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(NewsNation) — Conspiracies that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was an quality cause person gained momentum aft the Department of Justice and FBI released a memo this month stating nary much grounds related to the lawsuit would beryllium released to the public.
The fallout from the announcement has driven a wedge into President Donald Trump’s supporters, who are demanding that much details beryllium released.
Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, speculate quality ties of Epstein
Additionally, MAGA influencers similar Tucker Carlson are saying that the erstwhile financier was moving arsenic an plus for the Israeli quality agency, Mossad.
Carlson said astatine the Turning Point USA conference, “It’s highly evident to anyone who watches that this feline had nonstop connections to a overseas government. Now, nary one’s allowed to accidental that overseas authorities is Israel.”
The erstwhile Fox News anchor added, “Were you moving connected behalf of Mossad? Were you moving a blackmail cognition connected behalf of overseas government?”
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell be the 2005 Wall Street Concert Series connected March 15, 2005, successful New York City. (Photo by Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
FILE - This photograph provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. On Monday, July 1, 2024, Florida Circuit Judge Luis Delgado released the transcripts of a 2006 expansive assemblage probe that looked into enactment trafficking and rape allegations made against Epstein. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
This July 27, 2006, apprehension record photograph made disposable by the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office, successful Florida, shows Jeffrey Epstein. (Palm Beach Sheriff's Office via AP)
FILE - This July 25, 2013, record representation provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows financier Jeffrey Epstein. The U.S. Virgin Islands has reached a colony announced connected Wednesday, Nov. 30. 2022, of much than $105 cardinal successful a enactment trafficking lawsuit against the property of financier Jeffrey Epstein.(Florida Department of Law Enforcement via AP, File)
Modeling cause Jean-Luc Brunel (not pictured) was recovered hanged successful his situation compartment connected Saturday. Brunel had met Epstein (seen supra successful 2008) decades agone and founded a absorption institution with Epstein's fiscal help. (Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP, File)
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett responded to Carlson’s theory connected Monday, penning connected X, “The accusation that Jeffrey Epstein someway worked for Israel oregon the Mossad moving a blackmail ringing is categorically and wholly false. Epstein's conduct, some the transgression and the simply despicable, had thing whatsoever to bash with the Mossad oregon the State of Israel. Epstein ne'er worked for the Mossad. This accusation is simply a prevarication being peddled by salient online personalities specified arsenic Tucker Carlson pretending, they cognize things they don't. They conscionable marque things up, accidental it with assurance and these lies stick, due to the fact that it's Israel.”
During the aforesaid conference, Charlie Kirk, co-founder of Turning Point USA, asked Megyn Kelly what she thought of the mentation that Epstein was moving for Mossad.
Kelly replied, “I wouldn’t beryllium amazed 1 bit. I americium convinced based connected my ain sources and my ain reporting connected this story. He wasn’t 1 of ours.”
Kelly hypothesized that Epstein would beryllium an plus for Massod, pointing to his erstwhile spouse Ghislaine Maxwell’s ties to the group. Both Kirk and Kelly said they person nary grounds to enactment the theory.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year situation word for aiding successful the enactment trafficking of minors with Epstein. She is successful interaction with the Department of Justice and was subpoenaed by a House Committee successful narration to a propulsion to merchandise much Epstein documents.
Ghislaine Maxwell attends the WIE Symposium astatine Center 548 connected Sept. 20, 2013, successful New York City. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/Getty Images)Alexander Acosta told to 'back off' of Epstein probe successful 2007
Former Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, who was erstwhile a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and negotiated a 2008 plea woody with Epstein, resigned from the Trump cabinet successful July 2019 successful the aftermath of the fallout helium faced for his handling of the Epstein lawsuit which resulted successful the kid enactment trafficker getting a 2008 plea deal.
Acosta said helium was instructed to grip Epstein mildly successful 2007. He said that helium was told to "back off” Epstein, and it was hinted that the multimillionaire was of immoderate vitalness to different case.
At the time, Trump said, “I consciousness precise badly, actually, for Secretary Acosta due to the fact that I’ve known him arsenic being idiosyncratic that works truthful hard and has done specified a bully job. There were a batch of radical progressive successful that determination (Epstein’s plea deal), not conscionable him.”
In 2020, the Department of Justice recovered that Acosta utilized “poor judgement” by reaching a non-prosecutorial statement with Epstein.
United States Attorney General Pam Bondi responded to an enquiry from a newsman during a property league this month, asking if Epstein was an plus for Mossad.
Bondi said, “To him being an agent, I person nary cognition astir that. We tin get backmost to you connected that.”
