Vance Claims Epstein Had Access to ‘Highest Levels’ of American, Israeli Intelligence Communities

Vice President JD Vance says he believes that deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein had connections in the “highest levels” of both American and Israeli intelligence services. Mr. Vance says he does not know if Epstein was tied to the Mossad, the CIA, or both, but that Epstein clearly leveraged his position as a financial advisor to blackmail well-known businessmen and politicians.Mr. Vance made the claim during an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience,” the wildly successful podcast hosted by comedian Joe Rogan. The vice president admitted that he himself is a “conspiracy theorist” when it comes to Epstein. Though President Trump has derided any interest in Epstein as a “hoax,” Mr. Vance says that focus on the deceased sex criminal is warranted. Mr. Trump himself has appeared in the Epstein files a number of times, including a birthday note he allegedly wrote to Epstein when he turned 50 years old. Mr. Trump has denied writing the note and is now suing The Wall Street Journal after the publication first reported on the message. During his appearance on Mr. Rogan’s show, Mr. Vance claimed that Epstein was an intelligence asset for both the American and Israeli governments. “He clearly had connections to the highest levels of American intelligence. He clearly had connections to the highest levels of Israeli intelligence,” Mr. Vance claimed. “Epstein seemed to be connected to the elements of the Israeli deep state that were left-of-center. I have always found that fascinating,” the vice president continued. “It wasn’t like he was super connected to the right-of-center of Israeli politics. [In] America, he was connected across the board. Like, he had Republican friends, he had Democratic friends, [but] he had much deeper connections to the Israeli left-of-center rather than right-of-center. I don’t know what that means.”Mr. Vance is likely referring to Epstein’s relationship with Prime Minister Ehud Barak, the most recent Labor Party prime minister of the Jewish state who left office in 2001. Mr. Barak has consistently denied having knowledge of Epstein’s sex crimes. Mr. Barak and Epstein first met in 2003, but maintained a relationship until Epstein’s death in 2019.The Trump administration has faced a great deal of scrutiny for its handling of the Epstein files, especially since the president signed a law last year to force a disclosure of all Justice Department records related to Epstein. Mr. Trump signed the Epstein files disclosure bill seemingly against his will last November, after Congress passed the bill nearly unanimously. Mr. Vance admitted that the public relations side of the release of the files could have been handled better, and that the original sin of what he calls the “Epstein saga” was the failure to prosecute Epstein to the fullest extent of the law during the Bush administration.“The problem here is not, like, anything that’s in the files or not in the files. The problem is, if you go back to the original investigation, it was designed in a way that was way too narrow,” the vice president said, arguing that there “probably was” a larger conspiracy, but that evidence of that conspiracy was likely destroyed. “There’s the theory that, whether it was American [intel] or foreign [intel] that Epstein was sort of using … the sex ring to blackmail rich and powerful people,” Mr. Vance said. He claimed that the Trump administration is “guilty” of “mishandling” the release of the files.“I think we should’ve just dropped everything at the very beginning,” he said.

Vance Claims Epstein Had Access to ‘Highest Levels’ of American, Israeli Intelligence Communities

Vance Claims Epstein Had Access to ‘Highest Levels’ of American, Israeli Intelligence Communities

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