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by Aaron Warner
Although many people have taken an interest in Jeffrey Epstein’s salacious saga due to his conviction as a child rapist, sex trafficker as well as his inexplicably mysterious death, the larger question surrounding the man was his apparent ties to Israeli intelligence via the Mossad or military intelligence. Why? Because if he was in fact an asset of Israeli intelligence, as were the likes of several in his network, it has many conservatives questioning our relationship to the Middle Eastern democracy and its influence over our elected politicians.
The difficulty in establishing these facts is tied to the very nature of intelligence agencies and how they function. It is their modus operandi to operate in secret, traffic in secrets, and also weave webs of deception in order to escape detection. So it’s left to the investigators to cull whatever concrete evidence one can find while supporting it with circumstantial and other corroborating evidence.
Epstein’s biography essentially begins with close ties to the intelligence community. Prior to his foray into the financial wizardry world we learn he was hired at the Dalton school by Donald Barr, former Attorney General Bill Barr’s father. Both Barr’s are known to have worked for the CIA, which makes Epstein’s unusual hiring as a math teacher at an elite school with no college degree all the more suspicious. Epstein is fired from his math teaching job for inappropriate behavior toward female students yet fortuitously lands a job with prestigious Bear Stearns on Wall Street, again lacking credentials or experience. He ascends the corporate ladder quickly becoming a partner in just four years having entered at the ground floor. He is then fired from Stearns for violating company policy per fraudulent financial practices before going out on his own. At this point in his career we only have weak links to American intelligence.
However there is a large amount of both circumstantial and direct evidence that point to Epstein’s role as an Israeli asset. His infamous co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, currently serving twenty years in federal prison for sex trafficking, is daughter to the late Robert Maxwell, himself a known Mossad asset, who was found dead of drowning off his yacht. Autopsy reports show blunt trauma to his body indicating foul play, yet it was ruled a suicide. Reports reveal he was about to be hauled into court for pilfering the pensions of his employees at the Mirror newspaper he owned in the UK. The reports tell us he was using that money to fund operations at the behest of the Mossad which they were re-paying in another account. Maxwell’s penchant for the finer things led to his abusing this arrangement and it’s believed he was assassinated for both his greed and to avoid his testimony in the upcoming court case that would expose his intelligence ties to Israel. Maxwell is the one who introduced his daughter to Epstein. He was buried in Israel given a hero’s funeral attended by several former Israeli heads of state and intelligence officers. They eulogized him as having “done more for Israel than anyone” at that time.
Then there is Adnan Kashoggi, Epstein’s lone client for a period of time in the early 1980s. Kashoggi was, like Maxwell, a multi-millionaire who was caught at the center of the Iran-Contra arms deals that revealed the US was helping Israel back the Iran army for fear of Saddam Hussein and Iraq’s growing power. By this time Epstein was well known among the wealthy for his ability to both launder and recover money in large quantities using a variety of off-shore techniques such as front companies and complex routing via his vast networks. Kashoggi was made famous as a central figure in the scandal as a go between for Israel and Iranian parties used to move both weapons and money. Epstein’s role was to launder the money, which is detailed in volume 2 of Whitney Webb’s book One Nation Under Blackmail.
Epstein’s then meteoric rise is connected to his mysterious relationship with Les Wexner. Wexner is most famously known for his company Victoria’s Secret, which in itself symbolizes a focus on beautiful young women that become central to Epstein’s saga of blackmail via what’s known in intelligence circles as a “honey-trap”- the honey being nubile young women used to compromise the powerful. Wexner owned the largest residence in Manhattan at the time and sold it to Epstein as a gift for $0, estimated to be worth $77 million at one point. However the FBI found the lair contained a video monitoring room with over forty screens where victims report men sat monitoring them. Even the entryway to the estate indicated Epstein’s intentions, lined with glass eyeballs obtained from dead World War 2 soldiers. Wexner, an avowed Zionist, was also the reason Epstein was able to convince Southern Air Transport (SAT) to move to Wexner’s home city of Columbus, Ohio. SAT was previously owned by the CIA and used to transport drugs amidst the Iran-Contra scandal.
