← The Epstein Chronicles
The Epstein Chronicles
Mega Edition: Jeffrey Epstein and His Special Relationship With The Gulf States (6/27/26)
00:47:31
Jeffrey Epstein’s connections in the Gulf appear to have been broader and more deliberate than the older public narrative suggested. Newly released DOJ documents and later reporting show that Epstein was not merely name-dropping Arab royalty or...
Loading summary
Transcript38 lines
- [00:02]
Lowe's Commercial Announcer
Pros save more on what you need to get the job done right. Right now at Lowe's, get 15% off select custom entry and interior doors. Plus save $80 on the DeWalt 20 volt max 2 tool combo kit. Now just $169. And at the Lowes Pro desk, bring us your materials list and get a quote in minutes handwritten, a photo or even a sticky note is all you need. Keep your jobs moving faster and on budget at Lowes valid through 78 while supplies last selection varies by location.
- [00:32]
Spanish Lowe's Commercial Announcer
Ahora mascolos hille va cada projectual sigente niver ahora quince porciento nuna selection de puertas personalizadas. Escrita. Sigues.
- [01:01]
Podcast Host
What's up everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. One of the biggest misnomers when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein was that he was some sort of super Israeli Mossad spy. Now, there's no doubt that Jeffrey Epstein had ties to the Mossad, to Israel, and to Israel's industrial intelligence complex. That is undeniable. But the narrative that's pitched that Jeffrey Epstein is some sort of secret agent for the Mossad is completely and utterly wrong. Jeffrey Epstein was the quintessential me first MFer. There was no love of state, love of country, love of religion, love of anything but money, power, and more. Look, the men of always, they always want more. And that more always comes on the back of the children of never. And that's really what it came down to. Jeffrey Epstein was willing to play ball with anybody who had the dough. He didn't care if you were Israeli. He didn't care if you were Buddhist. He didn't care if you were a Martian as long as you had something he wanted, as long as you had some sort of inroad. Well, you and Epstein, you had business. So when people try and set it up as Epstein being just part of the Mossad, it really just shows you how little they know and how they're trying to exploit this story for their other. But the truth is, Jeffrey Epstein was not a Mossad spy. And in this article, we're going to talk about Jeffrey Epstein and just how deep his ties ran with a lot of the countries in the Middle East. And breaking news, we're not talking about Israel. Today's article is from the Miami Herald and the headline epstein Ties to Arab Royals, An Offer to Tutor Crown Prince and a Gift from Mecca. This article was authored by Shirso Dazgupta, and I've told you about the Saudi Arabian connection for years now. And that's because I know somebody that's well placed who was breaking it down for me, telling me just how deep the ties ran between Jeffrey Epstein and a lot of the royalty in the Middle east, but namely the Saudi royal family. And I remember when I was talking about that originally you had the, nah, he's a Mossad bro. People out there who didn't want to hear it, and that's because it blows up their whole narrative. But around these parts, I don't give a about narratives. I care about the truth or getting as close to it as we possibly can. In his attempts to position himself at the confluence of money and power, Jeffrey Epstein cultivated myriad relationships among the ruling elite of the Middle East. According to an extensive Miami Herald review of several million pages of documents recently released by the U.S. department of Justice. This is something that is 100% effect. Jeffrey Epstein was ensconced in the Arab world. They had one thing in common, right? Money. They love it. Have you ever met a sheikh from the Arab world who didn't love money and didn't love a pathway to get there? And then you add to that perverse sexual dalliances and you got yourself the right group. I mean, look what they say about the Instagram models that go to places like Dubai, human porta potties, etc, etc. So Jeffrey Epstein was a big hit with these royals. I promise you that. From his Palm beach and New York mansions and his luxurious apartment in Paris, Epstein enjoyed a remarkable level of access to sensitive information, like the outcome of political meetings and the itinerary of Gulf royals. Does a lone predator get that? Just some sick degenerate from America. Does that sound likely to you? Because it doesn't sound likely to me. The only way you get access to a place like the royal family in Saudi Arabia is if you're bringing something to the table. The disgraced financier, the Herald found, regularly corresponded with members of the ruling classes of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates. He invited them to his properties and gave them business advice, even suggesting to Saudi palace officials that he tutor the Crown Prince about the ways of Wall Street. Translation, how to steal money from people. That's what he means. Because Jeffrey Epstein certainly wasn't