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The Epstein Chronicles
Left vs. Right Is a Distraction: The Cross-Partisan Web Around Epstein
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Jeffrey Epstein’s rise, protection, and long run of abuse cannot be honestly framed as a partisan scandal. He cultivated relationships across the political spectrum—courting Democrats and Republicans, donating to candidates, socializing with...
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And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. One of the biggest mistakes you can make when you're looking at Jeffrey Epstein and his crimes and his criminal organization is to try and fit it into a box. Jeffrey Epstein was not a Republican, he was not a Democrat and didn't give two shits about loyalty to country or party. All Jeffrey Epstein cared about was Jeffrey Epstein. And all of this fighting, all this arguing, all this he said, she said, right versus left, pitchforks versus torches works to their advantage. So the more that we fight, the more that we argue, the better off they are and the easier it is for them to continue to push whatever kind of crazy narrative they're trying to push. But the truth is, it's not a right or left problem. It's. It's a problem shared by both sides because the people that are in charge, no matter what political party they claim to be in, they don't care about you. They have no desire to do anything for you. And everything you see that comes out of their mouths, for the most part, is nothing more than theater. I mean, just take a look at what's going on in Congress. I mean, you'd think that all these people that are freaking out would want to talk to Stacy Plasket. Right? They'd want to get her deposed, see what she knows. It's not like she was part of a lawsuit saying that she was helping enable Jeffrey Epstein's operation. Oh, wait, she was. Oh, okay. Might be something to talk about. Might be a good conversation to have. And when people like Jasmine Crockett refuse to even have the conversation, they lose credibility. Because how can you demand that other people get up there and. And talk about what they know while you're giving your buddy a pass? Isn't that the same thing that we're here going crazy about Trump doing? So, for me, the outrage and the anger is uniform. And that's because I understand that it's not one side or the Other. It's all of them. And in this article from the Independent, we're going to talk about that a little bit more. Headline. Epstein was invited to gatherings with a dozen members of Congress years after his initial arrest. Documents reveal this article was authored by Brendan Rasius. Look, this shouldn't shock you folks, okay? Congress, the Senate, they have a slush fund that they use to pay off accusers who make accusations against them. And where do you think that money comes from? You think it's theirs? Wrong. We pay it the taxpayer. So just remember the. Those are the people up there waxing poetic, engaging in all this theater, acting like they care. Meanwhile, their own colleagues are getting up to all kinds of no good. And not only that, they're still trying to associate with Jeffrey Epstein even after Bro was arrested. In January of 2011, Jeffrey Epstein received an email inviting him to join a freshman congressman for a breakfast at a luxury hotel in midtown Manhattan. The billionaire pedophile was promised the chance to rub shoulders with Representative Allen West, a rising star Florida Republican whose district encompassed Epstein's Palm beach mansions. Well, I'm sure that the other neighborhood diddlers also received invites to come to the gala, right? Oh, it was just Epstein. Oh, you just wanted his money. You didn't care about morality. You didn't care about the girls that were abused. Makes sense. Sounds about right. You will have the opportunity to explore his views on a variety of issues, including spending, the national debt, taxes, education, the economy, Islam, the big one, Israel, among others, the letter read. So they're trying to dangle that as some kind of bait to get Epstein to come to the gala. Oh, you can talk to him about Israel. Like, what does that even mean? And don't you people have, like, somebody that does research about who's coming to your gala, about who you're inviting, so you can make up whatever excuse you want now. But at the time, Jeffrey Epstein and his crimes were already known. BRO Was already convicted, okay? Not for stealing a sandwich, not for touching a girl who's 17. The way some of these jerk offs want to frame it. We all know what Jeffrey Epstein got hemmed up for. And we all know that it would have been a lot more, including a life sentence, if the federal government would have done its job. An hour after it landed in his inbox, Epstein replied that he was unfortunately in the Caribbean. For Epstein, this type of offer was far from unusual. After he pleaded guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution in 2008 and served a 13 month stint in jail, the convicted sex offender received offers to meet with over a dozen current or former members of Congress. According to the independent's analysis of documents released by the Department of Justice. Most invitations delivered to Epstein's inbox were four exclusive gatherings. A birthday gala, a breakfast briefing, a fundraiser at a billionaire's home. Some, though, sought to facilitate one on one meetings between elected officials and the disgraced financier. Over half the lawmakers involved are from New York, New Mexico and Florida, states where Epstein owns sprawling properties. Notable names include House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Senator Martin Heinrich. Every one of them should be deposed. If they have nothing to say, Cool. It was just an email sent by a staffer. Great. But everybody gets the business. I don't care who you are. If you're caught up in this and there's even a hint of public corruption, you need to be deposed, you need to go under oath, and you need to explain what you were up to. We're talking about public funds now, right? There needs to be accountability. And that means full transparency by all these people. Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, and Senator Martin Heinrich. And I've talked about Chuck Schumer previously. There was a point in time where he was getting a grip of money from Jeffrey Epstein. And it wasn't until they got called out that they returned the money or even acted like they cared. And if he was never called out, that money would have been gone and spent and he wouldn't have given a damn about the people that were abused. You see, these people never care about the abuse. They never care that we're getting stolen from. All they care about is that they're getting outed. That's the big problem. Not the crime, not the fact that they screwed everybody, literally and figuratively, but that they've been outed. That we know now that. That the jig is up. And you see that they're doing anything in their power to try and change the narrative. I mean, they got the avengers of idiots out there defending the Jeffrey Epstein DOJ decisions and what the Epstein administration, I mean, the Trump administration's doing. And because it's their side, their team, everything's okay. No big deal here. Nothing to see. This is all just a big political hoax. Intermediaries such as public relation executives and major donors with ties to Epstein issued the invitations. And it's unclear how many events Epstein attended, if any, or whether lawmakers themselves were aware of the entreaties being made on their behalf. But taken together, the documents reveal how Many political insiders tied to Capitol Hill viewed Epstein in the decade before his death. They didn't shun the convicted sex offender or purge him from their email lists. Instead, they persistently pursued him. And this is what I mean. It's the whole ass system, folks, not just Trump. Now of course Trump is a different level because he's the president and in my opinion he's overseeing a cover up. So of course that's a big point of conversation. But don't lose the plot, don't go off on side quests. The whole ass system is broken. And all these people had no problem breaking bread with Jeffrey Epstein and benefiting either directly or indirectly from his massive amount of wealth. And that's all that mattered. Not the people who were abused, not the girls, nobody. But now you'll see all these people come out and say, well, we returned the money, we did this, we did that. The fact that you even emailed them is the problem. And until people are ready to confront that and get rid of their demagoguery, it's going to be a big problem moving forward. Because if we truly want to see justice, if we truly want transparency, we need to create a coalition of people that don't give a about ideology, that don't give a about politics, that understands that this is the biggest issue maybe that we have ever faced. And now that we know what's going on, there's no running from it. This has to be confronted. And all the people that think that the world is the same as it used to be when it comes to inviting people like Epstein back into the fold, they need to be made aware that that's not the case. And for all the people that enable Jeffrey Epstein, they need to understand that they're going to be outed. Billionaire Fundraisers, birthday galas and Social club briefing In November of 2012, Mortimer Zuckerman, the billionaire, then owner of the New York Daily News and U S News and World Report, sent an email to Epstein asking him to attend a fundraiser at his home for then Senator Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat who left office in 2014. And look, it might be uncomfortable for some people, but Jeffrey Epstein donated a ton of money to Democrats throughout the years. Now he did donate some money to Republicans as well, no