Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

bigtree

(93,258 posts)
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 10:46 PM Nov 13

Epstein very likely, eventually gave Putin everything incriminating he had on Trump

...the Russian dictator completely owned the U.S. president, afterward.


Trump and Putin after their two-hour one-on-one (with translators only) meeting in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi https://politico.com/news/2025/11/1




____The late American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about U.S. President Donald Trump weeks before he first met with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing newly released emails.

In a June 24, 2018, email to former Norwegian prime minister and then-Council of Europe leader Thorbjørn Jagland, Epstein proposed meeting Lavrov.

“I think you might suggest to putin that lavrov can get insight on Trump talking to me,” the email, which came nearly a month before Trump met Putin in Helsinki, read.


Epstein also referenced his prior discussions with the late Russian Ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, who died in 2017, that helped him gain insight into Trump.

“Churkin was great,” Epstein reportedly wrote. “He understood trump after our conversations. it is not complex. he must be seen to get something its that simple.”


https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/epstein-tried-contacting-lavrov-to-discuss-trump-emails-reveal/ar-AA1Qnv1v


At the Helsinki summit in July 2018, Trump contradicted US intelligence and appeared to defend Russia over allegations of interference in the 2016 election.

Larry Summers, a former US Treasury secretary, emailed Epstein that day to ask whether “the Russians have stuff on Trump,” the newly-released documents show. He said “today was appalling even by his standards”.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/jeffrey-epstein-kremlin-donald-trump-summit-b2864323.html
11 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies

Phoenix61

(18,644 posts)
1. Remember the rumors that Putin had P-tapes on tdump?
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 10:55 PM
Nov 13

I’m starting to think the “P” stands for pedophile.

Deuxcents

(24,875 posts)
3. I've read it here many times when we all wondered..Putin must have something on TSF..sounds like we were right
Thu Nov 13, 2025, 11:46 PM
Nov 13

marble falls

(69,556 posts)
9. Lead and pretty much end with Putin. Too nad we only have an AI image of Pelosi skewering TABO.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 08:51 AM
Nov 14

AZJonnie

(2,365 posts)
8. Epstein knew since at least 2002 that Trump was laundering Russian oligarch money through his FL properties
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 03:03 AM
Nov 14

And he was pissed ever since because he overbid and outbid Epstein on a property he wanted to buy, using Russian money. One that Epstein showed him, that he'd found, and was asking his then-buddy Trump to check it out and give his opinion.

Same property Trump sold to a Russian oligarch in 2008 for double what he bought it for in 2002. Remember 2008?

Epstein wanted Trump busted for his dealings with the Russians.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Epstein very likely, even...