some kind of mover and shaker on Wall Street. He asked that he be given a small place to live and in while schooling the prince and demanded that the Saudis give him sweeping oversight over the kingdom's fortunes. And that was his M.O. once he weaseled his way in, it usually led To Epstein getting the keys to the kingdom. And in this case, it would have been the actual kingdom. When Qatar was accused of supporting Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, Epstein detailed to a Qatari royal a four point campaign on how the country could clean up its image. Epstein also intervened on behalf of a Yemeni billionaire's son to help him fight murder and rape allegations in Britain. Nor did his time in the Palm beach county stockade stop Epstein while serving an 18 month sentence after pleading guilty to two prostitution charges in 2009. Prostitution charges. What a joke. The bile that raises in the back of my throat when I have to read that. Where he could leave jail for 12 hours a day. Epstein helped an Emirati business lobby the British government to construct a mega port outside London. Epstein hosted him in his Palm beach mansion a few months after his release. Another person who doesn't give a that Jeffrey Epstein is a convicted child sex offender. Epstein also seemed to revel in being photographed with the royals, grinning broadly as Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia stand side by side with him, his arm draped over the disgraced financier. In another photo released by the U.S. house Oversight Committee, Epstein appears to be garbed in traditional Arab black and gold robes and red and white headdress known as Shema. So do you think that some ardent Israeli spy is going to be hanging out with the royal family like this? Do you think the royals in the Middle east are going to accept it? We all know the truth. And the truth is Jeffrey Epstein was a me first MFer. And it's absolutely laughable that anybody out there thinks that he had loyalty to anybody or anything besides himself. For his efforts, Epstein got lavish gifts from the Middle Eastern elite, including sacred Islamic drapes from Mecca that he had shipped to Miami. The record show. Boy, what an ardent Jew, Jeffrey Epstein. He's just, you know, such a Zionist. Can we stop with that narrative, please? Somebody tell Daryl Cooper, Ian Carroll, Candace Owens and the rest of them so kindly shut the up. Go find something else to talk about. Go talk about Charlie Kirk. Go talk about anything but this topic. Because you people have no idea what you're talking about. And unfortunately, their narratives have infected way too many people. Epstein later sent the gifts to his private island in the Caribbean, where he allegedly preyed upon countless women and girls. Allegedly, huh? How many settlements were paid out? Oh, that's right. I got your allegedly right here. Many of the influential Arabs Epstein corresponded with held him in high regard at times calling him Sheikh Jeffrey, cousin, brother and habibi. Arabic for loved. 1. But while they likely believe their conversations with the financier were private, the Herald found that Epstein had little qualms in repeating what he had heard to others, even if the person was from another country. Let me scream this from another rooftop, and maybe people will listen. Jeffrey Epstein was an information broker. That's what he did. And to keep people interested, he'd give them little nuggets. Oh, well, so and so from so and so told me this. And then it would pan out, and then he'd gain some credit with whoever he told the story to, and then he'd use that later on when he was negotiating his payout. While Epstein kept abreast of political and business developments in the Middle east, his sexual proclivities were never far from his mind. She wanted some business, while I only wanted some pussiness. Sultan bin Solomon, an Emirati businessman, wrote to him in a 2013 email after meeting an unnamed woman in in New York. Praise Allah. There are still people like you, epstein replied. Such a Mossad agent. Big Jeffrey Epstein, Mr. Mossad. And the wild part is people will just double down. Oh, well, that's not true. Who cares? That doesn't mean anything. But the truth is, it means everything. Because it shows you just how willing Epstein was to hop into bed with anybody. If you were somebody of note, someone. Somebody of power, and Epstein thought he could exploit that in some way, you better believe the exploitation was about to begin. Epstein was introduced to Rafat El Saba, a close advisor of Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, in 2016 by Norwegian diplomat Terry Rod Larson. And boy, that name keeps popping up, doesn't it?
- [11:05]
Lowe's Commercial Announcer
Pros. Save more on what you need to get the job done right. Right now at Lowe's. Get 15 select custom entry and interior doors, plus save $80 on the DeWalt 20 volt max 2 tool combo kit. Now just $169. And at the Lowe's pro desk, bring us your materials list and get a quote in minutes. Handwritten. A photo or even a sticky note is all you need. Keep your jobs moving faster and on budget at Lowes. Valid through 7 8, while supplies last. Selection varies by location.
