Elite FBI Iran Spy Group Gutted by Kash Patel Days Before U.S. Attack
February was a busy month for FBI Director Kash Patel. On the 23rd he partied with the gold medal-winning U.S. Men’s Hockey team. Two days later he fired a dozen FBI agents who had worked on a probe into classified documents kept at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The agents were part of a global espionage unit known as CI-12, charged with monitoring threats from Iran. The firings came just three days before the U.S. attack on Iran.
Patel fired the agents after learning that his phone, along with that of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, had been under subpoena as part of the investigation into classified documents stored at Trump’s private club in Palm Beach. More than 13,000 government documents were recovered by the FBI, including nuclear information as well as FBI, CIA and NSA documents related to national security interests.
The FBI is reportedly bracing for more firings of C1-12 agents and staff, veteran employees trained on threats and spy operations with a special focus on the Middle East and Iran. The unit also investigates Cuba and other terrorist organizations.
Although the firings may seem incongruous during a time when the U.S. has initiated a war in the Middle East, they aren’t surprising. Patel has fired dozens of employees over the past year who contributed to the investigations of the president or who were perceived not to align with the administration’s agenda.
U.S. Officers Being Told by Commanders to Prepare for “Armageddon” as Part of God’s Plan
The nonprofit Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has received more than 200 calls and complaints from military stations across all services with reports of commanding officers citing the Book of Revelation in their morning addresses. The complaints have come in since Saturday’s U.S. military engagement in Iran.
“This morning our commander opened up the combat readiness status briefing by urging us to not be afraid as to what is happening with our combat operations in Iran right now,” wrote an active duty noncommissioned officer on behalf of themself and 15 other unit members. The noncommissioned unit is stationed outside of Iran but are ready to be deployed at a moment’s notice. “He urged us to tell our troops that this was all part of God’s divine plan and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ. He said that President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim advocacy organization in the US, has condemned what it characterized as the Pentagon’s use of “dangerous anti-Muslim holy war rhetoric to justify bombing Iran.” The group also cited Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s reference to “crazy regimes like Iran, hell-bend on prophetic Islamic delusions.”
Ted Cruz and Tim Scott to Seek $200 Billion in Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Without Congressional Approval
In the midst of global warfare and fallout from the Epstein files, two Republican Senators are sending a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent today asking him for a $200 billion reduction on capital gains taxes. The move, which completely circumvents the U.S. Congress, would lower the tax burden for citizens selling stocks, businesses, homes and other assets.
Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Tim Scott (R-SC) are alleging the Trump executive branch doesn’t need Congressional approval to make the tax code change. Cruz and Scott have said the cuts would boost the economy by spurring savings, investment and job creation.
Critics argue that the tax cuts would overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy. The Penn Wharton Budget Model parsed numbers during Trump’s first presidency showing that the top one percent of income earners would receive roughly 86 percent of the benefits from indexing capital gains to inflation. The bottom 80 percent of earners would receive just one percent.
Cruz’s Capital Gains Inflation Act of 2025, which stalled in the Senate Finance Committee last year, unsuccessfully attempted to amend the tax code. He previously co-sponsored the House Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act in 2021, which also stalled in the Senate Finance Committee. In 2018 he proposed the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2018, which also stalled in the Senate Finance Committee.
Penn Wharton released an analysis after the 2018 bill was introduced. “Last month, Penn Wharton Budget Model (PWBM) analyzed a similar policy, finding that indexing capital gains to inflation would cost $102 billion over the next 10 years and benefit primarily high-income households.”
Since the first three attempts to pass the tax cuts didn’t even make it out of committee, Cruz felt bypassing Congress altogether would be the most effective approach. The move follows what is becoming a common practice in the Trump Administration – cutting out the Legislative branch of government.
Why the U.S. Congress Won’t Stop the War on Iran
Members of Congress have begun speaking about the Trump Administration’s arguably unconstitutional, illegal war on Iran. Unsurprisingly, most Republicans support the operation. A number of Democrats are adding support as well, praising the death of the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the opportunity to banish authoritarianism in favor of democracy.
