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Let's Texas what's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're going to pick up where we left off with the Miami Herald article talking about Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to the Arab royals. This article was authored by Shirsho Dazgupta. Epstein first got acquainted with Yemeni billionaire Shahar Abdul Haq in the spring of 2012. Abdul Haq the time was in a fix. His son Farouk was a suspect in the rape and murder of a 23 year old Norwegian student, Martin Vik Magnussen, in London in 2008, according to the British press. British authorities wanted him for questioning, but Farouk had fled to Yemen. Sounds about right. What, he's going to stick around and face justice? Yeah, right. Epstein, the record show, claimed to have facilitated an introduction with British attorney Lord Ken McDonald, who had previously served as the top prosecutor in England and Wales. Epstein told Abdul hawk in a June 2012 email that he'd spoken to McDonald's who believed that Farouk could get a reduced charge and be granted bail. Records show. Epstein advised Abdul Haq to focus on what punishment would be acceptable. I think you're right, something like house arrest plus charity work, Abdul Hawk replied. The rape and murder of 23 year old Norwegian student Martine Vic Magnuson. And these are talking about charity work and. And house arrest. What I think you mean is helicopters and volcanoes, right? Imagine being the family members of Ms. Martine Vic Magnuson. And these scumbag pieces of are talking like this in these emails and later on down the road you see them. It's not bad enough that your daughter was murdered by some piece of garbage, but then you have to read the emails of her murderer's father conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein on a way to get the son off. What an absolute nightmare that must be. I have no recollection of the single telephone call I seem to have received from Jeffrey Epstein and I had no dealings with him prior to it and on afterward. What, did he just find you in the phone book? Hey, go get me the Yellow pages. I need a lawyer in England. Nobody buys that. McDonnell told the Herald. He was never my Client and I have never met him. The attorney said that his fees were paid by Abdul Haq, not Epstein. He would never have told Epstein that Abdul Haq's son would have got bail. He added. Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure you never had a conversation with him. You lying prick. You stiff upper lip lion prick. Let me guess, you're hanging out at Lord Mandelson's house. Sounds about right. I expect Epstein was embellishing our conversation for his own purposes. He said the records do not detail what happened next. Farouk is still in Yemen and remains wanted in the UK according to the British press. Yo, you remember that movie Taken? That would be me. If my daughter was raped and murdered and there was no justice for her and the dude was hiding in Yemen, I'd be finding a Soldier of Fortune magazine, putting together a team and going to find him. The fact that this dude could run to Yemen and hide is just unbelievably disgusting. Maybe he'll get hit with a missile strike. That would be cool, right? One of those missiles happens to just drop right into his bedroom window. That wouldn't be so bad. Around the same time that Epstein was helping Abdul Haq with his son, the Arab Spring reached Yemen. That led to the ouster of Abdul Haq's friend, President Ali Abdullah Saleh. In the next few years, a power sharing agreement between the Yemeni government and the Iran backed Houthi rebels broke down. A Saudi Arabia led alliance intervened against the rebels, precipitating a civil war. In 2018, Abdul Haq called Epstein a potential peacemaker in Yemen and requested him to speak to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed to freeze bombing for four days so Abdul Haq could navigate the various factions and broker a peace deal. Well, that didn't work out so well, did it? Considering that Yemen is an absolute hell hole. I mean, famine, war, but sure, instead of feeding our people and fixing infrastructure and giving people a chance at life, let's buy some more missiles to launch at our so called enemies. And what's really frustrating is that this region of the world is a beautiful region. Can you imagine if they would just stop the, the kind of money they could make? You build yourself a Riviera on that coast and people will flock to it. Look at Dubai, look at, you know, several places in the Middle East. If you build it, they'll come, but you have to provide security. But to do that in the proper way, you have to get rid of all the corruption. And unfortunately that's just not going to happen in a place like Yemen. Whether Epstein ever corresponded with the prince about Yemen is not known. There was a brief ceasefire in the country that year, but it was brokered by the United nations, not Epstein. Abdul Haq passed away in 2020. The Yemeni Civil war is still ongoing and probably not going to end anytime soon. There are way too many disagreements between the factions in Yemen for them to come to the table, or I guess you would say to the tent, whatever you want to call it, they're not going to do it, at least not anytime soon. Of course, the caveat to that is the ceasefire with Iran. So we'll have to see what goes on there before we