According to the US regime and its cronies, that is. The same ones who tried to accuse Julian Assange of a sexual crime. Quite brazen and morally corrupt, coming from regimes many of whose ruling elites have notoriously been linked to paedocriminal activities, of which the revelations made so far about the Epstein case represent but the tip of the iceberg. Ask yourself why the FBI is keeping under wraps the names list of regulars at Epstein's paedocriminal sessions...
See, this right here is the true face of much of the ruling oligarchy in imperialist NATO regimes:
Here's Marina Abramovic, a buddy of John Podesta, the former White House Chief of Staff; also has ties to oligarch Bill Gates:
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This is the "artwork" hanging on the walls of Podesta's private home:
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I noticed it's been largely taken off the internet. Had to search for close to an hour to locate the above, and there's an even more shocking one which was no longer to be found. Wonder why.
Page from the book "La Vilaine Lulu" by French millionaire and fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, former homosexual partner of his heir Pierre Bergé, an oligarch known for financing presidential campaigns and intervening in politics:
So rather than taking at face value accusations leveled by western regimes against dissidents and whistleblowers, you'd be well advised to ponder why it is that they're issuing these claims, while paedocriminals among the ranks of their own oligarchic elites seem to be above the law.
And by the way, Ritter started denouncing US policy long before the Ukrainian crisis, because he witnessed first hand how the regime in Washington was manipulating information to generate bogus "WMD evidence" against Iraq and justify an illegal invasion in 2003.