A 2021 article by Vicky Ward in Rolling Stone magazine reveals Epstein bragged about being in intelligence blackmail operations to associate Steven Hoffenberg. Hoffenberg would be betrayed by Epstein following their role in the then largest Ponzi scheme in American history landing Hoffenberg in federal prison. This was yet another instance of Epstein evading justice despite his obvious role.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak was captured on camera entering Epstein’s Manhattan estate wearing a mask (not during COVID) and is recorded to have stayed there on multiple occasions. He is also in Epstein’s infamous black book having flown to his private island several times where surveillance cameras were also found similar to his set up in Manhattan.
During Epstein’s initial sex trafficking case in Florida in 2008, as his attorneys were crafting a “sweetheart deal” that would allow him to escape a multiple year sentence, he flew to Israel in violation of US Law, yet was also not convicted for it. It’s assumed he was looking to repatriate there to escape prison as Israel has non-extradition laws allowing even pedophiles to use it as a safe haven. Curiously it’s been reported in TRT Global he met with research scientists and was given a tour of Israeli military bases.
Perhaps the most famous link comes from former US Attorney Alexander Acosta who was part of the federal prosecution team who ultimately delivered the sweetheart deal Epstein enjoyed in Florida. Both Vanity Fair and other sources reported this however Acosta has since denied having said it. So the question remains, if he wasn’t some hi-level asset why was he given the sweetheart deal allowing him to leave the jail 12 hours a day five days a week?
The larger question many conservatives, and also non-conservatives, are unwilling to let go is, given Epstein’s obvious connections to the intelligence community who are known to have heightened awareness of who they associate with, what are we to believe about who he was and what he was doing? Furthermore, what are we learning about Israel’s role in American foreign policy and our propensity to elect people of questionable ethics and morals? If they are willing to break sacred relationships, violate young women and girls and hide their crimes, what confidence can we have they deserve our trust?
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Quite an article. Answers some Q’s and raises Q’s. Most notable are links to reference, if one researches. Links are like a Patent search. If you have an ides you want to patent, look up pertinent alike patents research their references until you learn your idea in valid, then pursue the patent with the USPTO (I have two and takes a lot of research and know the procedure). I’m sure in an alike manner these links given have links. I strongly believe Epstein was done in. Too many coincidences happening in a short time and learned he wasn’t suicidal. This article mentions his associating with Israel and seemingly had good associations. Why suicide? There has to be other factors that “hung him”. Look at HC’s past and the published list of some 140 “suicides” very credible information. There have been many government suicides by powerful people. Just look up the data.
Thanks for the article, many new dots have to be connected. Congress is all over the place whether to publish Epstein’s info or not. The DOJ AG denies anything, than there’s a lot.. Trust anything—may know more now.
AG? You mean like the Obama and in the last four years Biden AG that buried everything ?
I went through the 11 “links” with difficulty until I used just key words in these “links” and got the various article(s) data. It’s quite a web of material, illustrating the depth of Epstein, his father and connection to Israel in multiple locations. I do have established links now. Not mentioned is the list of customers Epstein had at his island resort. That will be interesting. Can see why he was suicided, not suicidal. Amazing.
Wow! What an interesting expose! Wonder if Donny had enough time in Scotland to figure this one out? Best be callin ol “Slick Willie” and Alan Dershowitz to see how they’ve weathered this storm!
What a great article !! Many of us have been down this rabbit hole and there are still more unanswered questions.
I think it is an uncomfortable conversation that must and will be had. People deserve to know the Truth !
Keep going Aaron ! Hopefully the powers that be will allow everything to be published so that people can form their opinions on their own.
This information was known more than ten years previous and this is more distractions to keep your minds off other issues. Far too many names on this list.
