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Epstein very likely, eventually gave Putin everything incriminating he had on Trump [View all]
...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.
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.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/epstein-tried-contacting-lavrov-to-discuss-trump-emails-reveal/ar-AA1Qnv1v
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
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