“President Trump has been willing to do what’s right and necessary to produce real peace in the region,” tweeted John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a staunch supporter of Israel. Fetterman said he was a “hard no” on a war powers vote and posted an image of the Ayatollah, adding “Let’s see who grieves for that garbage.”
Tom Suozzi (D-Ny.) tweeted, “I agree with the President’s objectives that Iran can never be allowed to obtain nuclear capabilities.” Henry Cuellar (D-Tx.) said the threat posed by Iran was “real and longstanding.”
Why is the Legislative branch of government so laissez faire about an unnecessary, unplanned and reckless war that will cost many U.S. lives? It’s no secret that the US has a longstanding, intimate relationship with Israel. It’s why the government has supported Israel’s warfare in Gaza, activity that the United Nations has characterized as genocide. It’s why thousands of people protesting the war in Gaza have been arrested during both the Biden and Trump presidencies.
The strongest link between the Legislative branch and Israel is AIPAC, the largest pro-Israel PAC in the U.S. In 2025, AIPAC received more than $31 million in donations from its six million wealthy, powerful members. The group spent more than $28 million on contributions during that time period.
According to Track AIPAC, only 17 sitting members of Congress have never accepted AIPAC or other donations from pro-Israel lobby groups. To put that into context, there are currently 432 sitting House members (three seats are vacant) and 100 Senators.
Cuellar is among the biggest recipients, accepting more than $3.2 million from AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups. Fetterman has received more than $1.8 million from pro-Israel groups, while Suozzi has accepted more than $1.9 million from AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups.
The top three AIPAC recipients in Congress are all Democrats. George Latimer (D-Ny.) has brought in more than $19 million while Wesley Bell (D-Mo.) received more than $12 million. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) accepted more than $7 million.
Israel wants a war on Iran and has been waiting many years for this opportunity. They have invested heavily in the U.S. Congress for decades to ensure nothing stands in their way.
To quote Jeffrey Epstein in a 2013 email to Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel, “hopefully somone suggests getting authorization now for Iran. the congress would do it.”
Files Allege Jeffrey Epstein Spent Time Living with Pope John Paul II in Vatican
It’s not surprising that the Vatican shows up in the Epstein files since Epstein kept tabs on every powerful entity on the planet. But one email claims Epstein actually lived in the Vatican with Pope John Paul II at some point.
An email from Brandon Thompson, who appeared to be a contractor working on refinishing and lime-washing columns in one of Epstein’s homes, outlined the intricacies of the project to Richard Kahn at HBRK Associates, Epstein’s accountant.
“He wants me to finish each column different, as when he was living with Pope John Paul the Second in Vatican, he looked at variety of different columns captured in wars,” wrote Thompson. “He told me that every Pope demanded to have a column from every concurred [SIC] country, so there is a collection of different columns in Vatican.”
Of course there is no proof that Epstein lived with the Pope, although he and Ghislaine Maxwell visited with him in 2003 during a public audience. Just how intimate Epstein was with the Vatican is unknown, but in 2011 he claimed to have nearly possessed the Codex Vaticanus, one of the oldest and most important Church relics containing a majority of the Greek Old Testament and the majority of the New Testament. The Codex was famously seized by Napoleon in 1799 as a war trophy but was returned to the Vatican Library in 1815.
In an email to Boris Nikolic, who was a science advisor to the Bill Gates Foundation at the time and a close Epstein confidante, Epstein wrote, “I forgot to mention to Bill, that one of the first almost interactions with him was when I was the underbidder for the codex…The auctioneers told me that i shold drop out because if i owned them, no one would ever see them and they really should be in semi public hands.. I later had to settle for a present from the vatican of a special edition.”
One of the most revealing emails about Epstein’s alleged ties to the Vatican is a 2013 correspondence with Larry Summers, former U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton, former Harvard President and former chief economist at the World Bank. Epstein writes, “The most important change in the Vatican may not be Pope Benedict XVI sudden retirement but the change in leadership at ‘the Institute for Works of Religion,’ the Vatican’s bank. Because of the Vatican’s status as a sovereign country, it is exempt from transparency rules of not only Italy— but of the European Union. This status allows its elite clients to evade any scrutiny in their money transfers.”