So we should just forget about an international sex trafficking ring that implicates American politicians and reveals our “greatest ally” is blackmailing our leaders using our daughters as sex slaves? Which issues are more important in your mind?
If this info was known 10 years ago, why isn’t there more open reporting? Also you could have been on these pages., not.
Re: “So we should just forget about international sex trafficking…? Really?
No, Mr. Warner. Please explain what it was in mday44yahoocom’s comment that would lead you to ask such a short-sighted question? And who is this “greatest ally” blackmailing our leaders? Israel? The CIA? Trump? All of the above?
mday44yahoocom’s assertion that this information has been reported on for the last decade, or longer, is correct. Your article is a compilation of assertions that we’ve been hearing now from former government insiders, including but not limited to Mike Benz.
And in case there are some really naive readers out there – sex trafficking has been an ongoing human condition for millennia. That doesn’t make it right. But it does lead one to ask why there was such limited outcry from the previous administration as the southern border was flung open and more than 300,000 ‘unaccompanied’ children disappeared into the U.S..
And keep this in mind too; while Vermont has not legalized or fully decriminalized prostitution, as with the state’s drug use policies, it has seen consistent legislative and local efforts to move toward its decriminalization in the co-sponsoring of 2025 state bills (S.54 and H.190) to decriminalize ‘adult’ sex work., typically understood to mean individuals aged 18 or older… the proverbial camel’s nose peering in under the tent.
“Which issues are more important in your mind?”
OK Mr Eshelman you should also show factual data sighting facts were also known 10 years ago—that’s in BO’s time when the liberal media hid everything against BO. I read statement by some commenters but without real data. This article mainly highlighted Epstein. Present us with more facts please. I went thru the 11 links and it presented quite a picture.
Mike Benz explains the connection between USAID, the CIA, and the Epstein story.
https://x.com/i/status/1946142679034683447
H Jay – mday44yahoocom’s assertion is this is old news and a distraction to keep your mind off other issues. In other words, it’s time to move on.
MAGA is dividing over this because the implication is our government is deeply infested with a rot borne out of this elite who use people like Epstein to blackmail our elected representatives. AKA the deep state/swamp Trump campaigned on exposing and removing, only to suddenly come up short, which has pissed off millions of Americans including Vermonters.
Acting like that’s not a primary issue and we should focus on Vermont alone implies federal policies somehow don’t effect us. Vermont tax dollars, our children, and the integrity of our political process are inextricably linked to the Epstein story whether we like it or not. Ignoring it as old news only ensures more of the same. It needs to be unearthed and dealt with not buried and allowed to metastasize which is the concern of many in both parties.
Re: “. In other words, it’s time to move on.”
No, Aaron! I’ll stop you right there.
mday44yahoocom did not say ‘in other words it’s time to move on’. He said what he said.
You are making a classic false dichotomy. In fact, you’ve made a half a dozen of them.
Seeing the Epstein issue as a distraction is a reasonably logical assessment. It is not mutually exclusive with opposing sex trafficking, pissing off millions of Americans including Vermonters, the incorrect implication that federal policies somehow don’t affect us, ignoring the Epstein issue as ‘old news’, or the reasonably logical assessment that the Epstein issue should be ‘… unearthed and dealt with not buried and allowed to metastasize which is the concern of many in both parties’.
mday44yahoocom said none of that. As I said to another established influencer recently, these are your projections of a false narrative…. strictly your invention.
After all, the universe is a rather large space to cover. We constantly must decide which rabbit hole justifies our exploration. I think mday44yahoocom is recommending that we consider what rewards we will find at the end of this off-color rainbow. Can we believe any of it at this point in time? And what possible benefit do we gain when we do find out?
My guess, first and foremost, … again, my guess…, is that Trump has had only passing social contact with Epstein. If it was more than that, it’s reasonable to assume that it would have been outed by now… especially given the s—t that’s been thrown against the wall that has yet to stick to Trump.
But by all means, if it satisfies your collective curiosity, go for it. Keep in mind that Trump has asked that the grand jury evidence and testimony of past Epstein litigations be published. But Obama appointed judges are blocking that release. Go figure.
