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Would there even be an Epstein Island if it wasn’t for people like Rep. Plaskett? Would Plaskett be sitting in Congress on the Intelligence Committee if it wasn’t for people like Epstein? FTA: “Epstein, who listed his home address as the U.S. Virgin Islands, owned Little St. James and nearby Great Saint James, which he purchased in 1998 and 2016, respectively. He is said to have donated money to local causes as well as to politicians, including Plaskett.Plaskett served as an attorney with the Economic Development Authority from 2007 to 2012 while Epstein, who had already been living in the Virgin Islands for about a decade, was convicted of child sex crimes in Florida in 2008.After leaving the EDA, Plaskett worked for the law firm of Kellerhals, Ferguson and Kroblin, which represented Epstein locally, before Plaskett went on to run for public office.In 2023, six Epstein accusers sued government officials from the U.S. Virgin Islands, including Plaskett, but her case was voluntarily dismissed with prejudice earlier this year.The lawsuit alleged that local officials helped and benefited from Epstein’s sex-trafficking to his private retreat near St. Thomas that locals dubbed “Pedophile Island.”