The executive has the power of surveillance, so they can get dirt on the right Congress people to turn the screws on to prevent any semblance of return to a checks and balances system, one that is completely eroded in all but the most meaningless ways. Of course, bribes and that sort of thing from k-street usually prevent the need for use of dirt, but the more powerful one is, the more likely there's a video of them somewhere on an Epstein alike property doing dirty things.
A real analysis of the three branches including the fourth estate will show the executive has gobbled them all up in the backroom, of course allowing the illusion to continue for the public. This bribery-blackmail system is bipartisan, and as for the executive... it's the cabinet and shadow cabinet with real power.
No, this isn't over the top. This is a root causal issue. The blackmail system's tendrils reach deep into the political and business establishment, and until that is addressed, policy initiatives will continue to be abated by this type of control. It doesn't matter what your policy wants are, or what side of the isle you choose to align with (if any), if the blackmail system can usurp it by being a more immediate threat.
Epstein wasn't a one off. There are many more Epstein's you haven't heard about yet, still doing their thing. They don't do it alone either, you have intelligence agencies of all kinds involved, because of the power differential it offers them. This is the machiavellian realpolitik of power. Lets have the courage to talk about it and not shirk the responsibility to do so.
I started to write a long response, but found myself repeatly reffering to a peice by Whitney Webb [1] that touches the subject better than I can, and also one on Consortium News [2]. It's worth a read, and I highly encourage you to read the linked articles and exerpts. That should be a good start to a conversation if you want to continue. Another example I will refer people to isn't a US case, but is one of the better documented cases, the Dutroux Affair aka The Belgian X-Files. Beware the answers to the questions you ask on this topic, don't tread lightly into that last one.
PS. Wikipedia is heavily controlled on these topics, so don't reference it expecting to find details on the subject. A good example of this editorial censorship would be the Franklin Scandal. If one were to just read the wiki entry one would walk away thinking it was just a hoax, which isn't even close to the truth.
A real analysis of the three branches including the fourth estate will show the executive has gobbled them all up in the backroom, of course allowing the illusion to continue for the public. This bribery-blackmail system is bipartisan, and as for the executive... it's the cabinet and shadow cabinet with real power.