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Why Would Jeffrey Epstein Claim That Tartaglione Beat Him Up?
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Jeffrey Epstein told his attorneys that his cellmate, former police officer Nicholas Tartaglione, had “roughed him up” during the July 23, 2019 incident in which Epstein was found injured and semiconscious on the floor of their cell at the...
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A man who was alleged to have committed some pretty serious crimes against some pretty serious people over drugs? Does that sound like the proper cellmate for one of your most prized inmates? Somebody that you know is a risk, Somebody that you know could be extorted or hurt or whatever else you want to add into that mix, that's the guy you want to put into the cell with Epstein, right? But somehow this guy, who was looking at four homicides, ends up in a cell with Jeffrey Epstein, and then just coincidentally, Epstein decides he's going to attempt to kill himself with this guy as his cellmate. Now, before we get into the article, the updated article from a couple of weeks ago about Tartaglioni and his current case status. I wanted to do a quick refresher. So I have an article from the New York Post, a relatively short article that details what Epstein told his lawyers and stuff the day that he. He allegedly tried to kill himself in that jail cell. And it certainly doesn't match up with what the official narrative ended up being. So let's jump into the first article from the New York Post, and let's see what Bruce Golding and Emily Saul have to say. Epstein told lawyers that cellmate Nicholas Tartaglioni roughed him up. Now, why would Jeffrey Epstein tell his lawyers that he got roughed up by this dude if he didn't, if he attempted suicide like the official narrative says, then why would he even bring Tartaglione into it? And furthermore, Tartaglione says, well, I saved his life. Well, if that's the case, why wouldn't you stop him from even making the attempt? You're in that little cell together. You mean to tell me you weren't aware that he was attempting to kill himself? See, none of it makes sense. And the official narrative that they've pitched to us, that doesn't make sense either. There's never been a proper look at what went on here as far as the public goes. Oh, I'm sure that everybody trusts Bill Barr, right? Republicans, Democrats, Everybody loves Darth Barr. Said nobody ever. I certainly have never trusted Bill Barr. And honestly, I don't know anybody who does. So him telling me that he saw video or he has confirmed this or that is not very reassuring. And frankly, I don't believe what he has to say. Jeffrey Epstein told his lawyers that a hulking ex cop inflicted the injuries that left him nearly unconscious in his cell last month. A source close to the convicted pedophiles case told the Post. I mean, how. How isn't there more being made out of that? When you talk to the legacy media, you know, you had, like, the New York Times article that tried to wrap things up with a nice, pretty little bow, talking about how, you know, it's been solved. And there's. I don't buy any of that. Right? Especially this first time around. What happened in this cell the first time around is even more dodgy than him dying in the cell alone. You don't just get roughed up when you're in a cell with a guy like Tartaglioni on your own. You didn't just try and commit suicide all of a sudden. I just don't buy it. And there has never been a real good or proper examination into any of this. The footage gets lost, the cameras aren't turned on. I mean, are you kidding me right now? Epstein was treated for neck injuries following the July 23 incident inside the Metropolitan Correctional center in lower Manhattan. Law enforcement officials have said at the time, Epstein was sharing a cell with former Westchester county cop Nicholas Tartaglioni. Who faces the death penalty, a death penalty trial, and four drug related slayings upstate. Now, again, this dude clipped people over drug trafficking and the people that he ended up killing, according to these reports, according to what prosecutors say, they were operators for the cartel. So that tells you the kind of serious player that Tartaglioni is. You don't get involved in something like this as a trafficker. Millions of dollars, kilos worth of blow, and then have the audacity to execute operators from the cartel. If you're not a serious person, who's capable of serious, serious crimes. So again, I ask you, is this the right guy to be in a jail cell with Jeffrey Epstein? Epstein told his lawyers that the cop roughed him up and that's why they got him off suicide watch. The source said. Tartaglioni's lawyer, Bruce Barkett, disputed that account, saying, I spoke to his lawyers, and they never hinted at that to me, but he must have said something to get off suicide watch. Of course he said something. This dude definitely tuned him up, in my opinion, and I honestly believe that. I don't think that Epstein had any desire to kill himself. Certainly not at this point. This first attempt, now the second