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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJeffrey 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 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 Ghislaines 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 its 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 girlsif 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
TheRealNorth
(9,478 posts)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)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?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)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 Putins 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/
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Epstein was a horrible human being, but this story doesn't pass the smell test.
OhZone
(3,212 posts)And I kinda believe that Russia has compromat on some in the GOP too.
canetoad
(17,154 posts)But sounds plausible.
global1
(25,242 posts)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.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,590 posts)from the Steele Dosier.
Kid Berwyn
(14,897 posts)Mossad May have run the show, but the best take goes to the highest bidder.
1.) William Barr US Attorney General Barrs father, Donald Barr, hired Epstein to teach at The Dalton School, decades later Billy Barr would oversee Epsteins 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 Epsteins alleged victims.
Source: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/jeffrey-epstein-political-connections-sex-trafficker-856642/kenneth-starr-856648/
Steven Mnuchins Mysterious Link to Creepy Epstein Model Scout
The Treasury secretarys name shows up on official records for a company formed in the 1980s by Jeffrey Epsteins 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 1980sbefore he was a member of Donald Trumps Cabinet, or even a high-rolling hedge-fund managerTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin served in an official capacity for a business run by one of Jeffrey Epsteins 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 companys registration papers and receives lawsuits and other official documents on their behalfusually a lawyer or some other legal representative.
Snip...
Mnuchins 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 Mnuchins 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)Not only for blackmail but to make money exploiting young women.
So so sorry this happens. These awful men!
lutherj
(2,496 posts)Granted its on RT, but there are some intriguing details.
keithbvadu2
(36,788 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)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)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..