Epstein was 'wealth manager' for Putin, source told FBI
Jeffrey Epstein was a wealth manager for both Vladimir Putin and Robert Mugabe, a confidential source claimed to the FBI.
According to documents made public by the US Department of Justice on Friday, a source made the claims about the now-dead American financier and [child predator] in late 2017.
The source, who was not named in the document - marked 'Secret' and not for 'foreign nationals' - said Epstein was 'president Vladimir Putin's wealth manager and provided the same service for [former] Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.'
The FBI source also claimed that Epstein, who was found dead in his New York prison cell in 2019, 'had dirt on other people' and made his money from 'charging his clients fees to hide their money offshore.'
Earlier, it was revealed that Epstein had arranged several meetings with Putin, while intelligence sources believed he was running the 'world's largest honeytrap operation' on behalf of the KGB.
In correspondence, sent to Epstein on September 11, 2011, an unidentified associate discusses an 'appointment with Putin' during a forthcoming trip to Russia.
Emails Suggest Epstein Planned Meeting With Putin
The individual tells Epstein: 'Spoke with Igor. He said last time you were in Palm Beach, you told him you had an appointment with Putin on Sept 16 and that he could go ahead and book his ticket to Russia to arrive a few days before you.'
In an email to Epstein, Japanese entrepreneur Joi Ito apparently tells the convicted child [sexual] offender that another US billionaire named Reid Hoffman, co-founder of website LinkedIn, was unable to join.
'Hey Jeffrey,' Ito writes. 'I wasn't able to convince Reid to change his schedule to go meet Putin with you.' It is unclear whether this meeting took place.
A later email sent by Ito suggested it was cancelled after Russian-backed forces shot down a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing 298 people.
Writing to Epstein three days later, Ito said: 'Bad idea now after the plane crash.'
Other messages revealed Epstein claimed he could give the Kremlin valuable insight into Mr Trump ahead of a summit with Putin in Helsinki.
Files Reveal Epstein Discussed Blackmail With Russian Official
He also discussed blackmail with with Sergei Belyakov in 2015, Russia’s then Deputy Minister of Economic Development and a graduate of Russia's Federal Security Service, the main successor to the KGB.
On July 24, 2015, Epstein asked Belyakov for a favor, warning him that 'a Russian girl from Moscow… is attempting to blackmail a group of powerful biznessmen [sic] in New York. It is bad for business for everyone involved.'
In a later email, sent to himself, Epstein wrote of his 'friends in the FSB'.
The files include 1,056 documents naming Putin and 9,629 referring to Moscow. Epstein even seems to have secured audiences with Putin after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.
The release of more than three million files relating to Epstein give credence to incendiary claims made by senior security officials to the Mail on Sunday: that Epstein was working on behalf of Moscow, and possibly Israel, when he facilitated assignations for some of the world's most powerful men.
One intelligence source branded his actions 'the world's largest honeytrap operation' on behalf of the KGB.
Files Suggest Epstein Claimed to Offer Kremlin Insight into Trump
Others sources said his association with Russia could explain why Epstein appeared to enjoy an ultra-wealthy lifestyle out of kilter with his career as a financier, although there is no documentary evidence linking Putin and his spies directly to Epstein's illicit activities.
In another email sent in November 2010, Epstein asks an individual whether he needs a Russian visa, adding: 'I have a friend of Putin's, should I ask him?'
Other messages show Epstein claiming to offer the Kremlin insight into Mr Trump.
The financier messaged Thorbjorn Jagland, then secretary general of the Council of Europe, suggesting he could pass on a message to Putin about how to handle the US President.
In a June 2018 exchange, Epstein indicated that Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the UN, 'understood Trump after our conversations'.
He advised that Mr Jagland, the former prime minister of Norway, could 'suggest to putin, that lavrov [Sergei Lavrov, Russia's veteran foreign minister], can get insight on talking to me [sic].'
Documents Include Emails Ahead of Helsinki Summit and Spy Claim Reported to FBI
Epstein told Mr Jagland that Mr Trump 'must be seen to get something'. Mr Jagland responded that he would meet Mr Lavrov's assistant on the following Monday and relay the message.
Earlier that month Epstein had also messaged Steve Bannon, a Trump ally, to tell him Mr Jagland was due to meet Putin and Lavrov and was then staying overnight with him at his mansion in Paris.
The extraordinary emails were dated before the totemic Helsinki summit between Mr Trump and Putin in July 2018, during which the US President insisted he did not think that Russia interfered in the 2016 Presidential election.
Another document reveals the FBI was warned that Epstein was believed to be a Mossad spy.
A report by FBI bosses highlighted how a source told the agency: 'Epstein was close to the former prime minister of Israel, Ehud Barak and trained as a spy under him.' In June 2013, Epstein sent an email to Mr Barak saying: 'Putin will re do his staff in the summer, bringing only very trusted people closer... more info on phone or face to face.'
Intelligence Experts Believe Epstein Was Inducted into Espionage via Robert Maxwell
American intelligence experts believe Epstein was inducted into the world of espionage via business deals with Robert Maxwell, the disgraced media magnate who - like Epstein - died in murky circumstances; in Maxwell's case his body was found floating in the Atlantic in 1991, having apparently fallen overboard from his yacht.
Maxwell's daughter, Ghislaine, is serving a 20-year sentence for child [sexual] trafficking and other offences linked to her association with Epstein, who she is said to have met shortly after her father's death.
Security sources said Robert Maxwell was a Russian asset from the 1970s, when he worked to extradite Soviet Jews to Israel, with the involvement of Israeli intelligence service Mossad.
In return, they said, Maxwell laundered Russian money into the West - with the help of Epstein.
US Security Officials Believe Epstein Had Ties to Russian Organized Crime
They think the financier was introduced to Maxwell and the KGB by an oil tycoon also in the pay of Russian intelligence. Probes into Robert Maxwell's business dealings have uncovered links not only to the KGB and Mossad - but also MI6.
US security officials also believe Epstein had long-standing ties with Russian organized crime, who could have been blackmailing him. That could explain the ease with which Epstein appeared to be able to fly in 'girls' from Russia.
A source said: 'You have Andrew, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and all the rest placed in compromising positions on an island bristling with technology. It's the world's largest honey trap operation.
'The Americans have been on this for years, but our lot have seemed more queasy about it, presumably because of the Royal link.' All the high-profile figures named in the files deny any wrongdoing.
Fresh claims about Bill Gates emerge in new Epstein files
Bill Gates slept with Russian girls, got a sexually-transmitted disease and asked for antibiotics to slip to his then-wife Melinda, extraordinary new Jeffrey Epstein files from the Department of Justice allege.
The late [child predator] financier made the astonishing claims about the Microsoft billionaire in emails he sent to himself on July 18, 2013.
The lengthy message lashed out at Gates for ending their friendship and says: 'TO add insult to the injury you them (sic) implore me to please delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda and the description of your [genital].'
Earlier in the same missive, Epstein said he had been 'dismayed beyond comprehension' by Gates's decision to 'disregard our friendship developed over the last 6 years.'
The shocking emails appear to be drafts of a letter intended to be sent by Gates’ then-top advisor Boris Nikolic, around his resignation from the Microsoft billionaire’s charitable foundation.
Appearing to write from the point of view of Nikolic, another email on the same morning offered his resignation from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
He wrote: 'I have been caught up in a severe marital dispute between Melinda and Bill...
'In my role as his right hand man I have been asked and wrongly acquiesced into participating in things that have ranged from the morally inappropriate, to the ethically unsound and have been repeatedly asked to do thing (sic) that get near and potentially over the line into the illegal...