attempt, or the second time around when he ended up dying. Still debatable. I've said it a million times. I'm not too sure what happened in that cell. In that cell. We haven't seen all of the evidence. Can we see some of the video, please? All we're going on is what the official narrative has given us. And frankly, again, I have little faith in the official narrative. But this first time around, when he was in the cell with Tartaglioni, none of that makes sense to me. None of it has ever made sense to me. And the fact that it was basically brushed under the rug is in the aftermath of Epstein's death, that doesn't make sense to me either. I do know that Nick was not brought up on any charges at all in the institution. So they cleared him. Barkit said, oh, well, that's. That's nice, you know, because the institution is just a. The infallible institution. They cleared him because they didn't want to deal with it. Right. More egg on their face. Oh, man, now we gotta deal with this shit. Epstein gets assaulted by this idiot we put in the cell with him. And meanwhile, another thing about Tartaglioni, which is crazy, is a few weeks before he was even put into the cell with Jeffrey Epstein, they found a contraband cell phone in this dude's cell. So you get moved to a better environment, meaning off the main line, and put into a cell with Jeffrey Epstein. For what reason? The dude should have been in solitary confinement by himself if he was found with contraband. But somehow he ends up in this cell with Jeffrey Epstein, and there's still, again, no logical explanation for any of that. It's simply patently false to say that Epstein did anything other than to try to kill himself at least twice and succeeded when he succeeded. We were a little worried that we would make up something to get out of suicide watch or try and argue for Bell. But it's pretty clear what happened, given the end result here. Oh, yeah, pretty clear what happened. Anything to get your client off. Right? And now that we know that Tartaglioni is not even gonna face the death penalty, it's probably a good thing that they. They fought this, because he could have. He could have got stuck with another charge here if he was found at fault, but I highly doubt that anyone even investigated it. Remember, Tartaglioni didn't decide to put himself into the jail cell with Jeffrey Epstein. The administrators of the facility did. Who made that call? And can we talk to that person? Can that person get put under oath in front of Congress? Can we have real examinations of what went on here? Or no? The revelation came as Manhattan Federal Judge Richard Berman, who was overseeing the child sex trafficking case against Epstein, released a Monday letter to the MC to MCC's warden in which he said that what happened on July 23rd remained an open question. And it still does. Even Berman, the judge, says it was an open question. So where are all of these hard charging reporters that are, you know, all over the place, allegedly? How about you dig into this part of the story? To my knowledge, it has never been definitively explained what the Bureau of Prisons concluded about that incident. Berman wrote absolutely right. In a response dated that same day, Warden Lamine and Dye said that an internal investigation was completed, but noted that current investigations by the FBI and the Justice Department Office of Inspector General will include this incident as well. Yeah. Did it. Let me ask you a question with that great report by the New York Times. Did it include anything about Tartaglioni? It certainly didn't. And I asked the author at the time about that, too. Of course, you know, never get anywhere with it. It's just almost laughable at this point, because if I don't laugh about it, it'll be completely frustrating the way they go about it. There are certain things in this story that need to be exposed, and this is certainly one of Them. This whole entire episode here of Tartaglioni in the jail cell with Epstein is just so out of control. Accordingly, I cannot divulge any information about the prior investigation at this time, Endai said. And remember, he told that to the judge. It wasn't like someone asked him, you know, at a press conference, hey, can you tell us about what happened with Tartaglioni? This is the judge asking and he says, nah, sorry, there's an investigation underway. The same excuse they use all the time when they don't want you to know what's going on. On Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr ordered the removal of Endai from his post at the MCC after ripping the serious irregularities at this facility during a speech the previous day in New Orleans. Oh yeah, you know, because Bill Barr is so great at his job. How did it work out for everybody with that moron running the show? Alright, so now that we have the refresher course of what Tartaglioni's role is here, and the question asked, why he was in the cell with Epstein, let's jump into this next article from the low hood. And this is a paper from Westchester County, New New York, the lower Hudson Valley. Oh, I have had no luck lately. Wait, Lady Luck Bretzky.
