Salient point re: bail from Rep Ted Lieu

[Roland99]

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The Epstein case is another example of the irrationality of money bail. How dangerous a person is has no relation to cash on hand. Rich people also can flee in a way that poor people cannot. We need to move to a straight risk assessment & eliminate money bail.#SundayMotivation

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Thank you, Ted Lieu, for your careful and appropriate thinking. n/t

[marble falls]

2. This is a great example, he could be on a boat in Havana Harbor ...

with John MacAfee, walking away from millions in assets and never miss a steak dinner with a bottle of rare burgundy.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Bail should be north of $100 million, at least...nt

[Mr.Bill]

4. Make it an amount he can't pay

like they do with thousands of others who get arrested for far lesser crimes.

[Brother Buzz]

7. That's chump change

He's worth more then a billion dollars on paper, but he has a lot more 'questionable' money buried offshore.

[33taw]

5. Take his passport,require gps tracking, no contact with minors, no leaving NY - to start.

Or, no bail because of flight risk.

[spanone]

6. Agreed 10000%

[CanonRay]

8. How about no bond of any kind

he's a 100% flight risk. Think he cares about 100 million versus never getting out of prison? Poof. He's gone.

[George II]

9. Put up your island, private plane(s), homes, and $2 billion and you can get out. Otherwise rot away.

[patphil]

10. How about body parts?

He can have bail if he gives up his legs...all three.

Patrick Phillips

[queentonic]

11. Epstein and Trump

This is an easy one to predict. Epstein will get out on bail, flee the country and take refuge anywhere he wants. The upside is any evidence they discover from the search they did of his property which can then be made public if they try him in absentia. But this 'Lolita Express' involves too many powerful men to ever see the light of day. Sorry, but we are now getting to see the reality of the billionaire class. They can do whatever they want because they are billionaires. On the other hand, the rest of the 'little people' have to abide by the rules.