Andrew Windsor's Arrest Deepens Epstein Fallout: America Could Be Pressured to Legal Action, More Intense Vetting

 The Department of Justice announced all the Epstein Files had been released. Whether the public believed that or not was irrelevant. It signaled that the fallout from those disclosures had peaked and those in the loop could move on to reputational repair. And their next. At Goldman Sachs top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler, after announcing she was stepping down, is reported to have hired a crisis-management firm. Look to the future ...

But the heat has been turned back up. And in a different way: The focus on the identified "miscreants" be considered for legal action. Moreover, the whole influence dynamic - who opens doors for whom - could be subjected to greater scrutiny. Was well-connected Ruemmler properly vetted before being hired by the finance giant? 

The game-changer is the arrest of former Prince Andrew for alleged wrongdoing while in public office. In my coaching the fear is damage to the brandname of the individual and the institution. Not legal action. Usually that issue is plenty to set things reeling.

Now this: the addition of the law. In the coverage of this development, it has been mentioned that amid the fallout there has been only one arrest. That was in France. 

Dating back to the investigation by a major law firm of Leon Black about being a Friend of Jeffrey there have been no legal consequences. The stink was in branding. In an interview, Black's law firm elite Paul, Weiss noted it no longer represented him. 

There could be pressure for keeping the law out of things to change. Power systems could be scouting around for a head. Or several. Yes, anticipate the perp walk.

Meanwhile, the influencers could lose the aura of having access. Instead, suspicion should hover over all of them. Of course, vetting for big jobs and positions in public office will have to be beefed up. That could impact much in appointments and nominations in the Trump administration. Case in point: If Justice Samuel Alito retires from the US Supreme Court the administration's nomination for a replacement could encounter downright cruel scrutiny.

Back in the UK, this crisis could have more profound ramifications than the Profumo scandal of the 1960s. That only toppled government. This could bring down the British monarchy.

Takeaway: Beware of the company you keep. Networking carries risk.

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