Wealthy, powerful men exploiting the powerless with impunity is not a new phenomenon. But the sordid photographs and correspondence released by the US Justice Department on Friday underline an uncomfortable truth for American politics and intellectual life: Exploitation of vulnerable women may not be confined to one party or ideology; it is a recurring feature of elite social networks that close ranks and make possible the rehabilitation of men such as Jeffrey Epstein, financier, power broker, underage sex trafficker. This is what happened after his 2008 plea deal, up until his........

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