This case is a fantastic example of why Guilt by Association is a horrible concept, Epstein actively sought out people with power to be associated with them, if only in the slightest possible way, getting photos taken with them, staying at their 3rd or 15th home, managing money, or whatever it took to worm his way into their circles of influence. I have extreme doubts that even a fraction of the people that took a flight on that air plane had any nefarious intent, but because so many people had taken flights on it everyone felt emboldened to take future flights.