“Last May,” continued Epstein. “Vatican Bank President Ettore Gotti Tedeschi was fired after Italian authorities opened an investigation into a far flung bribery scheme in which he was allegedly involved. Then 47 dossiers, including compromising about “internal enemies” of his in the Vatican were found in a search of his home. They had instructions how they were used in case something happened to him. Tcdeschi’s intercepted calls futhcr revealed that his concern was that he would be assassinated because he knoew the Vatican’s secrets. By late 2012, he was cooperating with the ongoing Italian investigation, It was at this point that the all-powerful College of Cardinals, in one of the last acts in the Benedict papacy, appointed German lawyer Ernst von Freyberg as President of the bank. The came the extraordinary resignation of Pope Benedict.”
Freyberg had a short tenure as Vatican Bank president. He was named in June 2012 as an interim leader, then appointed president in February of 2013. Von Freyberg quickly began to open up the bank and adopted a zero-tolerance approach to suspicious activities, advocating transparency. He was dismissed in July along with the Vatican Bank’s entire senior management team as part of extensive reforms to the Catholic Church’s central government.
Jean-Baptiste Douville de Franssu has been chairman of Vatican Bank’s advisory board since July of 2014.
Hillary Clinton Has a Documented History of Protecting Child Sexual Predators
In 1975, Hillary (then Rodham) Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State and First Lady, defended 41-year-old Thomas Alfred Taylor, who was accused by the State of Arkansas of raping a 12-year-old girl. Clinton filed a motion for a psychiatric evaluation of the victim and used that to successfully negotiate a plea deal. Taylor was sentenced to one year in a county jail and four years of probation.
“I have been informed that the complainant is emotionally unstable with a tendency to seek out older men and engage in fantasizing … [and] that she has in the past made false accusations about persons, claiming they had attacked her body,” wrote Clinton in an affidavit filed in support of her motion. She also cited an expert in child psychology she had consulted, stating, “children in early adolescence tend to exaggerate or romanticize sexual experiences and that adolescents with disorganized families, such as the complainant’s, are even more prone to such behavior.”
Clinton testified yesterday to the House Oversight Committee in a closed door deposition that is promised to be made public. She told reporters afterwards, “I don’t know how many times I had to say I did not know Jeffrey Epstein. I never went to his island, I never went to his home, I never went to his offices.” She said the hearing veered off course by the end, with Republicans questioning her about UFOs and the pizza gate child sex-trafficking conspiracy.
What About the Rothschilds?
It’s unlikely that the Committee questioned Clinton about a November 2013 email from Olivier Colom, an international advisor for Edmond de Rothschild, to Epstein. Colom asked Epstein, “Could you organise a discreet meeting between Sarko and Hillary Clinton in NY? If not, who should we ask?” Clinton had already resigned as Secretary of State at that point while Nicolas Sarkozy had been voted out as President of France. The email chain goes on to discuss logistics, with Colom writing, “Might come soon to NY and Wash – for contacts with US dept of Justice and Treasury.”
Colom was a close friend and networker of Epstein, acting as an adviser under Sarkozy. He was also discovered to be a consultant to far right leader Marine Le Pen. Most importantly, Colom served on the executive committee of the Edmond de Rothschild Group from 2013 to 2016. The group is owned by the Rothschild family and is a Swiss banking conglomerate, managing more than $200 billion in assets in 2024. CEO Ariane de Rothschild appears thousands of times in the Epstein Files and seemed to have a close relationship with the convicted sex trafficker.
The Rothschilds have been in the banking business since the 16th century and are among the wealthiest people on the planet. The family’s business ties to Epstein are well established and they seemingly played an integral role in his international money laundering and espionage schemes.
They are staunch supporters of the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation, with Lynn Forester de Rothschild writing an op-ed piece defending the Clintons against allegations that the Foundation accepted donations from foreign businesses and governments with business before the U.S. State Department during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State. Forester was one of two billionaire Rothschilds who donated to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign. The Hillary Victory Fund raised at least $473 million and received donations from more than a dozen billionaires.
Why was Epstein asked to arrange a meeting for Hillary Clinton? According to this email from 2015 he was close to her. Or he at least knew her well, according to this email from 2012.
Clinton’s husband, President Bill Clinton, is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee today.
