{"id":192052,"date":"2019-07-24T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T05:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=192052"},"modified":"2019-07-27T05:47:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T05:47:58","slug":"these-prominent-people-must-be-panicking-about-what-the-epstein-case-will-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=192052","title":{"rendered":"These Prominent People Must Be PANICKING About What the Epstein Case Will Reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dagny Taggart \u2013 The Organic Prepper July 20, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_109311\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jepsteinoffender.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-109311\" class=\"size-full wp-image-109311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/jepsteinoffender.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-109311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeffrey Epstein in custody.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On July 6, 2019, American financier, \u201cphilanthropist,\u201d and registered sex offender\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/unbiased-epstein-scandal\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0was arrested (again). He is charged with one count of sex trafficking of minors and one count of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors in Florida and New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">We began covering the story when it broke and will continue to publish updates as more details are released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">To read part 1 of our Epstein coverage, click here: <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/unbiased-epstein-scandal\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>An Unbiased Look at What We Know About the Epstein Scandal So Far<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">To read part 2, click here: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/more-confirmed-information-on-jeffrey-epstein-his-homes-and-his-powerful-friends\/\">More CONFIRMED Information on Jeffrey Epstein, His Homes, and His Powerful Friends<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Some of you may be wondering why a preparedness website is publishing articles about Epstein. There are several reasons we have decided to report on this horrifying case. One is that current events matter when it comes to preparedness. It is possible that eventually, many prominent world leaders and public figures will be implicated in this scandal. This could cause chaos and rioting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Another reason is that sex trafficking is a growing problem, globally. It is important to understand this so we can all keep our loved ones safe. Awareness is the first step to solving or preventing problems like this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">As a journalist, it is my job to report facts, no matter how unpleasant. Here, I will share all of the documented information I can find on Epstein. I will do my best to report accurately and without bias. (I am non-partisan and my goal is always to expose the truth, no matter how painful).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>This article contains content that may be upsetting to some readers. Reader discretion is advised.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Jeffrey Epstein was denied bail this week.<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On Thursday, Judge Richard Berman decided <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/unbiased-epstein-scandal\/\">Epstein<\/a><\/strong><\/span> would not be granted bail. Here is a summary of the reasons the judge made that decision, from <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/high-profile\/likely-to-be-uncontrollable-top-10-takeaways-from-judges-order-to-keep-jeffrey-epstein-jailed\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Law and Crime<\/strong><\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Government\u2019s evidence that Epstein is a danger to the community is \u201cclear and convincing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Epstein\u2019s attraction to young girls \u201cappears likely to be uncontrollable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Defense argument that it\u2019s \u201cnot like [Epstein is] an out-of-control rapist\u201d doesn\u2019t fly because, in the judge\u2019s words, \u201cit seems fair to say that Mr. Epstein\u2019s future behavior will be consistent with past behavior.\u201d Berman then pointed to the discovery of a \u201ctrove\u201d of lewd photos of young-looking women or girls found during the raid of Epstein\u2019s Upper East Side townhouse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cPhotographic trophies of his victims and other young females\u201d suggests Epstein \u201cposes \u2018ongoing and forward-looking danger.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Judge bolded evidence of witness intimidation and threats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Judge notes that, despite the defense\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/high-profile\/proof-jeffrey-epstein-was-not-required-to-register-as-sex-offender-in-new-mexico-has-misspelled-name\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>pointing to Epstein\u2019s New Mexico behavior<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Epstein has \u201cchallenged his sex offender \u2018level\u2019 in at least one jurisdiction since 2008 in an effort to minimize his reporting obligations.