"Is That It?"
So much is happening, but there's so little news. That applies to the Ghislaine Maxwell trial as much as anything else. In a surprise move yesterday, the prosecution rested its case after less than two weeks, when at the start, the trial was predicted to last as long as six weeks. From the very limited informed commentary I've seen, the consensus appears to be that this is a show trial that's meant to punish Jeffrey Epstein post mortem without, however, touching in any way the very prominent figures from Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, and Prince Andrew on down who may also have beeen implicated in Epstein's activites. A mention by one of the YouTube commentators on the trial , Robert Gruler, of an episode in Thursday's abbreviated session brings this out. The prosecution called a witness, Tracy Chapell of FedEx, to testify about packages Epstein sent to victims during 2002. During cross-examination, Maxwell's counsel asked the witness to note the signature on the...