US DOJ Under Bipartisan Fire Amidst Unprecedented Global Political Scandal
The U.S. Department of Justice is now facing calls from Republican Senators to release Epstein files with President Donald Trump’s name in them. The move comes a day after House Democrats called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Attorney General Pam Bondi for allegedly committing perjury during her February 11 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee when she said, “there is no evidence that Donald Trump has committed a crime.”
“Release the documents,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R-La), a member of the Judiciary Committee. “Redact the names of the victims. Don’t release photographs, naked or otherwise, of minors. Release the documents. This is not going to go away until there is full disclosure and the American people want to know, and they’re entitled to know, who if anyone, did Epstein traffic these women to … and why they weren’t prosecuted.”
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) all called for a full release of the files. Grassley said he has not yet made a decision on whether he will hold a hearing on the Justice Department’s compliance with the law.
The Epstein Files span at least five U.S. presidential administrations, and Democrats are finally calling for accountability. House Oversight Committee member Yassamin Ansari (D-Az) and Congressman Shri Thanedar (D-MI) have said they would introduce articles of impeachment against Attorney General Pam Bondi for engaging in an Epstein files coverup and weaponizing the DoJ to go after Trump’s political opponents, among other charges.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said Tuesday that former Attorney General Merrick Garland, who served under President Biden, should testify to Congress about the files.
“Why the Department of Justice under Merrick Garland, or others, weren’t forthcoming in what was actually in these files, I think is an important question that has to be answered,” said Garcia on CNN’s The Situation Room. “I’ve talked to [House Oversight Committee] Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), I think it’s important that we hear from Merrick Garland, and others, and former directors of the FBI and former attorneys general. That is an important part of this investigation.”
Epstein was first investigated for molesting an underage girl in March of 2005 by Palm Beach police. The FBI began their investigation in July of 2006. Alberto Gonzales was Attorney General at the time, under George W. Bush. Michael Mukasey subsequently served under Bush. Eric Holder then served under President Barack Obama, followed by Loretta Lynch. Jeff Sessions served as Trump’s first AG during his first term, followed by William Barr.
The FBI has also been aware of Epstein’s vast network of money laundering, political espionage and sex trafficking since 2006. Robert Mueller was FBI Director in 2006, having served since 2001 through Bush and Obama’s administrations. James Comey served both Obama and Trump, but was fired by Trump for his role in the Hillary Clinton email investigation. He was followed by Andrew McCabe, who was Acting Director for three months until he was also fired.
“The big picture is a tale of what can happen when law enforcement is politicized, public servants are attacked, and people who are supposed to cherish and protect our institutions become instruments for damaging those institutions and people,” McCabe said after he was fired in 2018.
He was replaced by Christopher Wray, who served both Trump and Biden until Kash Patel was appointed by Trump.
FBI Cleaning House as Pressure Mounts for Trump-Related Epstein Files
Perhaps emboldened by his tax-payer funded party trip to the Olympics, Kash Patel has fired 10 FBI employees for their work under the Biden administration investigating President Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
The firings are only the beginning of what is expected to be retribution against agents who worked on two federal prosecutions of Trump during his first term as President. They were announced only hours after Patel told Reuters that the FBI had subpoenaed his phone metadata as well as that of Susie Wiles, White House chief of staff, in relation to the documents inquiry.
In September, Patel testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee under oath that the FBI has “no credible information” that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked young women to any individuals other than himself.
Patel himself appears dozens of times in the files, including this email from last February with the subject “Letters to The Honorable Kash Patel.” The sender(s) and recipient(s) names have been redacted, but the email discusses “getting ahead” of the inevitable release of the files and calls for an inventory to be taken on files falling into five subject categories. The email includes attachments titled, “2025-02-2I_September_11_-_FBI.pdf,” “2025-02-21_Assassination_Letter_-_FBI.pdf,” “2025-02-21 COV1D Origins_Letters _FBI.pdf,” “2025-02-21 UAP Letter – FBI.pdf,” and “2025-02-21_Epstein_FB1.pdf.”