\u201d Berman also noted reports saying Epstein was allowed by NYPD to skip mandatory sex offender check-in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The pretrial service report listed myriad reasons Epstein is a flight risk; judge says Epstein is a \u201cclassic\u201d flight risk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Judge: the Government\u2019s evidence against Epstein \u201cappears strong\u201d for numerous reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Given the \u201ctotality of the circumstances,\u201d the government has met its burden to keep Epstein jailed. (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/high-profile\/likely-to-be-uncontrollable-top-10-takeaways-from-judges-order-to-keep-jeffrey-epstein-jailed\/\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">This morning, it was announced that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jeffrey-epstein-two-accusers-come-forward-since-financier-denied-bail\/\">at least two more accusers<\/a><\/strong><\/span> have come forward since Epstein was denied bail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">During <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-accusers-to-demand-he-stay-jailed-at-bail-hearing\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>a search of Epstein\u2019s NY home<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, investigators say they found dozens of loose diamonds, $70,000 in cash and a trove of sexually suggestive pictures. They also found a fake Austrian passport with Epstein\u2019s picture listing an address in Saudi Arabia.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Many questions about Epstein remain unanswered.<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_192056\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Epstein-s-private-jet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-192056\" class=\"wp-image-192056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Epstein-s-private-jet-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Epstein-s-private-jet-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Epstein-s-private-jet-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Epstein-s-private-jet-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Epstein-s-private-jet.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-192056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of Epstein&#8217;s private jets. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Why did he fly back to the US from Paris on July 6? He must have known he\u2019d be arrested. Was a deal of some kind already in the works?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Did he sell one of his jets in June 2019, as his lawyers claim? If so, why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Little Saint James is home to a very odd structure. No one seems to know what exactly the building is, but there is a lot of\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exjon\/status\/1148394379154825217\">speculation<\/a><\/strong><\/span> going on (as with most things Epstein), as we discussed in a previous article. Up-close drone footage of the structure (and the rest of the island) is viewable<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGF4cH9t6SgF5e4OELMbDjg\/videos\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Twitter user <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/threader.app\/thread\/1151871039015534592\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>TheSharpEdge<\/strong><\/span><\/a> notes that the building <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/threader.app\/thread\/1151871039015534592\">looks a lot like a bathhouse<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>in Aleppo, Syria, named <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSharpEdge1\/status\/1151871039015534592\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hammam Yalbugha<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Why did Epstein\u2019s private jets criss-cross the globe every third day, most often between airports near his properties in the United States and France? According to <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/jeffrey-epsteins-private-jet-flight-data-2019-7\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>an Insider report<\/strong><\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><strong>Epstein\u2019s Gulfstream jets flew to Slovakia, Mexico, and the United Kingdom \u2014 sometimes for only a few hours<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The same flight data gathered by ADSExchange places Epstein\u2019s jets in a number of other countries and cities:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/flight-data.adsbexchange.com\/map?icao=A0547F&amp;date=2018-01-23\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>January 23, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the Gulfstream IV flew from Paris to London, and <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/flight-data.adsbexchange.com\/map?icao=A0547F&amp;date=2018-01-25\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>returned<\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>two days later.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/flight-data.adsbexchange.com\/map?icao=A1C1BD&amp;date=2019-03-22\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>March 22, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the Gulfstream GV-SP flew from Paris to Bratislava, Slovakia, and returned 5 hours later.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/flight-data.adsbexchange.com\/map?icao=A1C1BD&amp;date=2019-03-27\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>March 27, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, the Gulfstream GV-SP flew from Paris to Nice, and returned 4 hours later.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/flight-data.adsbexchange.com\/map?icao=A0547F&amp;date=2019-04-08\">April 8, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the Gulfstream IV flew from Atlanta to Durango, Mexico, and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/flight-data.adsbexchange.com\/map?icao=A0547F&amp;date=2019-04-13\">returned<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0five days later.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/flight-data.adsbexchange.com\/map?icao=A1C1BD&amp;date=2019-04-25\">April 25, 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the Gulfstream GV-SP flew from Paris to Rabat, Morocco, and returned 9 hours later. (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/jeffrey-epsteins-private-jet-flight-data-2019-7\">source<\/a><\/strong><\/span>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It is being reported that the government is going to release 2,000 pages of incriminating documents soon. What will those documents reveal?