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And this is an article that was authored by Jonathan Bandler. Lawyers hopeful Nicholas Tartaglioni won't face death penalty as trial set and homicide case. Twelve times since last March, the US Department of Justice has reversed course and notified accused killers they would no longer face the death penalty. And I'm not really too big on the death penalty, to be honest with you. Unless there's overwhelming evidence, of course, then for sure. But I just think that there's way too many instances of there being shoddy evidence when it comes to something as serious as taking someone's life. But when you look at cases like this and the evidence is overwhelming, I honestly think that this is the perfect example of what a death penalty case should be. Multiple homicides, multiple people murdered. Dude's an ex cop. He knows better. So I would think long and hard if I was the one passing the sentence here or dropping the. The judgment on him. If, if we were talking about the death penalty, definitely somebody that, in my opinion, you would have to at least entertain the possibility. That is a promising sign for opponents of capital punishment, but a far cry from the end of the federal death penalty they had expected when Joe Biden became president. The piecemeal approach offers a glimmer of hope for Nicholas Tartaglione, the ex police officer charged in White Plains Federal court in the killing of four men and in Orange county in 2016. So I guess when you're staring at a death sentence, any kind of hope is good. I can't imagine sitting there every day wondering what your fate's gonna be. But also, I would never kill anybody and find myself sitting in a jail cell anyway, so there's that. Tartaglioni's trial has finally been scheduled for March 2023, nearly seven years after the quadruple homicide. But it could be moved up if the defense succeeds in getting the Department of Justice to reverse course on the death penalty. So he's being charged with the death penalty. Now the question is, is that death penalty going to stick or is he just going to end up getting life in prison? Because I highly doubt he's going to get off. Considering the evidence that they have, I highly, highly doubt he's going to get off. The lead defense lawyer, Bruce Barkett, has declined to reveal any details of the defense case for why his client should not face capital punishment. Just as he was mummed four years ago when a similar, similar effort failed under The Trump administration. Tartaglioni was a retired Briarcliff Manor cop who had also worked in Yonkers, Mount Vernon, and Pauling. So he's from my neck of the woods, and I've told the story before on the podcast, but one of my uncles was actually friendly with Tartaglione's brother growing up, and they used to call him Tat Tat in the neighborhood. Now, I wish I had more to give you, but that's all my uncle really had. They weren't like, you know, super close or anything, just like neighborhood friends. But it's a small world, isn't it? And when I first was looking at this case and, you know, saw this part of it, I just shook my head, considering where this guy was from. I mean, it's crazy. I know a lot of cops that work in Yonkers, and for the most part, they're all really good people. So. Just doesn't shock me, though, to see a cop involved in something like this. Unfortunately, there's always good and there's always bad, no matter what the profession is. And some people, like Tartaglioni, they get things a bit twisted up in their head, and they think that they're above the law when they're supposed to be enforcing the law. He was arrested in December 2016, eight months after four men disappeared from a bar in Chester in Orange county that was run by Tartaglioni's brother. The day after his arrest, the bodies of Martin Luna, Miguel Luna, Urbano Santiago, and Hector Gutierrez were discovered by the FBI and state police on property Tartaglioni had been renting at the time of the disappearance. So you see about the evidence here, right? Pretty grim when you're talking about against Tartaglioni. You know, you get the. These bodies are found on your property that you're renting after being at a bar that your brother owns. It doesn't look good for you. Doesn't look too good for you at all. Tartaglione is charged with conspiracy to sell cocaine and kidnapping and murder in furtherance of the conspiracy. Now, what's interesting is if Tartaglioni gets convicted of this, which I think he will, he's gonna have to hit the federal line. And, A, he's an ex cop, so that's a mark against him. B, if he. If, you know, if he did clip these people, which it looks like he did, these are cartel operatives, so you know that the cartel hasn't forgotten that Tartaglioni was trying to steal their blow, you know, trying to get in on their action. So they're going to have access to him in whatever federal facility he ends up in. If it ends up federal or even if it's in New York, they definitely have a way to reach out and touch you. So you gotta think that Tartaglioni'll get PC'd up if and when his prison sentence starts. According to the prosecutors, Martin Luna had owed money for a drug deal. He was lured to the Liquid Lounge on April 11, 2016, and brought with him his nephew Miguel, his niece's fiance, Santiago, and family friend Gutierrez, none of whom had anything to do with the drug deal. Well, that's questionable at best, right? You're going there for a drug deal, what do you think he's bringing you there for? Obviously, he was probably bringing these dudes there for muscle, right? But still, does that mean they deserve to get killed over a drug deal gone bad? Absolutely not. And anybody who is capable of killing people over drugs is most certainly capable of assaulting a guy like Jeffrey Epstein in a confined environment like a jail cell. No. 18 terms and munitions apply. See website for details. At the bar, prosecutors alleged Tartaglioni strangled Martin Luna with a zip tie before taking his body to the property. His co conspirators brought the others there, where each of the three were shot in the head. Prosecutors accused Tartaglioni of shooting one of the men. Biden's campaign pledge to end capital punishment at the federal level has so far not led to