Patel also appears in this email chain from March of 2025, which seemingly includes Trump as well. All sender and recipient names are redacted. The emails call out Trump and New York Times reporters Mike Baker and Emily Steel and include allegations like “YOU DO KNOW THAT THE NY TIMES INVOLVEMENT WILL BE EXPOSED AND THE AMOUNT IF PROFIT THE NYT HAS EARNED OF THE BACK OF RAPE AND SEX TRAFFICKED VICTIMS.”
The sender also asks Trump, “Aren’t you tired of the US ALWAYS GETTING THE FLACK FOR TRAFFICKING CHILDREN AND WOMAN FOR EPSTEIN AND CO??” And adds, “YOU SEE WHEN I HAVE A FIRST HAND WITNESS THAT SAYS JEAN LUC BRUNEL WAS THE BIGGEST TRAFFICKER OF EUROPEAN CHILDREN AND WOMAN TO THE UK AND EVEN NAMED THE WOMAN “BELLA” THE MADAM WHY HAS EUROPE OR THE UK ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN EPSTEINS CRIMES!!! I WAS EVEN TAKEN TO EPSTEINS HOUSE DELIBERATELY BY FRANCE 2 JOURNALISTS IN PARIS. CNN WAS THERE IN PARIS WATCHING WHIST I TRIED TO BREAK HIS DOOR DIWN AND GET INSIDE HIS HOUSE. WHY DID THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES NEVER ARREST EPSTEIN? MACRON SHOULD ANSWER THIS QUESTION OR DOES HE GET OF SCOTT FREE WHISLT YOU CLEAN UP THIS MESS YOURSELF. I EVEN HAD A MASSIVE ALTERCATION WITH EPSTEIN HOUSE STAFF AT HIS HOUSE IN PARIS. CNN WAS THERE!! IM SURE THE FRENCH JOURNALISTS CAN TELL YOU WHICH CNN REPORTERS THEY WERE. MACRON AND THE FRENCH GOVERMENT CERTAINLY BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!!!”
An email with broken attachments from Redacted then follows, “Hi Alina, Pam and Kash Patel. Please can you open an investigation in Timea E Nagy. Please set screen shots attached. She was introduced to me by Bryn Freedman and [REDACTED]. This girl is very very bad news!! There is nothing normal about my interaction with her especially and believe she is involved. Please can you investigate her especially after her only concern was Prince Andrew. No other men were of interest to her? Please see screen shots. Very very star”
Nagy is a Canadian human trafficking survivor and advocate, originally from Hungary. Freedman is a journalist, author and executive producer who has worked for ABC, NBC and as the editorial director and curator for the TED Institute.
Bill Gates Apologizes to his Foundation, Admits Affairs but Denies Crimes
Bill Gates has been forced to issue an apology to the staff of his Gates Foundation over his personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Gates admitted to affairs with a Russian nuclear physicist and a Russian bridge player that he said he met through “business activities.” The billionaire Microsoft co-founder said it was a “huge mistake to spend time with Epstein” and to bring Gates Foundation executives to meetings with Epstein.
One of those executives, Dr. Boris Nikolic, was named the executor of Jeffrey Epstein’s will and appears thousands of times in the files. Nikolic, a Harvard-trained immunologist turned biotech venture capitalist, served as a science advisor to Gates and the Gates Foundation from 2007 to 2013.
Nikolic was clearly close to Epstein, sharing emails like this one where they envision a barter website for trading boys and girls. In this email Epstein repeatedly asks Nikolic what “Larry’s” preferences are. “does he want girls, boys, stars, dancing, food,” asks Epstein.
If nothing else, this email exchange between Gates and Epstein from August of 2013 proves Gates was very concerned with how to categorize a $500,000 “gift” he paid to Nikolic for tax purposes and was seeking Epstein’s opinion about it. The email suggests a falling out between Gates and Nikolic, with Epstein acting as mediator.
“If Boris decides he has changed his mind about what was agreed when you visited our offices that is too bad,” wrote Gates. “When someone asks for more there is no end to it as you and I discussed. Boris can make whatever he wants public at that point and I will explain to the right people what was done to me and by whom.”
