At age 92, revered stateman George Mitchell faces fallout over Epstein association

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/us/epstein-george-mitchell-ireland-maine.html

A Once Prominent American Statesman Faces Fallout From the Epstein Files
George Mitchell, a former Senate majority leader credited with bringing peace to Northern Ireland, is under renewed scrutiny over his association with Jeffrey Epstein.

For years, the American statesman George J. Mitchell has been revered in Northern Ireland for negotiating a peace agreement that brought an end to the decades-long Troubles there.

But following the release last month of millions of files by the Justice Department, Mr. Mitchell, a former Senate majority leader, has faced a reckoning for his long association with Jeffrey Epstein, the sex offender who died in jail in 2019.

In Northern Ireland, Queen’s University Belfast took down a bronze bust of his likeness. And, separately, the US-Ireland Alliance, a nonprofit that administered a prestigious exchange scholarship in his name, announced that it would be calling the award something else.

The fallout has spread to the United States. In his native Maine, a scholarship program named for Mr. Mitchell, now 92, is considering a name change, and in Waterville, where Mr. Mitchell was born, parents of students at George Mitchell Elementary School have called for the building to be rebranded.


A spokesman for Mr. Mitchell, who has been in declining health in recent years, said on Thursday that Mr. Mitchell denied any knowledge of inappropriate behavior by Mr. Epstein, who was accused of sexually abusing underage victims and was convicted of sex crimes in Florida in 2008.

[mobeau69]

1. Let the chips fall where they may.

[Botany]

2. D. T. M. N. Dead to me now

I always liked him but this doesn’t have to anything to do with politics raping underage children
is always wrong. And no doubt Epstein got Kompramat on Mitchell which got passed onto Vlad.

Just how big was the Putin Epstein Trump Musk Israeli Intelligence international child sex trafficking
ring?

[Ritabert]

3. Another one bites the dust.

[choie]

4. Wait a second, I truly thought Mitchell had passed away.

That news is extremely disappointing.

[Qutzupalotl]

10. You might be thinking of NM Gov. Bill Richardson, who did. nt

[NJCher]

5. Now there's a life lesson for you

Lead a life full of accomplishment.

Be recognized for it internationally.

And finally, in step three, wipe it all out by associating with a sex predator. I don’t know exactly what he did with little girls so I shall decline further comment in that area for the moment.

Die in disgrace.

As we often say around here, end of story.

[SheltieLover]

6. Boggles my mind that anyone would associate with eps

[Tommy Carcetti]

7. Again, being associated with Epstein is not akin to being culpable in his sex crimes.

Despite being a disgusting cretin, Epstein did have a legitimate job and did business with countless individuals. Doing business with him was not a crime.

Again, this is why I've kept an arm's length with the whole Epstein story. There's a lot of wild speculation and sensationalism amid the actual scandal itself.

[MagickMuffin]

8. Agreed, not every name associated with Epstein is guilty of raping children

I tend to search for my own data, which I've discovered, Epstein was getting daily news articles sent to him, stock market, political, and other news stories.

I've searched several names that come up that only have something to do with a news article.


I have discovered some very weird fetishes they have, that are really on the gross side.

[Wiz Imp]

9. Either Virginia Giuffre or another victim have claimed they were raped by Mitchell..

So there is a serious allegation against him beyond just associating with Epstein.

[hlthe2b]

11. I certainly won't defend, but I find this sad... n/t