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-case-grows-more-grotesque?fbclid=IwAR2Z8uBYCei9DfQm0GClmrc5ldsgY36aasNvfMvMpUZYVmFwUwfKJjZ7kuk\">\u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>It\u2019s Going to Be Staggering, the Amount of Names\u201d: As the Jeffrey Epstein Case Grows More Grotesque, Manhattan and DC Brace for Impact<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Gabriel Sherman writes that \u201ca wave of panic is rippling through Manhattan, DC, and Palm Beach, as Epstein\u2019s former friends and associates rush to distance themselves, while gossiping about who might be ensnared\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The questions about Epstein are metastasizing much faster than they can be answered: Who knew what about Epstein\u2019s alleged abuse? How, and from whom, did Epstein get his supposed $500 million fortune? Why did Acosta grant Epstein an outrageously lenient non-prosecution agreement? (And what does it mean that Acosta was\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epsteins-sick-story-played-out-for-years-in-plain-sight\">reportedly<\/a><\/strong><\/span> told Epstein \u201cbelonged to intelligence\u201d?) But among the most pressing queries is which other famous people might be exposed for committing sex crimes. \u201cThere were other business associates of Mr. Epstein\u2019s who engaged in improper sexual misconduct at one or more of his homes. We do know that,\u201d said <strong>Brad Edwards<\/strong>, a lawyer for <strong>Courtney Wild<\/strong>, one of the Epstein accusers who gave emotional testimony at Epstein\u2019s bail hearing. \u201cIn due time the names are going to start coming out.\u201d (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-case-grows-more-grotesque?fbclid=IwAR2Z8uBYCei9DfQm0GClmrc5ldsgY36aasNvfMvMpUZYVmFwUwfKJjZ7kuk\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Who will Epstein take down with him? Will he get a lighter sentence (he is currently facing 45 years in prison, which is essentially a life sentence for the 66-year-old) if he gives up names? Will the names be hidden from the public?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-case-grows-more-grotesque?fbclid=IwAR2Z8uBYCei9DfQm0GClmrc5ldsgY36aasNvfMvMpUZYVmFwUwfKJjZ7kuk\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Sherman goes on to explain<\/strong><\/span><\/a> that we may know more very soon:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Likely within days, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will release almost 2,000 pages of documents that could reveal sexual abuse by \u201cnumerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders,\u201d according to the three-judge panel\u2019s ruling. The documents were filed during a civil defamation lawsuit brought by Epstein accuser\u00a0<strong>Virginia Roberts Giuffre,<\/strong>\u00a0a former Mar-a-Lago locker-room attendant, against Epstein\u2019s former girlfriend and alleged madam,\u00a0<strong>Ghislaine Maxwell.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cNobody who was around Epstein a lot is going to have an easy time now. It\u2019s all going to come out,\u201d said Giuffre\u2019s lawyer\u00a0<strong>David Boies.<\/strong> Another person involved with litigation against Epstein told me: \u201cIt\u2019s going to be staggering, the amount of names. It\u2019s going to be contagion numbers.\u201d (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-case-grows-more-grotesque?fbclid=IwAR2Z8uBYCei9DfQm0GClmrc5ldsgY36aasNvfMvMpUZYVmFwUwfKJjZ7kuk\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Did all of the people who associated with Epstein know what kind of person he allegedly is? It has been said that Epstein \u201ccollected people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In that article, Sherman details how\u00a0Epstein \u201cremained a fixture in elite circles even after he was a registered sex offender\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A few years ago, for example, he was a guest at a dinner in Palo Alto hosted by LinkedIn cofounder <strong>Reid Hoffman for<\/strong>\u00a0the MIT neuroscientist\u00a0<strong>Ed Boyden.<\/strong>\u00a0At the dinner,\u00a0<strong>Elon Musk<\/strong>\u00a0introduced Epstein to\u00a0<strong>Mark Zuckerberg.<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201cMark met Epstein in passing one time at a dinner honoring scientists that was not organized by Epstein,\u201d Zuckerberg spokesman\u00a0<strong>Ben LaBolt<\/strong>\u00a0told me. \u201cMark did not communicate with Epstein again following the dinner.\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In an email, Elon Musk responded: \u201cI don\u2019t recall introducing Epstein to anyone, as I don\u2019t know the guy well enough to do so, Epstein is obviously a creep and Zuckerberg is not a friend of mine. Several years ago, I was at his house in Manhattan for about 30 minutes in the middle of the afternoon with\u00a0<strong>Talulah [Riley]<\/strong>, as she was curious about meeting this strange person for a novel she was writing. We did not see anything inappropriate at all, apart from weird art. He tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined.\u201d (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-case-grows-more-grotesque?fbclid=IwAR2Z8uBYCei9DfQm0GClmrc5ldsgY36aasNvfMvMpUZYVmFwUwfKJjZ7kuk\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Musk\u2019s comment about Epstein repeatedly trying to get him to visit his island leads me to this question: Did Epstein invite Musk to visit his island so he could later blackmail him?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">How many other high-profile people were invited to Epstein\u2019s island but declined the offer, one has to wonder?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Vicky Ward, the journalist who wrote the 2003\u00a0<em>Vanity Fair<\/em>\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2003\/03\/jeffrey-epstein-200303\">profile<\/a>\u00a0of Epstein, <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2019\/07\/how-jeffrey-epstein-used-his-contacts-to-evade-scrutiny-at-vanity-fair-magazine.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>told\u00a0Slate<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0that \u201cYou got the feeling that his friends weren\u2019t real friends \u2014 he owned them \u2014 that he was the kind of man who collected information about people and then used it over them.