an administration policy. Yeah, there's been a whole lot of that, huh? Unfortunately, when we had the changeover from Trump to Biden, didn't I tell you, folks, it's going to be the same old, same old. Don't expect these radical changes, because that's not how it works. Those who are in power, the very few who are in control, they're still going to be in control no matter who the President is. Last summer, Attorney General Merrick Garland, another failure, issued a moratorium on federal executions or while a review of Trump administration death penalty protocol changes was ongoing. But there has been no blanket policy on emptying federal death row or seeking the death penalty in pending and future cases. Like I said earlier, I think that we have to be very, very careful when it comes to sentencing somebody to death. And if the Biden administration is taking their time to review this, I think that's a good idea. Take as much time as you need to review something as serious as this. It looks like Garland is trying to fix the death penalty. It doesn't look like he's trying to end the death penalty, said Robert Dunham, director of the Death Penalty Information center in Washington, D.C. he pointed to conflicting signals that make it difficult to predict where the DOJ is headed. And you know, you see that a lot with the Department of Justice in general. A lot of conflicting signals. You don't know which way they're going to go. One person comes in and you have a drastic change. Then the next person comes in, they change it. There's no consistency and certainly no equity in the law. On the one hand, prosecutors have opted not to seek the death penalty in some recent cases. One involved the killing of a law enforcement officer in California, a case in which the Trump DOJ would have likely sought the death penalty. On the other hand, the DOJ is still defending death sentences on appeal. Well, they have to. What are they gonna do if it's on appeal? They can't just drop all of those appeals in the middle of the cases. They'll get absolutely fried by the media and pundits and people looking to score political points 100%. You can't just drop that stuff on appeal. You have to see it through. And let's be honest, a lot of the people who we're talking about here are pretty bad people for the most part. Now, don't get me wrong, there's definitely some innocent people who get caught up and end up on death row. And that for me is enough to be very, very guarded and very strict about the death penalty and who gets it. Cassandra Stubbs, director of the Capital Punishment Project at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the moratorium and the gradual about face on seeking the death penalty was a good start. But the lack of more extensive policy decisions is frustrating. It's encouraging that it's moving in the right direction, she said. The discouraging piece is while it's a significant number, it's only half of the pending cases. The DOJ's withdrawal of the 12 notices of intent came in nine cases spread out around the country in states that have the death penalty and those that don't. So again, whenever you get a new regime that comes in, they go over everything that the previous regime did with a fine tooth comb. And more times than not, they get rid of a lot of policies and institute their own. That's just what happens when people get elected. While there is no clear common thread, one possible pattern does does not bode well for Tartaglioni. None of the other cases involved more than two victims, and that's a big deal. I think that's a huge deal, honestly, when you have multiple victims. We're talking serial killer here type shit, right? What is it, more than three murders or whatever spread out during a certain period of time for a serial killer. But the point stands. If you got three or four bodies under your belt, that's definitely not a good look for a jury or people who are going to decide your fate. Tartagliones is one of six death penalty cases of the 23 still pending that have at least four victims. Barkett would not say whether the defense has offered new details related to Tartaglioni or whether they are relying on similarities to any of the other withdrawn cases to convince the government. Well, maybe you should give them some evidence about Jeffrey Epstein. Maybe you should talk about that a little bit. Nicholas Tartaglioni, and I'm real interested to see what kind of sentence he gets here. If he gets a soft sentence, boy, that's gonna. That's gonna set some people off, I'll tell you that much. It is possible that they are citing the harsh conditions of pretrial detention Tartaglioni faced at the troubled Metropolitan Correctional center in lower Manhattan. Life saving efforts by Tartaglioni when he was in law enforcement are almost certainly part of the defense mitigation efforts. And his lawyers could be including details of when Tartaglioni shared a cell with financier, pedophile, and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Oh, boy, that would be interesting, wouldn't it? That would be real interesting, wouldn't it? I wonder what he has to share about that. Barkett has said that Tartaglioni intervened during Epstein's failed suicide attempt in July 2019. Tartaglioni was no longer his cellmate when Epstein succeeded in killing himself the following month. Now, again, why was Tartaglioni in that jail cell? Was he put there to send a message to Jeffrey Epstein? Look, bro, if you don't kill yourself, this is what you have to look forward to the whole entire time you're in jail. So you better fucking kill yourself. And then knowing that he'd get moved out of the cell, he'd just deny that he ever did anything. That's certainly a scenario that has legs, in my opinion. It certainly is a scenario that bears the weight of the facts. And short of any other evidence being provided or quality theories being provided, that's what I'm working with right now. This dude definitely was in there to rough Jeffrey Epstein up or ended up roughing Jeffrey Epstein up for whatever reason. But to think that this guy is some kind of hero who stepped in to save Epstein's life while he was trying to kill himself is just ridiculous. Ugh. I have had no luck lately.
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