Commentary: Yes, Wasserman should go. But what about all those other guys in the Epstein files?

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Pressure continues to mount for Casey Wasserman to resign as head of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee following the release of a salacious email exchange he had with Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell.Wasserman is hardly the highest-profile name mentioned in more than 3.5 million pages of documents released Jan.30 by the Department of Justice in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Nor is he the most frequently mentioned.President Trump outranks him in both categories.

And there’s far more egregious behavior by other men alleged in the files (Bill Gates comes to mind).But Wasserman is the rare case of a wealthy, renown American elite whose empire is crumbling under calls for accountability from the public, local lawmakers and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.Bass this week urged Wasserman to resign as head of the committee overseeing the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games because of his ties to Maxwell.“I cannot fire him,” Bass told CNN’s Dana Bash.

“My opinion is that he should step down.That’s not the opinion of the board.” The LA28 Olympics board of directors has stood by Wasserman, stating they reviewed the documents and support him remaining as chair.There is no suggestion in the files of criminal wrongdoing by Wasserman, but he did show criminally bad judgment in flirting with Maxwell, who was renowned (along with Epstein) for connecting older men with young women and teens.

She was found guilty of child sex trafficking and other offenses in connection with Epstein, and in 2022, she was sentenced to 20 years.Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019 but was found dead in his cell before his trial.

California The latest cache of investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein includes personal emails exchanged between Casey Wasserman, chairman of the LA28 Olympics organizing committee, and convicted s...