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Deep State Witch

(12,014 posts)
1. I Wouldn't Use Schindler As A Source for Anything
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 04:30 PM
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He's a RWNJ who is constantly railing against Obama and Biden.

AntiFascist

(13,538 posts)
2. It's more likely he had connections with Russia, and the Far Right wants to distract from those:
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 05:57 PM
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From Google AI- Here's a summary of the known and alleged connections:

Financial Links and Payments:
Investigations have revealed links between Epstein and sanctioned Russian banks, as well as payments tied to women and girls from countries like Russia, Belarus, Turkey, and Turkmenistan.

A significant suspicious activity report reviewed by a congressional team involved $1.1 billion in transactions from JPMorgan, including payments to women from Russia, Belarus, and Turkmenistan. Many of Epstein's victims were reportedly young women from Eastern European countries.

Ties to Individuals and Networks:
The Dossier Center uncovered close contacts between Epstein and Sergei Belyakov, a graduate of the FSB Academy (which trains Russian intelligence officers) and former Deputy Minister of Economic Development, who later headed the St. Petersburg Economic Forum Foundation.

Belyakov reportedly assisted Epstein with a Russian model who was blackmailing American businessmen and also proposed arranging meetings for Epstein with high-ranking Russian officials. In return, Epstein advised Belyakov on the Russian economy and helped recruit guests for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Epstein's association with Belyakov may suggest that Russian intelligence services were trying to access Epstein's extensive connections and resources.

Media Coverage and Potential Disinformation:
In the wake of Epstein's arrest and suicide, Russian government-funded media, particularly RT, significantly focused on the Epstein story despite a lack of direct connection to Russian interests.

This coverage emphasized narratives criticizing the "mainstream" media's reporting, casting doubt on official explanations of Epstein's death, and portraying Epstein as a symbol of Western depravity, according to an analysis by the Alliance For Securing Democracy.

cadoman

(1,495 posts)
3. you don't even need to go to three degrees of separation to find a connection
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 06:11 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Maxwell

Epstein -> Ghislaine Maxwell -> Robert Maxwell

Celerity

(50,958 posts)
4. The Times of Israel: Ehud Barak met with Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times, flew on private plane -- report
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 06:42 PM
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Former prime minister visited disgraced financier and child abuser about 30 times in 2013-2017, including 2014 private flight in Florida

https://www.timesofisrael.com/ehud-barak-met-with-jeffrey-epstein-dozens-of-times-flew-on-private-plane-report/

https://archive.ph/ulOtb

4 May 2023

Former prime minister Ehud Barak met with the late disgraced financier and child sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein dozens of times beginning in 2013, according to a new report on Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal. Barak was among the list of Jewish names — including pioneering linguist and left-wing activist Noam Chomsky, longtime Bard College president Leon Botstein, and filmmaker Woody Allen — listed in a newly uncovered private calendar for Epstein, the WSJ reported in the first part of its investigative series on the hugely influential Jewish donor who used his largesse to obscure what investigators uncovered years ago as an elaborate underage sex trafficking ring.

Epstein met with thousands of people over his career and the presence of their names does not itself indicate any evidence of misdeeds. According to the WSJ’s Wednesday report on the calendar’s contents, Barak visited Epstein about 30 times between 2013 and 2017 at his estates in Florida and New York, including a time in 2014 when the former Israeli premier flew with Epstein on his private aircraft from Palm Beach to Tampa, after which Epstein went on to New York. Barak said his wife and an Israeli security guard were also on that flight. He said he flew with Epstein on his private plans on one other occasion, also with his wife and guards.

According to the report, Barak also met with Epstein monthly for nearly a year, beginning in December 2015. The meetings came well after Epstein’s 2008-2009 conviction and sentencing for procuring a child for prostitution, but Barak has maintained that he had no knowledge of Epstein’s activities.

Their previously reported ties became an unexpected hot-button issue in the 2019 election campaign in Israel, after Epstein was arrested and later died in prison of an apparent suicide but under mysterious circumstances that have led some to question the suicide determination. At the time, the 66-year-old Epstein was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges following a Miami Herald investigation that uncovered his network of sexual abuse and high-profile connections.

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Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s investment in an Israeli start-up reveals a myriad of links to Donald Trump and Israeli spies.

https://narativ.org/2019/07/27/building-big-brother/

https://archive.ph/E5hTQ

It’s been thirty-two years since the “Pollard Affair” pierced the seemingly impenetrable facade of U.S.-Israeli relations. Now, two suspected Israeli agents are in jail – indicted on separate charges of sex trafficking of minors. Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on July 6 and charged with trafficking minors across state lines. George Nader – a key witness for Robert Mueller – was arrested last month for possession of child porn and transporting a minor for sex from Europe.

Epstein and Nader share a personal network that includes Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Erik Prince, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and his UAE counterpart, Mohamed Bin Zayed. But their association goes further than powerful friends and proclivities for teenage boys and girls. Epstein and Nader are believed to be agents for Israeli Intelligence. Narativ has independently confirmed with two separate sources who were in a position to know that Epstein worked for Israeli military intelligence.

Both men also have ties to a burgeoning Israeli tech sector which is bringing Mossad-style military intelligence to the private sector and endangering the global balance of power. The Haaretz newspaper has previously reported that Epstein, who was Donald Trump’s friend through the ’80s and ’90s, partnered in an Israeli start-up alongside former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

Barak is seeking to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu as Israeli Prime Minister in the upcoming re-run elections scheduled for September. Since 2015, he has been the front-man for Carbyne, an Israeli start-up which purports to be a high-tech solution for 911 emergency call centers, but the platform’s architecture and investors raise serious privacy concerns. Narativ undertook an extensive investigation into Carbyne, and can now reveal a myriad of troubling connections between the start-up and people connected to Donald Trump.

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Ukrainian-born Viktor Vekselberg is close to Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen. He’s been in business with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak for 5 years.



Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak (center) with the three co-founders of Carbyne (formerly Reporty). Alex Dizengof, Amir Elichai and Lital Leshem. All four are tied to Israeli military intelligence or cybersecurity.



A rare photo of Joel Zamel obtained by Narativ (center), Erik Prince of Frontier Resource Group (left) and George Nader (right). All three men attended a meeting with Donald Trump, Jr. on August 3 2016 to discuss a social media manipulation plan by Zamel’s Psy Group.






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