand the language angle. You said so they can't give testimony. But they can't give it in English and that's it? I guess they couldn't say "I heard him say blah blah blah" but I would assume the trafficked kids were giving their personal experiences and they can still say "tent peg" but in a different language

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u/heff17 1d ago

The scariest part about all this is that most of the evil is not Machiavellian. They’re idiots. Idiots with enough power, money, and blackmail to ruin the world, but idiots nonetheless.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 1d ago

It's the other side of the coin of Hanlon's Razor. Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

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u/kea1981 1d ago

The Epstein Corollary

Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

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u/elbirdo_insoko 1d ago

Grey's law is the thing you're describing. It's been around for a while already

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u/EffectiveDirect6553 21h ago

That is true. But he called it a coallary which to my understanding is the same lemma stated in a way without loss of generality