How Epstein groomed America's corrupt elite
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, venture capitalist Joi Ito, and others dined with Epstein in 2015, as pictured in this photo from the Epstein files. / Department of Justice
I know how Epstein groomed America’s corrupt elite
Story by Erkki Forster
The Daily Beast, March 17, 2026
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“Everyone is talking about what’s in [the Epstein files]. Here’s what’s not in there. We have all these emails. We have all these people emailing about everything. There’s no breakup emails,” Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World, said.
Giridharadas continued, “There’s no one saying, ‘F---, I didn’t know, but I read the story now. You are despicable. Never call me again.’ Not one email that I’ve seen.”
Giridharadas, who has written extensively on the “Epstein class” on his Substack The.Ink, told host Joanna Coles that Epstein’s crimes were “enabled by the silence and complicity and overlooking and looking away of a much larger number of people. And I don’t think you get the former without the latter.”
The best-selling author argued that Epstein exploited a “lack of courage” that he said defines “the age of hyper-connected networks,” where connections in elite circles is the ultimate currency.
“Your wealth is your connections and the density and breadth of your connections to all these other people,” he explained.
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/i-know-how-epstein-groomed-america-s-corrupt-elite/ar-AA1YN956
"Connections" -- plus Epstein's "Leverage" to move them into action or non-action.
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AMEN!
It's true! Yet the story is missed by what passes for news coverage in the United States.
How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Israel Establish A Police State In This Country The story began in late 2010, when a disputed presidential election in Cote d'Ivoire triggered violence.
Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Nov 16, 2025
Excerpt…
Ouattara's son met Epstein in New York. Three months later, Epstein met Ouattara's niece Nina Keita and then Barak privately at the Regency Hotel. Epstein later flew to Africa, planning stops in Cote d'Ivoire, Angola, and Senegal.
Barak has claimed his dealings with Epstein were private, but documents suggest Epstein acted as a fixer. After leaving office in March 2013, Barak continued negotiating the deal. On March 19, he received an email from his brother-in-law Doron Cohen with materials from MF Group outlining plans for a surveillance and video monitoring centre in Abidjan. Communications were kept secret using cryptic references.
Negotiations were briefly disrupted by a UN report on Israeli-labelled ammunition, and the embargo was extended. Barak then called Israeli security figures including Amos Malka and Michael “Micky” Federmann, and on May 27, Sidi Tiemoko Toure, Chief of Staff to Ouattara.
Using a “non-security” pretext of building hospitals, Barak arrived in Abidjan on August 1, 2013, meeting top officials and President Ouattara.
On September 16, 2013, Barak received a 13-page proposal from Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash detailing a SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) system for Cote d'Ivoire. Farkash wrote, “The document is based on experience that has been accumulated during Amnon's and my service in the unit… I believe this meets the ‘export‑of‑knowledge' test. I thought it appropriate to bring this to your attention.”
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https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-israel-establish-a-police-state-in-this-country-9645587
My heart is broken by the harm these people have caused children -- just from reading the facts tailored for a family publication. May all involved with Jeffrey Epstein and his operations, even if only by association or in "looking the other way," be shamed for the rest of their lives. Thanks to Julie Brown and the real journalists who pursue the truth -- including DU and DUers -- we may still see "The Epstein Class" brought to justice.
Wish more DEMs were interested...
Rep. Nancy Mace Demands CIA Disclosure On Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell Connections
February 17, 2026
Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 17, 2026) – Today, Congresswoman Nancy Mace sent a letter to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe requesting the agency disclose any and all records related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell after the CIA refused to confirm or deny whether such records even exist, claiming the information itself is classified.
In 2011, lawyers representing Epstein filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request asking the CIA for records which may show his affiliation with the agency. The CIA's response stated "the fact of the existence or nonexistence of requested records is currently and properly classified" and is protected intelligence sources and methods information. The CIA refused to acknowledge whether records linking the agency to Epstein exist, claiming even acknowledging whether they exist or not is "classified."
"Epstein's potential ties to the CIA and its operations raise serious questions which require serious answers," said Congresswoman Mace. "The survivors of Epstein's heinous crimes and the American people deserve complete transparency on whether the CIA had any affiliation with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein or knew about his nefarious activities."
The letter outlines multiple suspicious connections between Epstein and CIA-linked individuals and operations. Among them, Epstein repeatedly referred to entering a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), a secure area used for handling classified national security information. In a 2015 email to his attorney Kathryn Ruemmler, Epstein described a project as an "In-Q-Tel-funded" initiative and wrote "it looks like a cia drop."
Additional connections detailed in the letter include:
* One of Epstein's attorneys, Kathryn Ruemmler, who served as White House counsel under President Obama, received the highest honor from the CIA from then-Director John Brennan and told Epstein about it
* Epstein had business ties to individuals involved in the CIA's Iran-Contra scandal. One of Epstein's first clients was Adnan Khashoggi, the Saudi arms dealer who was the central middleman in the CIA's Iran-Contra operation
* Epstein oversaw the repurposing of CIA front/contractor "Southern Air Transport" for Leslie Wexner
* Epstein worked for Douglas Leese, an arms dealer who introduced Epstein to Khashoggi
* Epstein held ties with the cofounder and owner of United States defense contractor DynCorp and appears to have been an intermediary to Norinco, the Chinese state-owned defense company
* Epstein had contact with former CIA Director William Burns and representatives of foreign governments, including a United Kingdom official who was forced to step down after it was revealed he gave Epstein confidential financial information
Rep. Mace is demanding the CIA search all records, classified and unclassified, to identify any records relating to Epstein and Maxwell, make those records available for congressional review, and disclose them to the public to the maximum extent allowable by law.
The letter notes at a minimum, the National Resources Division (NR) of the CIA would likely have had extensive contact with Epstein over the years, given its focus on debriefing high-level business people and investors who travel frequently abroad, do business with foreign officials, and have links to restricted areas.
SEE LETTER BELOW:
Source: https://mace.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-nancy-mace-demands-cia-disclosure-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell#:~:text=One%20of%20Epstein's%20attorneys%2C%20Kathryn,Rep.