- [11:35]
Spanish Lowe's Commercial Announcer
Ahora mascolos. Hi Vacada projectual seiente. Ahora quince porciento nuna Selection de puertas entradas e interiores personalis.
- [12:06]
Lowe's Commercial Announcer
Save more on what you need to get the job done right. Right now at Lowe's. Get 15% off select custom entry and interior doors, plus save on the Dewalt 20 volt max 2 tool combo kit now just $169. And at the Lowe's pro desk bring us your materials list and get a quote in minutes handwritten, a photo or even a sticky note is all you need. Keep your jobs moving faster and on budget at Lowe's. Valid through 7 8, while supplies last selection varies by location.
- [12:35]
Podcast Host
Terry Rod Larson Another man who has Epstein amnesia and had no idea just what kind of animal that Jeffrey Epstein was. Can you believe these people actually think that's going to work? And now with this ceasefire in Iran, I expect people to get interested again in what's going on with the Epstein files, because this isn't going away. In fact, it's just becoming more of a time bomb. Correspondence between Epstein and Al Saba shows them meeting and inviting each other to their homes, even though Al Saba was aware of Epstein's reputation. I'm sure you were opening so many legs there, he wrote in a 2016 message to Epstein, who was in Florida at the time. I am sure you're opening so many legs there. Well, that's nice. El Saba sounds like a hell of a guy. I wonder how many Instagram models have visited Mr. El Saba around this time Prince Muhammad announced his vision, the 2030 project to diversify the kingdom's economy and make it less reliant on oil. Central to his plan was publicly selling shares of Saudi Aramco, the state energy company. But a flurry of messages from Epstein to Al Saba and his assistant shows how Epstein found the idea to take Aramco public to be silly and warned that Wall street viewed it as taking a cow to slaughter. Shareholders are the last thing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia needs, epstein wrote in an Aug. 15, 2016 email to them. Among Epstein's chief concerns about Aramco stock listing in New York was the passage of the US federal law in 2016 that allows American citizens to sue foreign countries for terrorist acts. The nightmare scenario, according to Epstein. September 2016 email to Al Saba said a US lawsuit claiming reparations for 911 gets a $50 billion judgment and some crazy judge attaches the kingdom shares in Aramco to fulfill it, essentially making the shares worthless. So if Jeffrey Epstein was such a gigantic Mossad agent, what's he doing helping out Saudi Arabia and doing it on this level now? I'm sure the people that are infected with brain worms will say something like, oh, it's all just a big Israeli plot and it was part of their grand scheme, but I don't buy that so save it for somebody else because the truth is right here in front of you. And if people refuse to accept the truth because they have, you know, personal bias about something, that's a them problem. Because around here, one plus one is always going to equal two. Epstein advised the Saudis to take steps to protect their assets from American courts. Epstein visited the Saudi capital of Riyadh in early November of 2016. The released records suggest. A few days later he wrote to Al Sabah's assistant making a sweeping proposal that he be made financial confidant of Prince Mohammed and become a major contributor to the economic restructuring of the kingdom. He asked for 30 minute bi weekly meetings with the prince and demanded he be given the power to review all financial aspects of the country. That was Epstein's M.O. that's what he did. And once he got in, he was in. Epstein also claimed that the prince had asked that he be allowed to see details of legal structures, organizational charts, goals and initiatives of the Saudi Central bank, the Royal Purse and the country's sovereign wealth fund. His emails to Al Saba's aid show he offered to work for free the first year, but was hoping the record show to be able to live in a small palace during his stay in the country. I am happy to represent KSA and their interests, he wrote in a message to El Saba's aid on November 9, 2016. Did he see the writing on the wall? Was Epstein hip that it was coming? It's possible. I mean, it's very, very possible. And was he looking for that escape plan? I know everybody says, oh, he's gonna go to Israel. I never bought that, not for a second. I always figured if somebody like Epstein was gonna go on the run, which he never ended up doing, he'd go to a place in Saudi Arabia or someplace in the Middle east where he's gonna get the protection that he's looking for. Aramco was listed in the stock exchange three years later, but Riyadh, not New York. The records do not show if Epstein's advice was considered by the Saudi rulers. The records also do not indicate whether Saudis passed on any information about their country's finances to them. I'm going to go out on a limb and say they did, but it's not like here in America or over in the uk. If the Crown Prince wants to pass information to somebody, then I guess he can do whatever he wants, right? I mean, they are the ultimate ruling force in the country of Saudi Arabia. So I'm pretty sure that Bin Salman can do whatever the hell he wants. But four months after Epstein's trip to the Kingdom, a British Airways plane carrying a shipment from Riyadh landed in Miami International Airport. The cargo comprised parts of the Kiswa, the sacred black silk embroidered with the verses from the Quran in gold that's draped over the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam's holiest site. It was a gift from the Saudis. Its final destination, Little St. James Jeffrey Epstein, secluded 72 acre private island in the Caribbean. Well, well, well, look at that. