Retired Financier Howard Rubin Arrested on Sex Trafficking

Published SEP 30

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Above: Howard Rubin (center) attends a Samuel Waxman Cancer Research gala in NYC on Nov. 24, 2014. Image copyright: Jonathan Ziegler/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

Howard Rubin represents a much broader epidemic of sexual violence among the wealthy and powerful, especially on Wall Street. While some people like to develop conspiracy theories around these cases, the simple truth is that men like Rubin think their social status allows them to treat women like property. Still, his arrest offers hope that women's rights movements are finally having an impact.

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Establishment-critical narrative

This is more than just a nasty Wall Street millionaire abusing his power. After everything the public learned from the Jeffrey Epstein case, the establishment media is again trying to shape this story as some outlier event, rather than acknowledge Rubin's ties to the most powerful figures in finance and politics. The Justice Department continues to fail the American people by not going after the larger problem of elites and sex trafficking.

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