Deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly played a key role in one of the largest known sexual blackmail operations connected to Russian intelligence, according to Daily Mail.
Journalists calculated that newly released documents in the Epstein case contain 1,056 references to Russia and Vladimir Putin, and 9,629 references to Moscow.
Citing intelligence sources, the British outlet reported on February 1 that Epstein’s private social network and parties were instrumental in collecting compromising material on high-profile Western political and business figures.
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The materials obtained were allegedly funneled to Russian intelligence agencies. The report asserts that the operation involved Ghislaine Maxwell—currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking—who had ties to her father, Robert Maxwell, a businessman long suspected of cooperating with the KGB and Mossad in the 1970s.
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The report references declassified US Department of Justice files and emails from Epstein’s archive. One email, dated September 11, 2011, mentions coordination for a possible meeting between Epstein and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. A person identified only as “Igor” was reportedly helping schedule a trip to Russia in mid-September.
Another email, sent in 2014 by Japanese entrepreneur Joi Ito, discusses a potential joint meeting involving Epstein, Putin, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. However, according to a follow-up email, the plan was canceled after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 by Russian-backed forces in eastern Ukraine. Ito wrote: “Now, after the plane crash, it seems like a bad idea.”
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Messages from Epstein’s files suggest that he claimed he could provide valuable intelligence on then-President Donald Trump ahead of Trump’s 2018 summit with Putin in Helsinki. Daily Mail does not confirm whether such materials were ever delivered or used.
The investigation also highlights Epstein’s apparent long-standing ties to Russian organized crime, which may have facilitated his ability to transport large numbers of women from Russia. Intelligence officials interviewed by Daily Mail believe these relationships were central to his operational capabilities and possibly served as leverage over him.
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So basically we can derive that the Lemmy devs and the tankie trinity is just a zionist Epstein op
To me, obviously the big winner here is Putin, who now must have the biggest blackmail filing cabinet in history.
The source for this is the Daily Mail, a right-wing tabloid known for low reliability and conspiracy theories. References to it are even banned on Wikipedia. Let’s avoid becoming left QAnon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_Mail#Reliability
https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/daily-mail/
Edit: and the OP is quite possibly a bad actor: https://lemmy.zip/post/57945099/24280649
In that email about Trump blowing Bubba, the actual point was to ask whether Putin had the picture.
And it was asked so casually that it seemed like it was the normal course of things to leak incriminating pictures to the Kremlin.
Remember when Lindsey Graham was so against the orange felon/pedo then suddenly very nice to him? Blackmail will do that.
Makes you wonder what all Russia has on the GQP. Remember, they never let loose what they found on the RNC servers in 2015 when they and the DNC were hacked.
So…he worked for the CIA, the Kremlin, and Mossad? All at the same time?
I’d imagine that’s how all black market spies work these days. Sell product and buy protection while making everyone complicit. What is CIA to do - they could not work with him “ends justifies the means” and “our guy’s there need protection” basically means that everyone’s in it to some extent at least.
Probably just had contacts and offered/sold leverage.
Everyone thinks ‘working for’ means that it’s some sort of commitment and only highly vetted people work in the international intelligence community. And this is true for the handlers, but most of the information comes from freelance contacts adhoc.
I’m certain he sold to other intelligence groups too.
His ties to Mossad is greater than others so far. So I wouldnt be surprised if he started as one then people start sharing more info with him to look cool which he then leveraged to other countries/companies…
Which is why the headline focusing on Russians seems like deflection/damage control.
Yeah agreed.
Yes, all the fascist orgs working together.
Daily Mail attributes its findings…
The source is the notoriously untruthful Daily Mail so take this with a big pinch of salt.
Isn’t there heaps of evidence for his Mossad connections. Feels like this article is from the classic blame-Russia-instead playbook.
Yes, it seems like it could be a deflection to take the attention off Israel and muddy the waters. Everything else was pointing to Mossad.
I guess now we know how Putin got the pee tapes.
It’s probably P. as a shortcode for pedo, not pee as in pee.
Why not both? It’s probably both.
The Steele Dossier from 2016 also corroborates it’s probably pee for that specific instance
I don’t think it’s worth kink shaming over that as much as the pedo part, though
What’s the short code for Golden showers?
