Given that Epstein very likely had the support of a foreign government, he would have many hats, and would be considered an “influencer.”
In their defense - Epstein wasn’t just a pedo/child-trafficker. Its something he no doubt did not advertise, and kept for his most important targets.
He was also considered very wealthy and some kind of Wall Street / finance guru. People may have sought him out for that reason.
You could be right, but I have a different opinion about Epstein.
For his supposed Financial Expertise, he had no relationship with a major Wall Street brokerage house, to move as much money as was controlling it couldn’t be done without some brokerage firm facilitating the trading.
He did have accounts with JP Morgan Chase, that was in the form of cash management not brokerage services that I’ve been able to see.
I have the opinion that the number of perverts walking around every day is off the charts, in Florida you can search for sex offenders in your zip code and it’s startling how many there is.
The richer more powerful you are the more expensive perversion you can afford and Epstein was the conduit for that service, the money he was bringing in was the price of admission to underage girls for perverts to molest, any video that was made was to make sure no one talked.