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gifting that, the kisswa to a Mossad spy. Yeah, never gonna happen. So please, can we just do away with the whole Epstein was Mossad and how about we replace it with Epstein worked with Mossad? Because that's true. Now, I know it doesn't fit with all the other they like to pitch, but this is the podcast where that goes to die. Epstein staff, the record showed, described the sacred drapes as pieces from the Kaaba and classified them as artwork to ensure that they passed easily through U.S. customs in Miami. Other gifts included traditional Bedouin tent and tables, cushions and carpets that Epstein later set up on his island. The Herald was not able to contact Al Saba. The Saudi government did not provide answers to the specific questions sent by the Herald about Epstein's trip to the Kingdom, his relationship with Al Saba, or how he demanded oversight of the country's financial system. A Saudi source familiar with the matter only said that the meetings with public officials are typically introductory and do not imply any ongoing relationship, and that exchanging gifts is a common practice. Pretty sure it's not common practice to give somebody the kisa. Pretty sure that that's something that's reserved for people that are highly respected and well liked. Epstein was responsible for serious crimes that caused significant harm to many victims. He said he was known to exaggerate and misrepresent his connections. Yeah, how about those emails? Did they over exaggerate? Did they misrepresent connections? I don't think they did. So they can try and deny all they want, but the contemporaneous record tells us a completely different story. Alright, folks, we're gonna wrap up episode one right here and in the next episode, we're gonna pick up where we left off and bring this to a conclusion. All the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box. 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 Vic Magnuson, in London in 2008. According to the British press, British authorities wanted him for questioning, but Farooq 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 MacDonald, who had previously served as the top prosecutor in England and Wales. Epstein told Abdul haq in a June 2012 email that he'd spoken to MacDonald, 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 Haq replied. The rape and murder of 23 year old Norwegian student Martin Vic Magnuson. And these are talking about charity work 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. McDonald 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 lipped lion prick. Let me guess, you're hanging out at Lord Mandelson's house. Sounds about right. I expect Epstein was embellishing our conversation, 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 them. 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 and 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 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, was 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 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 explained 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 is had made a pitch to the Qataris. Carbine, 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 Sulayam, 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 sorted 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 U. S subprime mortgage crisis had dried up. The funds for DP World's three billion dollar 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 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 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 financier's 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 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 it 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, everyone.
- [38:46]
Podcast Co-Host
And welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. In this look back episode, we're going to talk about Jeffrey Epstein and the fake Saudi Arabian passport. Now, how does a man get his hands on a fake passport? And not only that, but a fake passport to Saudi Arabia? Now, it's one thing to have it in your possession, right? It's a whole different story to actually use this passport to gain entrance into the country. Now, obviously we know that there's corruption in Saudi Arabia like everywhere else, but my question is, where is the robust investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to Saudi Arabia? In this article today from NBC News, we're going to talk about this foreign passport and how Jeffrey Epstein used it to get into Saudi Arabia. This article was authored by Tom Winter and Rich Shapiro. Headline, jeffrey Epstein used foreign passport with fake name to enter Saudi Arabia. Jeffrey Epstein used a foreign passport with a fake name to enter several countries in the 1980s, including the United Kingdom, Kingdom, Spain and Saudi Arabia. Federal prosecutors said on Wednesday, you know, imagine having the access that this guy has already and then saying to yourself, well, on top of that, I'm gonna need me a fake Saudi passport to go along with all of this so I can make my moves around the world without anyone being the wiser. The real question is, where the hell did this guy get the passport? Who hooked him up? Who was his contact? We know this just doesn't happen in a vacuum. And we know that it doesn't just, you know, one day pop in the mail, oh, you won the, the serial giveaway. Here's your passport.
