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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 06:01 PM Jan 2020

Jeffrey Epstein was blackmailing politicians for Israel's Mossad, book claims.

How many of you are saying " I knew it, I damn well knew it!"?

The deceased American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell were Israeli spies who used underage girls to blackmail politicians into giving information to Israel, according to their alleged Mossad handler.

The couple reportedly ran a “honey-trap” operation in which they provided young girls to prominent politicians from around the world for sex, and then used the incidents to blackmail them in order to attain information for Israeli intelligence.

The claims are being made by the alleged former Israeli spy Ari Ben-Menashe in a soon-to-be-released book “Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales” in which he said that he was the handler of Ghislaine’s father Robert Maxwell, who was also an Israeli espionage agent and was the one who introduced his daughter and Epstein to Mossad.

“See, f**king around is not a crime. It could be embarrassing, but it’s not a crime,” Menashe wrote in the book. “But f**king a fourteen-year-old girl is a crime. And he was taking photos of politicians f**king fourteen-year-old girls—if you want to get it straight…They [Epstein and Maxwell] would just blackmail people like that.”


https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200106-jeffrey-epstein-was-blackmailing-politicians-for-israels-mossad-new-book-claims/

Also, same link page, link to story that Epstein was using Israel bank
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Jeffrey Epstein was blackmailing politicians for Israel's Mossad, book claims. (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jan 2020 OP
I would be cautious TheRealNorth Jan 2020 #1
and trump had mar a lago..... getagrip_already Jan 2020 #2
Old fashioned sex entrapment still works, looks like. n/t dixiegrrrrl Jan 2020 #3
Not sure I'd buy whatever Ben-Menashe is selling. TwilightZone Jan 2020 #4
ty for that good info.... dixiegrrrrl Jan 2020 #6
Yeah PatSeg Jan 2020 #10
I believe it. OhZone Jan 2020 #5
Yet to be proven canetoad Jan 2020 #7
Have They Ever Found Ghislaine Maxwell?..... global1 Jan 2020 #8
FUCKIN WOW !!! Epstein was Trump like greasy, no doubt Russians got hold of some of what Epstein had uponit7771 Jan 2020 #9
Sounds like the Golden Shower pee pee tape scenario BigmanPigman Jan 2020 #11
AG Barr's father HIRED Epstein to teach at exclusive NYC prep school. Kid Berwyn Jan 2020 #12
I am assuming his sex trafficking was multifaceted. mysteryowl Jan 2020 #13
George Galloway says much the same thing in this interview. lutherj Jan 2020 #14
Yet no video of Epstein? keithbvadu2 Jan 2020 #15
And isn't that . . . Haggis for Breakfast Jan 2020 #16
Well.....One thing that seems very clear to me is that Upthevibe Jan 2020 #17

TheRealNorth

(9,478 posts)
1. I would be cautious
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 06:05 PM
Jan 2020

One strategy of any conspiracy is to float all sorts of conspiracy theories so that they can all be dismissed as wackado.

getagrip_already

(14,742 posts)
2. and trump had mar a lago.....
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 06:05 PM
Jan 2020

Which offers massage to it's member. And which has extensive video surveillance.

And, where almost every gop politician has been a guest since trump decided to run.

Connection?

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
4. Not sure I'd buy whatever Ben-Menashe is selling.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 06:18 PM
Jan 2020

He's been described as "the warlords’ favorite lobbyist" and had ties to Robert Mugabe.

More recently, he's trying to rehab the image of the Sudan junta - selling them weapons and influence by skirting sanctions - for the paltry sum of $6 million, while promising meetings between the junta, Trump, and Putin.

"Ben-Menashe is selling strategic advice to the junta, as well as supplying weapons, despite international sanctions. He also promised to secure a meeting between officials of the junta and US President Donald Trump and negotiate a $500m commodity deal with President Vladimir Putin’s government in Russia. Sudan is one of the countries targeted by Russia in its new Africa strategy."

Sources:

https://www.theafricareport.com/14905/the-warlords-favourite-lobbyist-signs-up-with-khartoum/

global1

(25,242 posts)
8. Have They Ever Found Ghislaine Maxwell?.....
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 07:39 PM
Jan 2020

Is she still in hiding or has she been flushed out of hiding? Will she ever be brought in for questioning? I understand that she knows where the skeletons are hidden.