Also fun fact, apparently Chris Poole is mentioned in the files. Extra fun fact, apparently /pol on 4Chan was opened within days of the two meeting. Maybe no causation, but it’s a fascinating correlation. Was Epstein Q?
Apparently Ghislaine was a Reddit politics mod, so I’m guessing Epstein and her knew the influence a politics board could have.
It’s fucking insane to realize that the conspiracy theories of a shadowy pedofilic cabal attempting to guide the world towards them staying in power has some merit to it
Yep. Another good reason not to be on reddit heh.
Poole was mentioned in the context of “I went to Seattle and met an interesting guy who runs this website.”
Secrets will always reveal themselves.
I wish that were true. But evil people get away with terrible stuff all the time and karma isn’t real.
Yep. Russian. Totally not Mossad.
Goddamn lol. This dude was fucked man
QAnon was RIGHT! There WAS A Global Cabal of Rich child Rapists!QAnon was Wrong =(-Republicans!
Heh, they never really cared either way. Also, there’s a non zero chance Epstein is Q.
Call me saria, that link goes where i can’t follow
Yeah, I was looking for a better source. And I don’t blame you. Unfortunately there’s much bigger fish that most are talking about. So this isn’t getting the recognition and coverage it might deserve. But Finding out that Epstein has connections to Moot, 4chan, and possibly /pol or Q. It’s not inconsequential.
It’s definitely on the more plausible conspiracy side.
Though I doubt there are no Russian connections, this article sounds like it’s trying to distance Epstein from Israel/Mossad. He had connections everywhere, in every country, from multiple angles, not just kid stuff.
this article sounds like it’s trying to distance Epstein from Israel/Mossad
This article sounds like the reporters have evidence for Epstein’s Russia connection. If you know reports/have evidence of Israel connections, feel free to post it.
https://radaronline.com/p/mossad-agent-jeffrey-epstein-death-assassinate-spies-fbi/
https://radaronline.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-secret-mossad-agent-ex-lover-claims-new-lawsuit/
I’m not sure about the quality of the sources.
Ghislaine Maxwell’s father was literally Mossad, who got Epstein’d on a boat, and had, I think, the largest funeral in the history of Israel. Epstein island literally has a temple with a Jewish Israel flag on it.
You beat me to it.
This honestly sounds like way too convenient. The pedos are the actual victims of russian blackmail?
You can’t blackmail innocent people. That requires you did something you don’t want getting found out.
Otherwise it’s extortion.
“Hey so I know you don’t want your std test results being made public so I could use a few bucks…”
That’s not blackmail it’s extortion because…? Last I thought they were cinnamon rolls
You can absolutely blackmail innocent people. Not all information you don’t want to get shared is illegal.
E.g. If you send someone nudes and they blackmail you with: money or post online, the only one that committed a crime is the blackmailer.
Of course that doesn’t quite apply in this case, but it is dangerous to generalize.
That’s extortion
Sure you can, but why fabricate evidence against someone when you can trick them into making real evidence?
The hard job of fabrication begins if and only if that fails.
Yep, but this sorta “revelations” move the attention away from Epstein’s clients, to a degree. More distraction and muddying the waters
People with secrets are vulnerable to blackmail, that’s why they aren’t generally allowed to have security clearance. That’s only convenient because it’s something government have done since they existed.
I don’t think victims, but pinched by the trap.
If you take 'epstein is a Russian agent’s like they are imply ‘epstein likely got his girls from Russian organized crime’ and ‘bill gates got an STD from a Russian hooker’, a picture starts to emerge.
It seems to be a russian extortion ring for Intel and secrets etc with Donald somehow involved as well.
The part I don’t get is how many people are willing to rape underaged girls. Sheesh.
Israel: Nothing to see here, it was those Russians over there!
Also we didn’t kill Jee in prison. Oh you hadn’t asked?
Why are there so many “but IsRaEl” comments in here?
Cause this is a “look, squirrel!” article. Learn to look for stuff like this. Source being The Daily Mail is a prime example.
Your comment is a “look, squirrel!” attempt, which is called a red herring btw. We already know the daily mail is shit.
You’re not seriously gonna “That’s interesting” everyone about Epstein ties to Israel, are you?