\u201d Ward has also offered a more scathing assessment, saying, \u201cWhat is so amazing to me is how his entire social circle knew about this and just blithely overlooked it \u2026 all mentioned the girls, as an aside.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In her <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2003\/03\/jeffrey-epstein-200303\">2003 profile of Epstein<\/a><\/span><\/strong>, Ward wrote the following (emphasis is mine):<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">A few of the handful of current friends who have known him since the early 1980s recall that <strong>he used to tell them he was a \u201cbounty hunter,\u201d recovering lost or stolen money for the government or for very rich people<\/strong>. He has a license to carry a firearm. For the last 15 years, he\u2019s been running his business, J. Epstein &amp; Co.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Since Leslie Wexner appeared in his life\u2014Epstein has said this was in 1986; others say it was in 1989, at the earliest\u2014he has gradually, in a way that has not generally made headlines, come to be accepted by the Establishment. He\u2019s a member of various commissions and councils: <strong>he is on the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations<\/strong>, the New York Academy of Sciences, and the Institute of International Education. (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2003\/03\/jeffrey-epstein-200303\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">And, in <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2003\/03\/jeffrey-epstein-200303\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>that article<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Ward mentions another prominent name that may be familiar to those who are following recent sex trafficking cases:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In 1981 the S.E.C.\u2019s Jonathan Harris and Robert Blackburn took Epstein\u2019s testimony and that of other Bear Stearns employees in part of what became a protracted case about insider trading around a tender offer placed on March 11, 1981, by the Seagram Company Ltd. for St. Joe Minerals Corp. Ultimately several Italian and Swiss investors were found guilty, including Italian financier Giuseppe Tome, who had used his relationship with Seagram owner Edgar Bronfman Sr. to obtain information about the tender offer. (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2003\/03\/jeffrey-epstein-200303\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Is Epstein\u2019s alleged sex trafficking operation linked to NXIVM?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Edgar Bronfman Jr is listed in Epstein\u2019s infamous <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/1508273-jeffrey-epsteins-little-black-book-redacted.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Little Black Book<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Back in April, his sister, Clare Bronfman, \u201cpleaded guilty in a sensational case accusing a cult-like upstate New York group of creating a secret harem of sex slaves for the group\u2019s self-anointed spiritual leader,\u201d <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/seagrams-heiress-pleads-guilty-in-nxivm-sex-slave-case\/\">CBS News reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Clare Bronfman admitted in her plea in federal court in Brooklyn that she harbored someone who was living in the U.S. illegally for unpaid \u201clabor and services\u201d and that she committed credit card fraud on behalf of Keith Raniere, the lead of a group called NXIVM.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">As part of a plea agreement, Bronfman agreed to forfeit $6 million from a fortune prosecutors say is worth $200 million. She faces more than two years in prison at sentencing on July 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The plea means Bronfman will avoid going to trial early next month with Raniere, who\u2019s facing conspiracy charges alleging that his inner circle of loyalists created a secret society of women who were forced to have unwanted sex with him. Prosecutors say some of the women were branded with his initials as part of their initiation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">An accountant for the group, Kathy Russell, also pleaded guilty on Friday to a fraud charge. She joined three other NXIVM insiders besides Bronfman who have also pleaded guilty. (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/seagrams-heiress-pleads-guilty-in-nxivm-sex-slave-case\/\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Twitter user <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSharpEdge1\/status\/1148691391687479296\">TheSharpEdge<\/a><\/strong><\/span> also noticed the possible <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/threader.app\/thread\/1148691391687479296\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Epstein-NXIVM connection<\/strong><\/span>,<\/a>\u00a0noting that Bronfman Jr\u2019s listing in Epstein\u2019s Little Black Book says \u201cEdgar Bronfman, Jr., Lexa Partners, LLC.\u201d TheSharpEdge tried to find information on Lexa Partners, LLC and came up rather empty-handed:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Just upon my initial search, very little is known about Lexa Partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It\u2019s described as a management venture capital group based in NY City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">And the only known staff member I can find was Edgar Bronfman Jr himself (Chairman, CEO)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Odd. (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/threader.app\/thread\/1148691391687479296\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">TheSharpEdge also posted this image, which depicts the possible ties between Epstein and NXIVM:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NXIVM-graphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-192054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NXIVM-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NXIVM-graphic.