The life and death of Jeffrey Epstein remain something of a sordid mystery movie.
More than 10 months since his shocking death, it is still unclear how the disgraced financier rose through the ranks to amass a “black book” of high-profile contacts and world leaders, why he was able to enter such a quietly-negotiated sweetheart plea deal in 2007 despite a sex offender conviction, the conditions of which he was left to supposedly take his own life in a Manhattan jail cell, and precisely how the self-styled “billionaire financier” made his many millions.
A recently released book purports to shed light at least on the latter, revealing that he may have made at least some big bucks – and granted something of a free pass for his decades of wrongdoing – through covert intelligence actions.
A fund to compensate Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers received approval from the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands, authorities said Friday. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
While the notion of Epstein as a “spy” has long run rampant in the rumor mill, the book “Epstein: Dead Men Tell No Tales” – authored by Dylan Howard, Melissa Cronin, and James Robertson – proclaims that he had ties to Mossad, the Israeli national intelligence agency.
“When we set out to write a book about his crimes, we thought we knew the whole story. Before long, however, what we uncovered was compelling evidence that Jeffrey Epstein was a spy—largely for Israel’s Mossad—and allowed to operate in the United States seemingly without consequence,” Dylan Howard told Fox News. “This is a much bigger story than the world has ever known and is continually being ignored or glossed over in much of the new reporting about Epstein.”
But it may all just be the tip of the iceberg. Howard noted that others have more recently reached out with firsthand avowals of Epstein’s intel ties.
“I do not believe the Epstein worked exclusively for the Mossad. I believe many countries sought information from him, and he also shopped information to the highest bidder. It also helps explain how Epstein was able to build a puzzling billion-dollar fortune,” Howard added. “So, not only was Epstein running a shocking ‘criminal enterprise’ – as described by the FBI—but it was one with deep business and intelligence ties across a number of countries.”
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