doubt about it. But Jeffrey Epstein's dive, if you will, with Republicans was elsewhere, the tech sector, etc. But when it comes to politicians, Epstein was donating a lot of money to the Democrats and that's not debatable. I'd like to add that Senator Schumer is likely to attend the gathering, and I think the this will be an excellent chance to interact with two key Senate Democrats, he wrote, referring to New York's senior senator. Zuckerman's name surfaces repeatedly in the DOJ files. In 2009, he exchanged emails with Epstein discussing how to influence media coverage of the sex offender's 2008 guilty plea. one point, according to the files, Zuckerman wrote to Epstein, we are doing major editing over huge objections. And this is another thing that has been very obvious. The legacy media has been bought and paid for. They ran cover for Epstein for all these years, and then they show up late to the party acting like they've cared. Well, they didn't care. And I can't tell you how many times they ignored people who had information about Jeffrey Epstein and his cohorts. And. And I can tell you for a fact that they thought this whole story was nothing more than a conspiracy theory. Just days prior to Zuckerman's invitation, Epstein was asked to attend a fundraiser for New York GOP Representative Nicole Maliatakis, who was then a state assembly woman. The event, which was ultimately postponed due to Hurricane Sandy, was set to be co hosted by John Castamitis, the the billionaire owner of Gristadis and a big Republican donor. Castamitis name appeared in Epstein's 1997 address book. According to Business Insider. A spokesperson for Amalia Takis told the Independent the congresswoman never met Epstein, did not invite him to anything, and never received a donation from him. Okay, sure. Just your people, right? Look, the buck stops at the top. Same with Trump. Oh, it was everybody else. No, he's in charge, right? Well, buck stops with him. The following year, an employee at a political fundraising firm penned a similar message to the disgraced financier. Dear Jeffrey, I hope you received an invite to the party that Congressman Hakeem Jeffries this Wednesday night in Manhattan, the email said, adding that it promises to be a great night. Oh, I bet it did. I bet it had a lot of promise, huh? Come and sit next to your favorite diddler because he's handing out money.
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burn it all to the ground as far as I'm concerned. Burn it all to the ground. In 2017, over a decade after his first arrest, Epstein received another invitation to a dinner with Jeffries, now the top Democrat in the House. The event, which included a meet and greet, was hosted by delegate Stacy Plaskett of the Virgin Islands, whose relationship with Epstein triggered a central vote last year. Oh, that's all they talk about, though they don't give any kind of context that she was part of a lawsuit filed by Epstein survivors saying that she was part of the abuse, not an actual physical part, but she conspired with and she aided and abetted in the abuse of the survivors. But sure, let's just move on. Let's just move to the next paragraph and act like nothing happened, like she was just there. And this is a big problem with the legacy media. They need to be very honest when they're telling this story or they're no better than Cat Turd or Gunther Eagleman or any of the other idiots trying to run cover for the administration. They're no better, but they should know better, they should do better, and they should have learned their lesson the first time around. Stop having faves, stop protecting people, and call balls and strikes for what they are. In February of 2013, a staffer at a political fundraising firm sent a message to Epstein on behalf of then New York representative Joe Crowley, who was in office until 2019. Jeffrey, hope you can join me for my birthday gala next month, the letter said. The party was set to be hosted at the Dream Downtown Hotel in Manhattan with a performance by singer Willie Nile. The convicted sex offender was again invited to Crowley's gala the following year, documents suggest. Oh well, Crowley had no idea. Come on. I would never have anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein unless I'm having something to do with Jeffrey Epstein. These people think you're so stupid. That's really what they think. That's what it comes down to. And they all want to blame everybody else, but they were all involved. Everybody looked the other way as long as the bag was right. Epstein was also offered access to a more business like gathering. In April 2011, former DEA agent turned head of private security firm invited him to a briefing with then New York representative Peter King, who represented Long island until 2021. It was set to be held at the Metropolitan Club, a private social club in Manhattan's Upper east side. Please Be our guest for a breakfast presentation with