know, geopolitically speaking, how that's going to affect other countries in the region. But I don't see the civil war in Yemen stopping anytime soon. Epstein's involvement with Abdul Haq was not the only time that the financier waded into political affairs of the Middle East. Qatar was in the midst of an international crisis in 2017. An alliance of Arab states led by Saudi Arabia had initiated a de facto blockade, claiming that Qatar was funding terrorist organizations like Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, an allegation that the country steadfastly denied. Epstein had advice for Jabor Yousuf Al Thani, a member of the Qatari ruling family. Qatar should stop kicking and arguing, he wrote. Qatar needs to come out against terrorism loud. Foreign Minister Mohammed Al Thani is is not experienced and it shows. Epstein's suggestions recognize Israel put 1 billion into a fund to benefit the victims of terrorist acts that would be administered by the us, the UK and the United nations, pay for electricity in Gaza and support an international committee to look into terrorism financing around the world. El Thani, whom Epstein knew from at least 2012, agreed with some of Epstein's views, their correspondence suggests. But whether they were conveyed to the foreign minister of Qatar's leader, Amir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani is unclear. Epstein was also in frequent correspondence with Anas Al Rashid, an academic and former information minister from Kuwait, which was mediating between Qatar and the other Arab countries. Epstein, the record show, tried to initiate a backchannel meeting between the Saudi crown Prince and Qatar's ex prime minister. I know that HBJ cutter's Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani would like to sit with MBS in a face to face, epstein wrote in July of 2017 to Al Rashid. I think that would be a good step. It's unclear whether such a meeting ever took place. The crisis was finally resolved in 2021, long after Epstein was found dead in federal custody on August 10, 2019. Well, I think what it really shows you and gets right to the heart of it is that Jeffrey Epstein was a free agent and that he was working for whoever he felt could enrich him or give him an inroad to get closer to power, because that's what it was all about. It wasn't about just his proclivities, like the government's trying to tell you. And I don't know how much more evidence is needed to make people see what was really going on here. Epstein also facilitated a meeting between former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Qatar's former Prime Minister Amir Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani, in the winter of 2018, and in Knightsbridge, an upscale neighborhood in London. I think that what we can take from all of this is just how well connected Jeffrey Epstein was in this region, in the world. And I think it's important to understand just how connected he was in all of these regions, because it wasn't just here, it wasn't just America, it wasn't just the Middle east, it was Russia, it was South America, it was Asia and everywhere. So please, somebody explain to me how just some lone predator who had some real disgusting, disgusting behaviors could be so well connected. Please explain that. Well, the only explanation is that he was so well connected because that's what he did. That was his job. That's how he made his money. And I think that's finally coming to light. The release records show that Barack has had made a pitch to the Qataris. Karbene, an Israeli tech startup for which Barack was a lead investor and board chairman, wanted to provide security services and anti drone technology. When Qatar hosted the soccer World cup in 2022, Barack was cognizant of how the Arab populace would perceive Israeli involvement. We can work through a European company of your choice and minimize Israeli profile, he wrote. What neither Barack nor Epstein mentioned was that at least 1 million of Barack's investment into Carbene had come from Epstein Southern Trust company. Bruce Goodman, an attorney for Barack, told the Herald that Barack had conducted some preliminary due diligence to explore whether Carbine could support security at the World Cup. But it quickly became clear that the company was not suited for that role. He said that Carbine did not pursue a bid and added that all of Barack's activities were conducted in compliance with all laws. Oh, I have a hard time believing that. We all know how deep the ties ran between Ehud Barack and Jeffrey Epstein, and we also know what Virginia said about Ehud Barak. And in fact I believe her. Qatar's embassy in Washington and the country's international media office, which handles all press requests, did not respond to the Herald's queries. The Herald also tried to contact Al Thani through Saib Insurance, on whose board he sits, but did not receive any response. Sultan Ahmed Bin Suleim, then chairman of DP World, Dubai's primary cargo logistics company, emailed Epstein on May 9, 2009. At the time, Epstein was serving his 18 month sentence in the Palm Beach County Stockade, but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week in his office under a work release program his attorneys had negotiated. Which of course is one of the biggest travesties of this whole entire sordid ordeal. I can't imagine anyone getting that kind of deal, never mind