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/NXIVM-graphic-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The Bronfman family\u2019s story goes way back, as chronicled by Whitney Webb of Mint Press News in <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/shocking-origins-jeffrey-epstein-blackmail-roy-cohn\/260621\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Hidden in Plain Sight: The Shocking Origins of the Jeffrey Epstein Case<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Here\u2019s a brief excerpt from that report:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Years later, Samuel Bronfman\u2019s children and grandchildren, their family\u2019s ties to the criminal underworld intact, would later go on to associate closely with Leslie Wexner, allegedly the source of much of Epstein\u2019s mysterious wealth, and other mob-linked \u201cphilanthropists,\u201d and some would even manage their own sexual blackmail operations, including the<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/seagram-heiress-clare-bronfman-pleads-guilty-in-nxivm-sex-slave-case-825103\/\">\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>recently busted blackmail-based \u201csex cult\u201d NXIVM<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. The later generations of the Bronfman family, particularly Samuel Bronfman\u2019s sons Edgar and Charles, will be discussed in greater detail in Part II of this report. (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mintpressnews.com\/shocking-origins-jeffrey-epstein-blackmail-roy-cohn\/260621\/\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Are the Clintons involved with sex trafficking?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">According to <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/lawandcrime.com\/high-profile\/witness-seagrams-heiress-guilty-in-nxivm-sex-cult-case-tried-to-illegally-curry-favor-with-the-clintons\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Law &amp; Crime<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, \u201cIn total, people connected to NXIVM reportedly donated $29,000 to Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It is no secret that Epstein and the Clintons know each other \u2013 quite well, in fact. Epstein <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/unbiased-epstein-scandal\/\">donated money to the Clinton Foundation<\/a><\/strong><\/span> even after his conviction. Former President Bill Clinton was a\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/unbiased-epstein-scandal\/\">frequent flyer on Epstein\u2019s infamous jet<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, with flight logs showing the former president taking at least 26 trips aboard the \u201cLolita Express\u201d \u2014 even apparently ditching his Secret Service detail for at least five of the flights. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein\u2019s alleged partner-in-crime,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2019\/07\/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-alleged-madam.html\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>attended Chelsea Clinton\u2019s wedding<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Epstein once claimed he co-founded the Clinton Foundation, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/billionaire-sex-offender-epstein-once-claimed-he-co-founded-clinton-foundation\">FoxNews reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Attorneys for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein touted his close friendship with Bill Clinton and even claimed the billionaire helped start Clinton\u2019s controversial family foundation in a 2007 letter aimed at boosting his image during plea negotiations, FoxNews.com has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The 23-page letter, written by high-powered lawyers Alan Dershowitz and Gerald Lefcourt, was apparently part of an ultimately successful bid to negotiate a plea deal before Epstein could be tried for using underage girls in a sex ring<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>based in Palm Beach, Fla., and his private island estate\u00a0on the 72-acre Virgin Islands home dubbed \u201cOrgy Island.\u201d\u00a0Epstein spent 13 months in prison and home detention after agreeing to a plea deal\u00a0in which he admitted to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">\u201cMr. Epstein was part of the original group that conceived the Clinton Global Initiative, which is described as a project \u2018bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world\u2019s most pressing challenges,\u201d read the July 2007 letter to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s office in the Southern District of Florida. \u201cFocuses of this initiative include poverty, climate change, global health, and religious and ethnic conflicts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Attorneys describe the foundation, which has undergone name changes since its formation in 2005, as designed \u201cto convene world leaders, forward-looking CEOs, and philanthropists to commit to take action on pressing global challenges.\u201d (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/billionaire-sex-offender-epstein-once-claimed-he-co-founded-clinton-foundation\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">It has long been speculated that the Clintons are involved in human trafficking. Investigative journalist Corey Lynn has put together a timeline of the Clintons\u2019 child-related activities and suggests that readers \u201cuse their own discernment in determining what they believe to be truth, or until further information is revealed.\u201d To read her report, click here: <a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coreysdigs.com\/child-trafficking\/are-bill-hillary-clinton-involved-with-child-trafficking\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Are Bill &amp; Hillary Clinton Involved with Child Trafficking?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">One Clinton associate listed in Lynn\u2019s report \u2013 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/07\/19\/mueller-witness-george-nader-accused-of-transporting-boy-for-sex-porn.html\">George Nader<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 was arrested yesterday:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">George Nader, a key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s probe, has been charged in a new federal indictment with transporting a 14-year-old boy for sex, child porn, and carrying obscene materials into the United States. (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/07\/19\/mueller-witness-george-nader-accused-of-transporting-boy-for-sex-porn.html\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Who else knows the truth about Epstein?