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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[–] 157 points 6 months ago (5 children)

I guess now we know how Putin got the pee tapes.

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  • [–] 77 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

    It’s probably P. as a shortcode for pedo, not pee as in pee.

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  • [–] 48 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

    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?

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  • [+] 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)
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    [–] 128 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Remember when Lindsey Graham was so against the orange felon/pedo then suddenly very nice to him? Blackmail will do that.

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    [–] 87 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    I think the following is clear

    • Epstein was a pimp
    • he procured children and women to be used in awful, highly illegal acts
    • he recorded these acts, using the information to extort and blackmail the rich into various schemes and scams, not to mention for information
    • this explains how his net worth / wealth jumped several times, especially when he was young and somehow made millions with no clear explanation, at the time, as to where he got the money from.
    • we have a huge amount of information from the victims that he used girls as currency
    • considering the circles that Epstein, the people he was involved in, including heads of state, former heads of state, politicians, factional powerbrokers, scientists, actors, celebrities and a multitude of oligarchs.

    These are the circles intelligence agencies walk in. But who he was involved with is probably gonna be harder to work out.

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    [–] 87 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    So...he worked for the CIA, the Kremlin, and Mossad? All at the same time?

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  • [–] 75 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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    [–] 65 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Daily Mail attributes its findings...

    The source is the notoriously untruthful Daily Mail so take this with a big pinch of salt.

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    [–] 35 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    QAnon was RIGHT! There WAS A Global Cabal of Rich child Rapists! QAnon was Wrong =(

    -Republicans!

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Heh, they never really cared either way. Also, there's a non zero chance Epstein is Q.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Call me saria, that link goes where i can't follow

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 34 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago*

    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.

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  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    according to Daily Mail

    So, nothing from a credible source yet.

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    [–] 28 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Israel: Nothing to see here, it was those Russians over there!

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    [–] 27 points 6 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    To me, obviously the big winner here is Putin, who now must have the biggest blackmail filing cabinet in history.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    This honestly sounds like way too convenient. The pedos are the actual victims of russian blackmail?

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  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    You can't blackmail innocent people. That requires you did something you don't want getting found out.

    Otherwise it's extortion.

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    [–] 17 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    TIL: USA is a Puppet state controlled by Russia and Israel. Change your fucking Anthem, it is not "Land of the free", it's "Land of the puppets".

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    [–] 16 points 6 months ago*

    "Jeffrey Epstein wearing a cap with a red Soviet star."

    It's a chinese hat lmao.

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    He advised PUTIN how to handle trump, thats why Trump looked so disheveled around 2019-2020 after speaking with putin, especially right after he lost the election.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    I had only read the articles about his connections to Mossad and Israel. The Daily Mail is not a reliable source but hopefully if there is any truth this, it will be investigated by reputable media so it gets the credibility it deserves.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Yep. Russian. Totally not Mossad.

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    Goddamn lol. This dude was fucked man

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