Posted on 08/12/2019 8:22:44 PM PDT by bitt
New York Times columnist James B. Stewart writes in a new piece that wealthy financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein claimed in an interview last year to have dirt on powerful figures.
"Epstein knew an astonishing number of rich, famous and powerful people, and had photos to prove it. He also claimed to know a great deal about these people, some of it potentially damaging or embarrassing, including details about their supposed sexual proclivities and recreational drug use," Stewart says in the column, which is based on an on-background conversation he had with Epstein in 2018 while interviewing him about his involvement with Tesla.
The column comes after Epstein, who was indicted last month on sex trafficking charges, died by an apparent suicide in his Manhattan jail cell over the weekend.
Epstein had been on suicide watch after an apparent previous attempt, but on Monday it was reported his defense attorneys pushed for him to be taken off of it ahead of his death early Saturday.
Stewart wrote in his column that the news made him think those Epstein had dirt on "must be breathing sighs of relief that whatever Mr. Epstein knew, he has taken it with him."
A woman who accused Epstein of raping her when she was 15 said Saturday that officials must continue pursuing his associates in an alleged sex-trafficking ring.
Epstein was awaiting trial on allegations that he trafficked dozens of minors for sex. He previously accepted a plea deal in 2008 over similar accusations of soliciting sex from underage girls that landed him on the sex offender registry.
Stewart also wrote of his August 2018 interview that Epstein openly discussed the allegations against him and suggested underage sex shouldn't be criminalized.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
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*snerk*
Anyone else have more on this..?
I can find nothing.
I went to source 2 min ago and did not see it posted by that Twitter handle for 12 Aug, today.
Removed?
My guess is the report was not accurate.
It’s so simple now.
Epstein was Clinton’s global extortion racket.
Entice the worlds leaders into compromise to neutralize.
Own.
They pay for silence.
“Epstein knew a lot of rich powerful people”.
I hear tell he even knew the Clintons.
Where have these NYT people been for the past decade.
Innocent until proven guilty. Unless your last name is, for example, “Kavanaugh.”
“Epstein knew an astonishing number of rich, famous and powerful people, and had photos to prove it. He also claimed to know a great deal about these people, some of it potentially damaging or embarrassing, including details about their supposed sexual proclivities and recreational drug use,”
What’s funny is Q and a lot of others been saying this for years.
I thought NYT says Q is quazy conspiracy crap.
(I’m not a Qist, just making an observation).
ya think?
The FBI raided Epstein Island today. I’m sure the Clinton mob raided it a month ago.
“... a lot of others...” Yes. One did/does not need the qult.
I did personal research on Jeffrey Epstein in 2008 - about 6 or more years before I heard of Free Republic, much less that Letter.
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