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Not sure where you are getting this from. He regularly connected people with each other. The sex trafficking was just a small part of his nefarious power network

he can "fix" you up with a teenager who will give you a private "massage"

... while being videotaped. Those recordings provide him an immense amount of power and ability.

Not to defend Epstein, of course, but just to comment on the power brokering side. My understanding is that a power broker gets power by staying close to the power and by connecting people. I don't understand why powerful people need such broker, even though history shows other wise.

Same as any broker of stocks, houses, spouses, jobs, airline tickets.

The broker connects people, especially in the pre-Internet / young Internet days . The clients at ebsuy doing their main activity.