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Kid Berwyn

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4. Lotta rich friends, dat guy Epstein had.
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:12 AM
Jul 2025
From the Before Time:

Jeffrey Epstein set up meetings with Trump allies before 2016 election

by Alex Henderson
Alternet.org, August 30, 2023

Four years have passed since wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, facing federal sex trafficking charges involving minors, was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell. A medical examiner ruled that Epstein, on August 10, 2019, had died from suicide by hanging.

Epstein, who was 66 when he died, associated with a lot of famous people. According to the Wall Street Journal, Epstein set up meetings with some of Donald Trump's supporters before the 2016 presidential election.

Those supporters included Thomas Barrack and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel (a major donor to MAGA Republicans), WSJ journalists Khadeeja Safdar and David Benoit (not to be confused with the jazz musician) report.

Another was the late Vitaly Churkin, who was Russia's ambassador to the United Nations at the time.

Forbes reporter Sara Dorn, in a separate article on Epstein, notes, "The New York Times reported in May that e-mails from Epstein's assistant show he planned to meet with Thiel at least three times in 2014, but the paper did not confirm whether the meetings occurred and Thiel declined to comment at the time."

(Emphasis mine.) SOURCE w/links to WSJ: https://www.alternet.org/jeffrey-epstein-set-up-meetings-with-trump-allies-before-2016-election/



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Nickie Dogs tries the Maxwell gambit NBachers Jul 2025 #1
Lotta rich friends, dat guy Epstein had. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #4
Keep em coming malaise Jul 2025 #5
Epstein said Barr, Protector of the BFEE, called the shots -- not Donnie Dipshit Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #8
Is he still malaise Jul 2025 #9
Russell Vought may've picked up the torch. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #13
Good read malaise Jul 2025 #20
Barr visited the Manhattan jail, arrangements were made. Barr left and soon... brush Jul 2025 #29
Bill's father, Donald Barr employed Epstein as a math teacher speak easy Jul 2025 #17
Monsters all malaise Jul 2025 #18
Small world. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #21
bad link speak easy Jul 2025 #22
He really liked to be around children. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #25
Oh, this guy is so organized crime. harumph Jul 2025 #2
he was appointed in the 1st place cuz he knew how to bury bodies. mopinko Jul 2025 #3
Like dat overlapping circles thing, Bill Barr is. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #6
Bill Barr moved him to a different cell. Did he give him a key to Epstein's and his Autumn Jul 2025 #7
Some reports indicate H2O Man Jul 2025 #10
Sounds about par for the course. Barr always gets away with it. Autumn Jul 2025 #14
Don't know. Do know the CCTV was on the fritz before it was erased. Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #19
Recommended. H2O Man Jul 2025 #11
Look! It's an enigma! Kid Berwyn Jul 2025 #24
Gosh, that sounds so believable. Not. H2O Man Jul 2025 #27
K&R UTUSN Jul 2025 #12
hulking cellmate gfarber Jul 2025 #15
Nothing Nicholas Tartaglione says should be believed. Wiz Imp Jul 2025 #16
SICKO -Bill Barr's father - sounds like a pedo womanofthehills Jul 2025 #23
The more we find out about the Epstein Affair, and all the sleazy characters involved, the more opaque things become. sop Jul 2025 #26
Bill Barr went to NYC the day before that first alleged suicide attempt. RockRaven Jul 2025 #28
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