More disturbing is an email Epstein sent to himself that appears to be written on Nikolic’s behalf as a contract to terminate his relationship with Bill and Melinda Gates. The email has Nikolic suggesting what he would do if he and Gates’ roles were reversed. “In that regard I suggest I buy you the house that you so had your heart set on. and in addition to five years of severance will buy you out of the investment contract we had agree, 30 -40 percent of a hundred million dollar partnership. for 30 million dollars in today’s dollars. terms and conditions to be agreed. That’s what i would have done had I been in your shoes. what i did receive however was an unfriendly strongly worded email , telling me how employable I am and that i should not look to you for any significant financial help in the future, TO add insult to the injury you them 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 penis.”
Gates last week canceled a keynote speech at the India A.I. Impact Summit amid fallout from his Epstein associations.
Former Norwegian Prime Minister in Critical Condition After Suicide Attempt in Wake of Corruption Charges
Thorbjørn Jagland, the former prime minister of Norway, was hospitalized yesterday after an alleged suicide attempt. Jagland was charged with gross corruption earlier this month, stemming from his long-standing business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Jagland served as Norway’s prime minister from 1996 to 1997, was secretary-general of the Council of Europe and also served as chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. The Epstein files detail numerous solo and family trips to various Epstein residences, including his notorious island. They show that Epstein covered expenses for Jagland and his family between 2011 and 2018.
Norwegian investigators are trying to determine whether Jagland received loans, travel and gifts in connection with his official posts. According to a 2014 email invitation from Epstein to Peter Thiel, Jagland was planning to spend an entire week on his island. Epstein also invited Richard Branson to the party in this email, mentioning Jagland. Epstein promises to vouch for Thiel’s discretion in yet another invite with the promise of Jagland staying at his house.
Jagland isn’t the only Norwegian who had a longstanding relationship with Epstein. Crown Princess Mette-Marit was forced to issue an apology after the released files showed a close friendship with the convicted pedophile. In a 2012 email, Mette-Marit asks Epstein, “Is it inappropriate for a mother to suggest two naked women carrying a surfboard for my 15 yr old sons wallpaper?”
Mette-Marit’s son, Marius Borg Høiby, 29, is currently on trial for 38 crimes, including four rapes and assaults.
US DOJ Withheld Epstein Files Related to Donald Trump Sexually Abusing a Minor
An NPR investigation has found the U.S. Justice Department has withheld more than 50 pages of FBI interviews and notes from conversations with a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexual abuse decades ago, when she was a minor. Some documents in which accusations against Epstein also mention Trump have also been removed from the public database.
“Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice,” said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. and ranking member of the House Oversight Committee. “Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes.”
Democrats on the Oversight Committee are now investigating whether the DOJ purposefully withheld materials in the Epstein file release. Garcia said such an act would violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into law by Trump himself.
The allegations come as Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union address this evening.
FBI Whistleblower Accused U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick of Fraud, Money Laundering and More
When U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick was questioned at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing earlier this month, the focus was on his personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick walked back statements he had previously made and revealed he and his family had visited Epstein on his private island.
But the Epstein files contain much more damaging information about Lutnick, who was Epstein’s New York City next door neighbor for more than 20 years. Les Wexner, the billionaire behind Victoria’s Secret and Abercrombie & Fitch, originally owned both buildings. Wexner has recently come under scrutiny for his decades-long business dealings with Epstein.
Lutnick also had a long-time business relationship with Epstein, including an investment contract signed in 2012 for a digital ad company called AdFin Solutions. Lutnick signed on behalf of an LLC controlled by investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, where he served as CEO. The deal was made five days after Lutnick and his family visited Epstein on his private island.
Perhaps the most damning allegations against Lutnick are contained in an FBI whistleblower complaint dated 04/23/2021. Titled “Alleged Money Laundering by Howard Lutnick via BGC Financial and Cantor Fitzgerald,” the complaint alleges “fraud, money laundering, Ponzi schemes and regulatory breaches by [redacted] and CF.” Lutnick was chairman and CEO of financial services company BGC, a spinoff of Cantor Fitzgerald, until he was appointed Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary.
The FBI complaint also links Lutnick to illegal activities with JP Morgan, Russian hedge funds and other senior finance executives. Jes Staley, former CEO of JP Morgan, resigned as CEO of Barclays in 2021 after a U.K. regulatory investigation about his relationship with Epstein. He was subsequently banned from the U.K. financial sector for misrepresenting his relationship with the convicted pedophile.