Kid Berwyn

(14,897 posts)
12. AG Barr's father HIRED Epstein to teach at exclusive NYC prep school.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:02 PM
Jan 2020

Mossad May have run the show, but the best take goes to the highest bidder.

1.) William Barr — US Attorney General Barr’s father, Donald Barr, hired Epstein to teach at The Dalton School, decades later Billy Barr would oversee Epstein’s arrest and incarceration.

2.) Alexander Acosta — When serving as a US Attorney, former Secretary of Labor Acosta arranged a most lenient plea deal that served to protect child sexual predator Epstein from his accusers and justice.

3.) Donald Trump — Trump partied hearty with Epstein and his entourage, selected Acosta to head the Department of Labor which investigates sex trafficking, and hired Barr to cover up things that include the Mueller Report.

Let's add Kenneth STARR to list...

From Rolling Stone:

In addition to Alan Dershowitz, attorney Kenneth Starr — yes, that Ken Starr — also defended Epstein in 2007 and reportedly played a “significant part” in helping to secure his plea agreement, according to Dershowitz. Also according to Dershowitz, the lawyer who investigated the Monica Lewinsky scandal was recruited to help Epstein because “Starr had experience in investigating sex investigations. He had experience as the solicitor general and as a judge. He had all the bases covered,” he told the Daily Beast in 2015. Along with Dershowitz, Starr was also listed as a recipient of emails from Florida prosecutors discussing withholding the terms of the plea agreement from Epstein’s alleged victims.

Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/jeffrey-epstein-political-connections-sex-trafficker-856642/kenneth-starr-856648/


Steven Mnuchin’s Mysterious Link to Creepy Epstein Model Scout

The Treasury secretary’s name shows up on official records for a company formed in the 1980s by Jeffrey Epstein’s close friend, the model scout Jean-Luc Brunel.


Emily Shugerman
Daily Beast, Gender Reporter, Updated 09.16.19 7:57AM ET, Published 09.15.19

In the late 1980s—before he was a member of Donald Trump’s Cabinet, or even a high-rolling hedge-fund manager—Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin served in an official capacity for a business run by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s most infamous associates.

In official records, Mnuchin is listed as the official state point of contact for Next Management Corporation, a company formed in 1988 by modeling-industry insiders Jean-Luc Brunel and Arnaud Brunel. At the time, Jean-Luc Brunel had just been the subject of a 60 Minutes documentary accusing him of drugging and raping at least three models. Later, he would be accused by two women of supplying girls to Epstein to be sexually abused. (Brunel has denied the allegations.)

Records accessed by The Daily Beast list Mnuchin as the New York Department of State process for Next Management Corporation. According to department officials, the DOS process is the person who files a company’s registration papers and receives lawsuits and other official documents on their behalf—usually a lawyer or some other legal representative.

Snip...

Mnuchin’s office did confirm that he was longtime friends with Faith Kates, the owner of the Next modeling agency. The Brunel brothers co-founded the Next agency with Kates in 1989, and their company, Next Management Corp., owned a 25 percent stake in the agency for several years. The address listed under Mnuchin’s name in the state department records is the first address for Kates’ company, Next Management Company.

Continues...

https://www.thedailybeast.com/steven-mnuchins-mysterious-link-to-creepy-epstein-model-scout-jean-luc-brunel?ref=scroll

mysteryowl

(7,383 posts)
13. I am assuming his sex trafficking was multifaceted.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:21 PM
Jan 2020

Not only for blackmail but to make money exploiting young women.

So so sorry this happens. These awful men!

lutherj

(2,496 posts)
14. George Galloway says much the same thing in this interview.
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 08:35 PM
Jan 2020

Granted it’s on RT, but there are some intriguing details.


Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
16. And isn't that . . .
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:03 PM
Jan 2020

all just so . . . predictable ?

We will NEVER see tapes of Epstein. They've been destroyed so that they can never be seen. On orders from the top.

Upthevibe

(8,042 posts)
17. Well.....One thing that seems very clear to me is that
Tue Jan 7, 2020, 09:28 PM
Jan 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell was the main procurer for Epstein. And I really, really hope she goes to prison for a VERY long time. My concern is that she'll pull a Julian Assange and will never be held accountable..

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