{"id":318917,"date":"2025-11-23T08:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T08:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=318917"},"modified":"2025-11-25T08:14:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:14:57","slug":"chomsky-had-deeper-ties-with-epstein-than-previously-known-documents-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=318917","title":{"rendered":"Chomsky had deeper ties with Epstein than previously known, documents reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ramon Antonio Vargas \u2013 The Guardian Nov 22, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The prominent linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky<\/a> called it a \u201cmost valuable experience\u201d to have maintained \u201cregular contact\u201d with Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>, who by then had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor, according to emails released earlier in November by US lawmakers.<\/p>\n

Such comments from Chomsky, or attributed to him, suggest his association with Epstein \u2013 who officials concluded killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges \u2013 went deeper than the occasional political and academic discussions the former had previously claimed<\/a> to have with the latter.<\/p>\n

Chomsky, 96, had also reportedly acknowledged receiving about $270,000 from an account linked to Epstein while sorting the disbursement of common funds relating to the first of his two marriages, though the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor has insisted not \u201cone penny\u201d came directly from the infamous financier.<\/p>\n

The emails disclosed on 12 November by the Republican members of the US House oversight committee generally detailed the correspondence Epstein had with political, academic and business luminaries<\/a>, including the Bill Clinton White House\u2019s treasury secretary Larry Summers<\/a> and Steve Bannon, the longtime ally of Donald Trump<\/a>. Further, they reveal Epstein and Chomsky were close enough to discuss musical interests and even potential vacations.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most telling of the Chomsky-related documents in question was a letter of support for Epstein attributed to Chomsky with the salutation \u201cto whom it may concern\u201d. It is not dated, but it contains a typed signature with Chomsky\u2019s name and citing his position as a University of Arizona laureate professor, a role he began in 2017, as first reported by the Massachusetts news outlet WBUR<\/a><\/p>\n

Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 in Florida to state charges of solicitation of prostitution and solicitation of prostitution with a minor. He served 13 months<\/a> of an 18-month sentence<\/a> and was released in July 2009<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI met Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> half a dozen years ago,\u201d read the letter of support from Chomsky that was reviewed by the Guardian after its Republican House oversight committee release. \u201cWe have been in regular contact since, with many long and often in-depth discussions about a very wide range of topics, including our own specialties and professional work, but a host of others where we have shared interests. It has been a most valuable experience for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is unclear whether Chomsky sent the letter to anyone. Nonetheless, it exalts Epstein for teaching Chomsky \u201cabout the intricacies of the global financial system\u201d in a way \u201cthe business press and professional journals\u201d had not been able to do. It boasted about how well connected Epstein was.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce, when we were discussing the Oslo agreements, Jeffrey picked up the phone and called the Norwegian diplomat who supervised them, leading to a lively interchange,\u201d the letter read. The letter recounted how Epstein had arranged for Chomsky \u2013 a political activist, too \u2013 to meet with someone he had \u201cstudied carefully and written about\u201d: the former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak.<\/p>\n

Epstein had \u2013 \u201cwith limited success\u201d \u2013 aided efforts from Chomsky\u2019s second wife, Valeria, to introduce him \u201cto the world of jazz and its wonders\u201d, the letter continued.<\/p>\n

It concluded, \u201cThe impact of Jeffrey\u2019s limitless curiosity, extensive knowledge, penetrating insights and thoughtful appraisals is only heightened by his easy informality, without a trace of pretentiousness. He quickly became a highly valued friend and regular source of intellectual exchange and stimulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another notable communication involving Chomsky and Epstein is a 2015 email in which the latter offers the former use of his residences in New York and New Mexico.<\/p>\n

The emails don\u2019t indicate whether Chomsky took advantage of the offer, whose particulars surfaced as certain officials are striving to investigate<\/a> allegations of crimes by Epstein at a ranch compound he owned outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.<\/p>\n

Interest in the Epstein case has surged in recent months after Trump \u2013 a former friend of his<\/a> \u2013 pledged <\/a>to release a full list of the late financier\u2019s clients while successfully running for a second presidency in 2024. However, after he took office in January, Trump\u2019s justice department declared no such list existed<\/a> and said that it would not be releasing any additional files related to Epstein\u2019s prosecution, igniting a bipartisan furor<\/a> that the president sought to dismiss as a Democratic \u201choax\u201d.<\/p>\n

Yet the pressure was enough that Trump on Wednesday signed a legislative bill directing his justice department to release more of what has come to be collectively known as the Epstein files.<\/p>\n

Chomsky is not the only renowned Massachusetts academic to be ensnared in the Epstein scandal. On Wednesday, Larry Summers relinquished<\/a> a teaching role at Harvard University \u2013 where he was once president \u2013 after his email correspondence with Epstein revived questions about their relationship.<\/p>\n

A statement that MIT provided to WBUR and the Guardian declined to comment on Chomsky but said the university in 2020 had reviewed<\/a> its contacts with Epstein. \u201cFollowing that review, MIT took a number of steps, including enhancements to our gift acceptance processes and donating to four nonprofits supporting survivors of sexual abuse,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

The University of Arizona did not immediately reply to a request for comment on Chomsky. Neither did Chomsky. Nor did Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, who is a spokesperson for her husband \u2013 and in January 2017 sent an email to Epstein apologizing for not wishing him a happy birthday a couple of days earlier.<\/p>\n

\u201cHope you had a good celebration!\u201d she wrote to Epstein, according to the emails released by House oversight committee Republicans. \u201cNoam and I hope to see you again soon and have a toast for your birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chomsky hasn\u2019t spoken publicly since he was reported in 2024 to be convalescing in Brazil after a stroke.<\/p>\n

Source <\/a><\/p>\n

Also see: Jeffrey Epstein moved more than $250,000 between accounts for Noam Chomsky, who said the money was for a ‘pure technicality’<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Epstein was part of a Mossad operation that sought to ensnare figures of influence in the West in sexually compromising encounters. The objective was to blackmail them to do Israel\u2019s bidding. Donald Trump was closely associated with Epstein and was likely one such victim. So too was liberal\/leftist Prof. Norman Chomsky <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":318918,"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":[19,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-318917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Behind_The_News","category-historic-sexual-abuse"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318917","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=318917"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318989,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318917\/revisions\/318989"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/318918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=318917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=318917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=318917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}