- [40:34]
Podcast Host
Tomorrow you get your decoder ring.
- [40:35]
Podcast Co-Host
We know that none of that happened. So can we get a real investigation, please, digging into this stuff?
- [40:41]
Podcast Host
But of course, we won't.
- [40:43]
Podcast Co-Host
I think the ship is sailed, folks. Unfortunately, when we look back in hindsight, they had a real chance to really go after these people, a real chance to do something good for once. But did they? They sure didn't. Instead, we got what we got. We got Jeffrey Epstein, who dies in custody. We got Maxwell sitting in a jail cell, which is great, but she didn't spill any names. So we're basically at the very beginning, when it comes to finding out answers and getting to the bottom of the mysteries surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and how he was able to facilitate all of these incredibly hard to get things such as an Austrian passport and a passport from Saudi Arabia. The questionable travel document was found inside a Safe along with $70,000 in cash and 48 loose diamonds in the New York City home of the wealthy financier and sex trafficker. It contained a photo of Epstein with a different name and listed his place of residence and as Saudi Arabia, according to prosecutors. Now, why in the world would Jeffrey
- [41:57]
Podcast Host
Epstein want to say he's from Saudi Arabia?
- [42:00]
Podcast Co-Host
Well, his lawyer goes on here in a second to give us an explanation of why Epstein had this passport. But, I mean, come on, if you or I were found with a fake passport, pretty sure we'd be in gigantic trouble. But Jeffrey Epstein, just part of the. The other crimes that we won't look at. We'll just arrest him for this crime, and then we won't look at these other ones, especially anything that's financial. Epstein's lawyers filed court papers Tuesday claiming he obtained the Austrian passport in 1982 for personal protection to be presented to potential kidnappers, hijackers, or terrorists. The lawyers said Epstein's Jewish faith and
- [42:40]
Podcast Host
substantial wealth made him a target while
- [42:42]
Podcast Co-Host
traveling in the Middle East.
- [42:44]
Podcast Host
Wow.
- [42:45]
Podcast Co-Host
These people have no shame, right? So every person who is of Jewish faith should have themselves a fake passport? Is that what you're trying to say here?
- [42:53]
Podcast Host
How.
- [42:54]
Podcast Co-Host
Honestly, how can a court even take that seriously? If I was the judge and somebody turned that kind of nonsense into me, it would be like, you know, when you turn in a bunk paper to your teacher, they take one look at it and hand it back to you. That's how it would be for me if it was. If I was the judge here. You're gonna hand me this bullshit?
- [43:11]
Podcast Host
What?
- [43:12]
Podcast Co-Host
What are you crazy?
- [43:14]
Podcast Host
Nobody believes you, bro.
- [43:15]
Podcast Co-Host
There's no way that you got that fake passport because you were worried about hijackings and terrorism. Give me a break already. But Wednesday, prosecutors did just that. In fact, the passport contains numerous ingress and egress stamps, including stamps that reflect use of the passport to enter France, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia in the 1980s. So we're not talking about a knockoff passport here that you got down at the swap meet, okay? Jeffrey Epstein got this passport from somebody who knows what they're doing, somebody who knows how to make these sorts of things, somebody who knows how to make these things at work. And my guess is it Was done with actual material from the. The passport people, Wherever the hell you get that from, the Secret Service or whoever administers that over in Saudi Arabia, whoever they are. So my guess is that's where Epstein got that from. Prosecutors added that Epstein's lawyers have yet to explain some of the basic questions concerning the passport, including how he obtained it and whether he is a citizen of another country. Now, during the bail phase, for Jeffrey Epstein, that was very important, right? They were trying to figure out if he was a threat to run, a threat to go somewhere. And if you're a citizen of another country or you have a passport from another country, makes it a lot easier for you to slip the noose and hit the bricks, right? And that was one of the major reason. Reasons why Ghislaine Maxwell was forced to stay in prison while she was awaiting sentencing. They thought that she was a flight risk, and with all of that money, well, they were not wrong. Epstein's lawyers did not immediately return a request for comment. The travel document has become a key component of the government's argument for keeping Epstein locked up on charges alleging he sexually abused dozens of underage girls in New York and Florida between 2002 and 2005. Look, I find it gross anyway that that was the scope. 2002 and 2005. That's it. You guys could have went all the way back to 1993, but you only go back to 2002.
