Epstein ‘knew feds were closing in’ and wrote of Trump connections as leverage: journalist

Jeffrey Epstein sent himself a series of emails detailing his connections to President Donald Trump—emails that one investigative reporter suspects were designed to be used as leverage should he ever end up behind bars.

Appearing with CNN’s Michael Smerconish on Saturday, investigative reporter and author Barry Levine explained why he believed Epstein sent himself emails containing information that suggested Trump was aware of his suspected illegal activities, including the sex trafficking of minors.

“I think at the time, with the Miami Herald’s series ‘Perversion of Justice,’ Epstein knew that the feds would be closing in on him, and I think he was memorializing his connection to Donald Trump at the time,” Levine said. “I think that he might have suspected that he was going to be arrested, which he was, eventually.”

Smerconish asked, “In other words, Barry, are you saying that Epstein wasn’t writing it for himself, he was writing it, perhaps, for law enforcement in the future?”

“That’s what I suspect, Michael,” Levine confirmed. “Yes.”

The email in question is dated February 1, 2019, in which Epstein wrote to himself: “[Redacted] worked at Mara Lago. Trump knew of it and came to my house many times during that period.”

This email was part of around 20,000 pages of documents released this week by the House Oversight Committee. Subpoenaed from Epstein’s estate, the emails revealed several new details about Trump’s past ties to Epstein.

Among the revelations were suggestions that Trump may have “spent hours” with one of Epstein’s victims, and that Epstein may have joined Trump for Thanksgiving while he was president. The emails also indicated that Epstein’s personal pilot appeared to fly for Epstein around the same time Trump was flying, for reasons that remain unknown.
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