If you want to know if the Clintons and the Gates and Prince Andrew, and various other politicians and celebrities were involved, go for it. But there is so much evidence out there already revealing that these people have deceived the American public (and the world for that matter), that they should never again be considered in the same breath with Trump and his team.
In fact, I’m all for prosecuting them, not just for sex trafficking, if that’s what they’ve done, but for all the other deleterious stuff we’re learning they did. Let’s not be totally distracted by the shiny objects.
P.S. Did you watch any of the Mike Benz interview?
Mike Benz explains the connection between USAID, the CIA, and the Epstein story.
https://x.com/i/status/1946142679034683447
Darryl Cooper interview with Tucker Carlson on Jeffrey Epstein.
https://x.com/i/status/1946253637048803330
H Jay – I don’t know if you switched to decaf or double caf but you’re arguments are all over the place. In particular you put words in my mouth while claiming I put words in mday’s mouth – I didn’t. I made the reasonable conclusion his statement about 10 years of coverage and Epstein is “a distraction to keep your mind from other issues” implies this isn’t a story worth pursuing. Rather than you insist he meant something else I’d prefer to hear it from him.
Secondly, I have listened to the Benz podcast on this, and the Cooper interview and about 1,000 hours of other research into it (Webb’s books, Shaun Atwood, Nick Bryant, Saagar Enjeti’s, Epstein’s neice’s testimony, victim testimony, documentaries, read official court documents, his entire Wiki page, etc.) so I have a deep, DEEP understanding of how far this stretches, who is involved and what it means for our country. It’s not so tangled a web it can’t be unwoven, and it’s the most damning scandal perhaps in all of American history. Greater even than JFK’s assassination simply due to the breadth of it.
Looking past your impassioned lecturing, one thing I can agree with you on is it’s not mutually exclusive to focus on this and the attempt to legalize sex work in Vermont. If you’ve read any of my stuff you’d know I’ve spent quite a lot of time exposing the sex driven corruption in our state. I live in Becca White and Alison Clarkson’s district. I have written about it and called them out. I’ve even encouraged Guy to print my friend Johnny Banana’s satirical piece on it but the free speech in his free speech forever mantra must remain PG so it didn’t make it to the VDC. He has a similar conceit to the elite who think we’re not adult enough to handle some of the more salacious topics, however true they may be. You’re welcome to read it here though:
https://granitegrok.com/blog/2023/11/bananas-vt-sex-work-legislators-put-money-where-mouths-are
Perhaps someone with your alacrity and zeal might convince him to run it for the greater good.
I didn’t insist mday44yahoocom said something else. You did.
And if you don’t mind, I’ll take a pass from speculating on what you’ve been drinking. I mean, really.
“It’s a hoax” I found it odd that someone like Gizzy with mucho resources and connections ended up in New Hampshire. No one seems to question who was aiding and abedding. Then again, July of 2020? What was going on in that time period? Convid-19. A den of vipers, indeed.
NBC News July 2, 2020:
“Before Jeffrey Epstein’s confidant Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested Thursday, she was hiding out at a 156-acre property in rural New Hampshire that was paid for in cash through a limited liability company, according to federal prosecutors.
The description matches a luxury home purchased last year for $1 million in a deal shrouded in secrecy, according to two people familiar with the transaction.The home on East Washington Road in Bradford was bought in December through a limited liability company, Granite Reality LLC, set up the previous month, records show. The sale price was $1,070,750.”
Paid cash? Was an SAR (suspicous activity report) filed or no?
Office of Comptroller of the Currency:
“Under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), financial institutions are required to assist U.S. government agencies in detecting and preventing money laundering, and:
Keep records of cash purchases of negotiable instruments;
File reports of cash transactions exceeding $10,000 (daily aggregate amount); and
Report suspicious activity that might signal criminal activity (e.g., money laundering, tax evasion).”