- [45:31]
Podcast Host
Why? Who are you guys protecting?
- [45:34]
Podcast Co-Host
And don't you want to blow the doors off of this thing and really
- [45:37]
Podcast Host
find out who was involved?
- [45:38]
Podcast Co-Host
And I don't just mean Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell and all of the enablers. Who were they giving these girls to? Where were these girls going? Who was the purchaser of these girls? Or on the receiving end? We don't talk nowhere near enough about that, do we? Very uncomfortable for the federal government. And I wish it was a pathway that the legacy media was more willing
- [46:00]
Podcast Host
to tread upon, because I gotta tell you, folks, it's a very, very serious part of all of this.
- [46:09]
Podcast Co-Host
Prosecutors say it demonstrates Epstein's ability to obtain false travel documents and underscores his serious risk of flight. They also pointed to his extraordinary wealth, access to private planes, and limited family ties.
- [46:23]
Podcast Host
That's a fact, too.
- [46:24]
Podcast Co-Host
When you don't have as much family or no family, it's easier for you to kick rocks and head out on the lam, isn't it? If you have nobody to come back to, no mom, no dad, no family that loves you. And the alternative of being on the run is going to prison, then, yeah, I think you would definitely choose taking your fortune and trying your luck. Because he knew that the time was over for him. Jeffrey Epstein knew that he was all out of get out of jail free cards. And as an asset, he knows that he had been burned a long time ago. So there was no more. Let me leverage my friendships. There was no more. I better call me Alan Dershowitz. All Epstein had left to him was going scorched earth and ratting out everybody
- [47:10]
Podcast Host
who was involved with him.
- [47:12]
Podcast Co-Host
So you can see why people are skeptical when you say, oh, well, Epstein killed himself, especially considering everything that we know leading up to that.
- [47:21]
Podcast Host
So while I'm not going to sit
- [47:23]
Podcast Co-Host
here and argue to my death that Epstein was murdered, I am more than willing to keep that option open and see where we go. Because anyone who says that it's cut and dry what happened in that jail cell probably has some kind of agenda that they're pushing. Defense lawyers have asked the judge to allow Epstein to remain at his $77 million Manhattan mansion with. With electronic monitoring as the case played out. Yeah, we know how that worked out for him. Zero chance. Dude was getting out of jail. Zero chance. Okay? Because guess what? Everybody knew what he was. And the judge knew that he was a flight risk and that he was going to bounce. We all know he was going to bounce. You think he was going to sit around and take it? With all that, all that power, all
- [48:13]
Podcast Host
those connections, he was just going to
- [48:14]
Podcast Co-Host
sit there and not use one of these passports and try and get out of Dodge? I'm sorry, I am not comfortable saying that he wouldn't do that. This was a man that was willing to go to any length to not only chase down his proclivities, but to also make sure that he did what he could to stay out of prison while doing it. A judge is expected to issue a ruling on the bail request on Thursday. Epstein, who is being held at a federal prison in New York City, faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy. That's it, folks. 45 whole years. Maxwell facing 80, but Epstein only 45. Ask yourself why, with all of the years that we have had, all of the evidence that has been piled up as high as Everest. You mean to tell me that all you could get is a measly 45 for this scumbag? I don't buy it. And again, this is the reason why I have no faith in places like the SDNY and the prosecutor's office. Sure, they'll go after people who don't have money to defend themselves, people like Kalief Browder. But they won't go after people like Jeffrey Epstein, not the way they should. And one of these days, I hope, beyond hope, that the federal government throws the gauntlet down and really pursues these people. But unfortunately, I won't be holding my breath. If you'd like to contact me, you can do that@bobbycapucciorotonmail.com that's B O B B Y C A P U C c I@protonmail.com you can also find me on Twitter Obby Capucci. The article that we discussed can be found in the description box. All right, everybody.