“[Redacted] has documented proof showing money laundering and Ponzi schemes by Lutnick via offshore shell companies, liquid funding, and real estate brokerage firms,” states the FBI complaint. “[Redacted] believes he has supporting documents which could link Lutnick to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Maxwell and Sarah Ferguson, a royal family member, host events called La Dolce Vita Parties, where high profile celebrities and executives contribute large donations to attend. The donations are linked to causes involving children. Lutnick made ‘huge donations’ to these events.”
An earlier FBI interview with presumably the same whistleblower offers more insight about the money laundering, speculating it was from the Russian Mafia. It also alleges “Lutnick gave Sarah Ferguson office space above Cantor Fitzgerald in New York for the Children in Crisis (CIC) charity. Ghislaine Maxwell and Ferguson would attend Dolce Vita Parties which raised money for CIC and Stowe School. CIC no longer existed.”
Children in Crisis merged with another organization in 2018. Stowe School is an elite British private boarding school whose alumni include Richard Branson (a prominent figure in the Epstein files), the actor Henry Cavill, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, along with dozens of well-known British royals, politicians, entertainers, journalists and athletes.
Media Regulator or Adversary? The Changing Role of the FCC Leading up to USA’s 250th Birthday
Last week, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr issued an unprecedented call to action for U.S. broadcasters. He announced the creation of the Pledge America Campaign, an FCC initiative to advance the objectives of the White House’s Task Force 250 and its agenda of festivities.
“The Pledge America Campaign enables broadcasters to lend their voices in support of Task Force 250 and the celebration of America’s 250th birthday by airing patriotic, pro-America content that celebrates the American journey and inspires its citizens by highlighting the historic accomplishments of this great nation from our founding through the Trump Administration today.”
Carr’s examples of proper programming include:
- Running PSAs, short segments, or full specials specifically promoting civic education, inspiring local stories, and American history.
- Starting each broadcast day with the “Star Spangled Banner” or Pledge of Allegiance.
- Airing music by America’s greatest composers, such as John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland, Duke Ellington, or George Gershwin.
- Including segments during regular news programming that highlight local sites that are significant to American and regional history, such as National Park Service sites.
Presumably this doesn’t include sites like New York City’s Stonewall National Monument, where Trump’s Administration is being sued for illegally removing a Pride Flag earlier this month.
What constitutes “patriotic, pro-America” programming has come under fire recently as the FCC has hinted it will change broadcast rules for interviewing political candidates. CBS Late night host Stephen Colbert said last week that the network’s lawyers told his show not to air a scheduled interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico, as it would violate “FCC guidance” about giving equal time to political candidates. The move came as Texas voters began early voting last week.
Talk shows have historically been exempt from the FCC rule about providing equal time to political candidates. Colbert went ahead with the interview, airing it on his show’s YouTube channel, which is exempt from those rules. The Talarico clip currently has nearly nine million views.
“The administration was playing politics and was trying to control what a late-night show puts on air, something that’s never been done before,” Talarico said last week. “The executives at CBS were willing to go along with it.”
CBS is owned by mass media conglomerate Paramount Skydance Corporation. Its CEO and chairman is David Ellison, son of Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. Larry Ellison is at the head of a consortium of investors who took control of TikTok’s U.S. operations last year. TikTok has been accused by users of censoring posts related to ICE activity, Jeffrey Epstein and the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
In 2024, Larry Ellison opined that a “vast AI-fueled surveillance system can ensure ‘citizens will be on their best behavior.'”
Why Is Casey Wasserman Chairing the 2028 LA Olympics?
Casey Wasserman is the current chair of the 2028 LA Olympic Organizing Committee. He’s the founder and CEO of Wasserman, one of the largest sports marketing and talent management groups in Hollywood.
Wasserman’s name appears dozens of times in the currently available Epstein files. Many of the emails are flirty exchanges with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell like this one requesting her to book a massage.
