In situations like these, there is a very hard line to draw.

Some of Epstein’s associates actively participated in or facilitated his crimes, if they can be unambiguously identified they have to be fired right now, and possibly prosecuted.

But a huge number of his associates should have known, but chose to avoid learning more and remained silent. What do we do with these people? They deserve some level of social opprobrium, no doubt, but should they be fired?

And that’s not even digging into how difficult it is to distinguish the former from the latter.