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">On July 9,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/jeffrey-epstein-accused-of-sexually-abusing-teenage-girls-surrounded-himself-with-influential-network-of-defenders\/2019\/07\/09\/67069e12-a259-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.c97c26%20\">The Washington Post reported<\/a><\/strong><\/span> that \u201cEven as dozens of women were looking to police, prosecutors and courts to hold Epstein to account for his alleged sexual abuses, a stunning list of contacts and, in some cases, defenders across the worlds of Hollywood moviemaking, medical research, diplomacy, finance, politics, and law.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Epstein\u2019s black book of contacts \u2014 the printed phone directory that his Palm Beach butler, Alfredo Rodriguez, stole and that later was obtained by the FBI \u2014 includes Michael Jackson and Mick Jagger; more than a dozen aides to Clinton; other celebrities such as Alec Baldwin, Naomi Campbell and Jimmy Buffett; media titans such as Rupert Murdoch, Conrad Black and Michael Bloomberg; business magnates such as Richard Branson, Steve Forbes and Edgar Bronfman Jr.; Kennedys, Rockefellers and Rothschilds; lords and ladies; ambassadors and senators.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">The book lists 16 phone numbers for the Duke of York and his aides, and 18 for the Duchess of York and her court.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">There are Democrats and Republicans, movie stars and movie moguls, an Israeli prime minister (Ehud Barak) and Saudi royals (Bandar and Salman), prime ministers and fellow billionaires. The list includes Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel and sex counselor Dr. Ruth Westheimer, comic John Cleese and director Julie Taymor, and TV journalists Barbara Walters and Mike Wallace. (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/jeffrey-epstein-accused-of-sexually-abusing-teenage-girls-surrounded-himself-with-influential-network-of-defenders\/2019\/07\/09\/67069e12-a259-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.c97c26%20\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Yesterday, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2019-07-19\/the-complicated-orbit-of-jeffrey-epstein\">Bloomberg Businessweek<\/a><\/strong><\/span> published a report that diagrams a partial accounting of Epstein\u2019s entanglements. To read that report and view the diagrams, click here: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2019-07-19\/the-complicated-orbit-of-jeffrey-epstein\">The Complicated Orbit of Jeffrey Epstein<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In his Vanity Fair piece,<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #ccffff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-case-grows-more-grotesque?fbclid=IwAR2Z8uBYCei9DfQm0GClmrc5ldsgY36aasNvfMvMpUZYVmFwUwfKJjZ7kuk\">Sherman writes<\/a><\/strong><\/span>,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">In the absence of much other information, the reigning theory on Wall Street currently is that Epstein\u2019s activities with women and girls were central to the building of his fortune, and his relations with some of his investors essentially amounted to blackmail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Similarly, DC is on edge. \u201cEpstein bragged about his contacts in Washington,\u201d Boies said. Reporters are likely to dig into why the Justice Department decided not to prosecute Epstein and kept the deal secret from his victims. One theory circulating among prominent Republicans is that Epstein was a Mossad agent. Another is that the\u00a0<strong>George W. Bush<\/strong>\u00a0White House directed Acosta not to prosecute Epstein to protect\u00a0<strong>Prince Andrew<\/strong> on behalf of the British government, then the U.S.\u2019s closest ally in the Iraq war. \u201cThe royal family did everything they could to try and discredit the Prince Andrew stuff,\u201d Boies told me. \u201cWhen we tried to follow up with anything, we were stonewalled. We wanted to interview him, they were unwilling to do anything.\u201d (Prince Andrew could not be reached for comment). (<a style=\"color: #ccffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2019\/07\/jeffrey-epstein-case-grows-more-grotesque?fbclid=IwAR2Z8uBYCei9DfQm0GClmrc5ldsgY36aasNvfMvMpUZYVmFwUwfKJjZ7kuk\">source<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What do you think?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\">Will Epstein face actual time for his crimes if he is found guilty? Will he bring down others with him? How widespread do you think his alleged network is? Please share your thoughts in the comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">About the Author<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ccffff;\"><em>Dagny Taggart is the pseudonym of an experienced journalist who needs to maintain anonymity to keep her job in the public eye. Dagny is non-partisan and aims to expose the half-truths, misrepresentations, and blatant lies of the MSM.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.com\/people-epstein-could-bring-down\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Dagny Taggart explains, the Jeffrey Epstein case could get much bigger and involve many more prominent people<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-192052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historic-sexual-abuse"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=192052"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192059,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192052\/revisions\/192059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=192052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=192052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=192052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}