somebody that committed crimes against children. Ben Suleiman, who had a years long relationship with Epstein, was in a fix. The 2008 global recession triggered by the US subprime mortgage crisis had dried up. The funds for DP World's $3 billion project built the London Gateway, a commercial megaport roughly 30 miles east of the British capital. The project is now on hold, Ben Suleiman wrote in a memo to Epstein on May 9, 2009. We would like the UK government support to fund this immediate off site infrastructure. Epstein forwarded the memo to Lord Mandelson, who said he would speak to Bin Suleiman. Mandelson was the UK Business Secretary at the time. Is it all starting to make sense yet how this worked? Do you think Jeffrey Epstein didn't get any money for any of this? You think he was just passing this information on out of the kindness of his heart? Or do you think that he was getting a bag? Other correspondence, many after Epstein's release in July of 2009, show him triangulating communication between the British bureaucrat and the Emirati businessman. In November correspondence, Epstein edited a letter Ben Suleiman sent Mandelson demanding funding guarantees from the UK Government. Unfortunately, without vast assurances that the UK government was would cover any funding shortfall, the viability of the project remains uncertain, the letter said. The records do not reveal what conversations Mandelson may have had with the country's financial institutions about the project and what role Epstein may have may have played in them. The Royal bank of Scotland was the only British institution that participated in roughly $800 million financing package put together by by a consortium of global banks. It always leads back to the financial sector, doesn't it? Every last bit of this, I'm proud of you. Epstein wrote in an email to Bin Suleiman after the public announcement of the opening date for the port in 2011. British authorities arrested Mandelson earlier this year for allegedly passing sensitive government information to Epstein while serving as his business secretary. Mandelson has not been charged and is currently out on bail. The Herald sent questions to attorneys representing him, but did not receive any answers. How could he not be charged? Like, are you for real right now? There's an absolute paper trail that is telling us exactly what was going on. I would think that there's going to be charges coming, or is the UK just giving us the run around, which I wouldn't be shocked by? Let's not act like Scotland Yards above reproach. I mean, they vastly ignored Jeffrey Epstein and his crimes for years. And it wasn't until all of this craziness started happening where people started demanding answers, where they decided that they'd have a new investigation. So I'm not all that confident in Scotland Yard. Epstein, whose relationship with Ben Suleiman began before the financiers arrest. You mean pedophile, right? In Florida in 2008 on the prostitution charges. What you mean is molesting kids, right? Prostitution charges really? Met and corresponded with the Emirati for more than a decade. Ben Suleiman sought to introduce the financier to Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai, and shared the prince's contact information with him, the records show. Whether the prince and the financier ever spoke is unclear. Bin Suleiman often kept Epstein abreast of sensitive meetings between the United Arab Emirates and heads of other countries like Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia. Bin Suleim stepped down from his post as DP's world chairman and chief executive in February this year following immense pressure regarding his relationship with Epstein. Neither the Emirati Embassy in Washington nor nor DP World responded to the Herald's queries. The Herald also attempted to reach Bin Sulayem through an email ID that was released along with the records, but did not receive any response. Among the last correspondence Epstein had about the Middle east is a chat with far right provocateur Steve Bannon in June of 2019. They were discussing the arrest of George Nader, a Lebanese American businessman and once advisor to the uae, for possession of child pornography. Can you imagine? Epstein wrote. He Nader actually literally had pictures of some kid effing a goat. What the fuck? Like, what does that even mean? And I know Epstein likes to embellish. But when we're talking about this part of their world, I have questions. Epstein himself was arrested by federal agents in New York just a month later on sex trafficking charges. He was found dead on August 10, 2019, in a federal detention center in lower Manhattan. When we're talking about Epstein, we have to remember that this guy was connected to a lot of powerful people. And it wasn't just people in Israel or people in the United States. We're talking about movers and shakers from all over the world. So when I tell you that Jeffrey Epstein's trafficking ring, his criminal empire stretch from continent to continent, I'm not kidding you. And when we talk about Jeffrey Epstein being a free agent and being somebody that only cared about himself and his own wealth and his own well being, I think that this is the kind of evidence that really slams at home. Because at the end of the day, for Jeffrey Epstein, the only thing that mattered was Jeffrey Epstein. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.