Who was the Comptroller in charge then? Brian Brooks
“Mr. Brooks joined the OCC from Coinbase, Inc., where he served as Chief Legal Officer since 2018. He also served on the board of Fannie Mae since March 2019 and the board of Avant, Inc. Prior to Coinbase, Mr. Brooks served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Fannie Mae. He was a member of the senior executive management team at OneWest Bank, N.A., as Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer. Before OneWest, Mr. Brooks served as financial services practice group leader and managing partner of the Washington, D.C., office of O’Melveny & Myers LLP. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard in government and a law degree from the University of Chicago.”
It’s a big club – and 95% of us are not in it – not even close. Screw up and move up as retired Colonel Doug Macgregor recently said….
As an addendum, I’ll add this history from wikipedia regarding OneWest: “From 2008 to 2012, 465 banks failed in the United States after the 2008 financial crisis. When the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) closed the banks, their assets were sold.[1] On March 19, 2009, a seven-member investor group, IMB Holdco, led by Steven Mnuchin—which included billionaires Christopher Flowers, John Paulson, Michael Dell, and George Soros—purchased Independent National Mortgage Corporation (IndyMac Bank) of Pasadena, California for $13.65 billion from the FDIC and created OneWest, which then had 33 branches and $32 billion in assets.[2] IndyMac Bank’s failure was the fourth largest in US history.[3]
Through OneWest Bank the investment group purchased two other failed banks from the FDIC, the First Federal Bank of California on December 18, 2009, which then had $6 billion in assets and $5 billion in deposits, and La Jolla Bank, FSB in February 2010, which then represented $3.6 billion in assets. In November 2010, OneWest purchased a $1.4 billion multifamily and commercial real estate loan portfolio from Citibank, which included approximately 600 loans, as part of their commercial real estate lending business.[4] Under a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, nonprofit California Reinvestment Coalition determined that as of December 2014, the FDIC had already paid over $1 billion to OneWest Bank under the shared loss agreements it secured from the FDIC when it purchased IndyMac and La Jolla Banks, and that the FDIC expected it would pay another $1.4 billion”
“Brooks served as Vice Chairman of OneWest Bank from 2011 to 2014, where he served as chief legal officer and oversaw the bank’s legal department along with its fair lending, corporate customer experience, and mortgage marketing and communications groups.”
Pandora Papers? – It goes deep y’all
All this seems to take on the nursery rhyme (if it waas) ” there was a crooked man who had a crooked cane walked down a crooked road with a crooked dog…..” There is a lot of info out there good or bad research.
Really all this commenting is a waste of finger tip skin exposing the bones. Nothing is going anywhere, accomplishing anything, mainly to make some people feel gratified that they composed some lengthy manuscript perhaps to influence people into thinking they are very learned. Did the material they up chuck come from books and no use of the hands and mind to function? VT was a great state, now isn’t a place I know. Any comments, regardless of length or subject is really irrelevant and I don’t give a hoot not going to live longer or shorter where it counts. VDC is only a forum to learn what’s going on in the state, if believable. VT will be in my rear view mirror as many others have. Take it from this little crooked man with a crooked cane among crooked trees in a crooked world.
It is said, knowledge is power. Pattern recognition isn’t within everyone’s natural ability or skill set. In this crooked world, there are crooked and narrow paths set up on purpose with a purpose – both for good and others for so, so bad. Take information offered with a grain of salt, discern, take what resonates, let the rest wash over and away.
Perhaps it is an exercise in futility to warn and inform these days. Considering how God’s prophets were received – nothing new under the sun. If one is saved or turned toward Truth over layer upon layers of lies – His purpose and intention fulfilled. It is a get down in the mud, unappreciated, risky act of love for humanity to speak with conviction and rightous indignation. Some still have the spine and courage to do what is right in a time when so much is going precariously wrong. All by design, over eons.
We all have a choice to be a light or be a dim switch. We are at the crossroads, whether Western society heeds the warnings or not – we are right here, right now. Free will to believe it or not.