Congressman Peter King. The invite said the topic of discussion was listed as Homeland Security. Pretty odd that a guy that is just, you know, a lone predator, a lone wolf is so ensconced with so many people and intelligence and national security. I guess it's just another coincidence, right? On the bright side, the Dow Jones is over 50,000. Most spokespeople for the name lawmakers did not respond to request for comment from the independent. With the exception of two who said the elected officials never met Epstein. All of the name lawmakers who are currently in office voted to pass the Epstein Files Transparency act, which required that the DOJ release its records on Epstein. Being named in the files is not evidence of wrongdoing. One on one meetings following his guilty plea, the pedophile billionaire also received several emails inviting him to one on one meetings with members of Congress. In July 2012, a staffer at a political fundraising firm wrote to Epstein asking if he would meet with New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich, who was a representative at the time. Congressman Martin Heinrich will be in New York City tomorrow and would love to get lunch with you at around 12:30pm if you're free. 2012 by the way. And I'm sure that somebody in New Mexico wasn't giving Epstein any kind of COVID right? No political cover in New Mexico. That never happened. Are you guys paying attention yet? The whole ass system, the whole thing is rotten. All of it. And between 2011 and 2014, a woman named Barbro Enbaum repeatedly asked Epstein if he would meet with Colorado Representative Diana Gaggett in the hopes of setting up a sit down. She highlighted the congresswoman's dedication to science. Oh yeah, because Jeffrey Epstein, real smart guy. Anybody who tells you that is lying to you. Dude was not smart. Was he savvy? Sure. Was he a bit slick? Yeah. Was he devious as. Yup. Was he some kind of genius? No, absolutely not. Are you by chance in New York City this week? Next Monday, my friend Congresswoman Diana DeGette from Colorado is coming to NYC for the New York Stem Cell Foundation Gala and Bomb wrote to Epstein an October 2011 email. She's one of the few people in Congress who has a scientific agenda and she's a good person. Want to meet her? A spokesperson for DeGet said she had no knowledge of NBAUM's relationship with Epstein and that the Congresswoman never met the disgraced financier. Nah, nobody ever met anybody. Come on now. Just a big conspiracy theory. Mr. Epstein did not attend the fundraisers that that Ms. Enbaum emailed about over a decade ago. Nor did Representative DeGette ever receive any campaign contribution from Mr. Epstein, the spokesperson told the Independent. Representative DeGette strongly supports the release of the full Epstein files. While political operatives repeatedly tried to connect lawmakers with Epstein, the disgraced financier, for his part, also pursued several former members of Congress. In May of 2011, Epstein Assistant sought to set up a meeting with former Democratic Maine Senator George Mitchell, who left office in 1995. In November of 2013, Epstein sent a message to Mitchell writing that it was a pleasure meeting him. And we all know that Virginia says that George Mitchell is one of the guys who sexually abused her. So deal with that as you will. I mean, it's something that people need to come to grips with. Bill Richardson, George Mitchell, both Democrats, certainly not Trumpians. So my point is it's all corrupt, both sides. It's not just a one side or the other thing. And the more we fight about that, the more we try and make it into a political hand grenade, the more chance we give for these people to get away with their. And I flat out refuse. The following year, former Democratic Nebraska Senator Bob Kerry, who left office in 2021, was invited to a lunch with Epstein at his cavernous Manhattan townhouse. Other high profile figures, venture capitalist Peter Thiel and former CIA director Bill Burns, were listed as potential guests, underscoring that Epstein's connections reach far beyond the halls of Congress. Look, the whole point of this article, for me anyway, is just to point out that both sides hate you. Neither side cares about this and neither side wanted to put Epstein away. So does that mean we should absolve Trump of, you know, the COVID up of all the. Of course not. But we have to understand that it's not just about him. It's about the system that led a man like this to rise. About a system that continues to let a man like this thrive, and about a system that not only let a man like Epstein thrive, but protected him the whole entire time. And just like any disease, it's the actual disease that needs to be confronted and not just the symptoms. Because I want you all to remember something. Republican, Democrat, whatever. Keep this in mind. It's a big ass club and none of us are invited. All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.