But then there’s the proposed plane manifests for a 9-day tour of Africa on Epstein’s private jet in September of 2002 for the Clinton Foundation. Wasserman and his wife Laura are listed as passengers, along with: Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, comedian Chris Tucker and Rodney Slater (U.S. Secretary of Transportation under Clinton). Interestingly, Epstein and Maxwell’s names don’t appear on any of the manifests. Seven of the flight legs have an unnamed spot reserved for “TBD” while one flight lists 16th century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto as a passenger.
In an effort to distance himself from Epstein, Kevin Spacey, who has weathered several allegations of sexual assault and harassment, told Piers Morgan Uncensored that he didn’t know who Epstein was at the time. He did divulge, “There were young girls on those flights.” And added, “The airplane that we flew on was owned by Jeffrey Epstein. We then learned, oh, he was on some of those flights. This Maxwell woman was on some of those flights.” Why weren’t they listed in the manifests?
Wasserman has begun to face fallout for his role in the files. He announced earlier this month he would be selling his agency and stepping down as CEO. The sale could net Wasserman at least $800 million, according to a Forbes estimate. The move comes after dozens of artists announced they were leaving Wasserman after his links to Epstein were revealed, including: Chappell Roan, Imagine Dragons, Orville Peck, John Summit, ODESZA, bbno$, Subtronics, Seven Lions, Chelsea Cutler, Water From Your Eyes, Dropkick Murphys, Sylvan Esso, Wednesday, Gigi Perez, Local Natives, Hippo Campus, Weyes Blood, Beach Bunny, Best Coast, Lane8, Levity, DJ Pressed, ALLEYCVT, Rezz, Tape B, Of The Trees, Daily Bread, and soccer player Abby Wambach.
Public pressure is mounting for Wasserman to step down as Olympic chair and a number of elected officials, including LA Mayor Karen Bass, have called for his removal.
Victim Interview States Bill Clinton on Epstein Island with Young Girls, Clinton Owed Epstein Favors
This victim interview alleges Clinton stayed on Epstein’s island while two young girls were present and that sexual orgies were a regular occurrence. Other guests mentioned include: Naomi Campbell, Heidi Klum, Al Gore and Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
The interview was presumably with the Florida law firm of Brad Edwards, which represented many Epstein victims. An excerpt:
JS (Jack Scarola, interviewer): Just a few other follow up things I want to ask you and again, if any of these questions are questions that you’re uncomfortable in responding to, then don’t hesitate to tell me that. Do you have any recollection of Jeffrey Epstein’s specifically telling you that “Bill Clinton owes me favors?”
Redacted Victim Response: Yes. I do. It was a laugh though. He would laugh it off. You know, I remember asking Jeffrey what’s Bill Clinton doing here kind of thing, and he laughed it off and said well he owes me a favor. He never told me what favors they were. I never knew. I didn’t know if he was serious. It was just a joke.
JS: Where was here?
Redacted Victim Response: He told me a long time ago that everyone owes him favors. They’re all in each other’s pockets.
JS: When you say you asked him why is Bill Clinton here, where was here?
Redacted Victim Response: On the island.
JS: When you were present with Jeffrey Epstein and Bill Clinton on the island, who else was there?
Redacted Victim Response: Ghislaine M, and there was 2 your girls that I could identify. I never really knew them well anyways. It was just 2 girl.
JS: And were all of you staying at Jeffrey’s house on the island including Bill Clinton?
Redacted Victim Response: That’s correct. He had about 4 or 5 different villas on his island separate from the main house, and we all stayed in the villas.
JS: Were sexual orgies a regular occurrence on the island at Jeffrey’s house?
Redacted Victim Response: Yes.
FBI Complaint Alleges Trump and Epstein Held Child “Calendar Girl” Auctions at Mar-a-Lago
This FBI complaint alleges: “Donald Trump, the president, had parties at Maralago called ‘Calendar Girls.’ Jeffrey Epstein would bring the children in and Trump would auction them off. He measured the children’s vulva and vaginas by entering a finger.. rating the children on tightness.
The guests were elder men.. and Elon Musk. Don Jr., Ivanka and Eric were there. Attorney Allan Dershowitz was also there with Attorney Bob Shapiro. We were takin in rooms, forced to give oral sex to Donald J Trump..forced allow them to penitrate us. I was 13 years old when Donald J Trump raped me.”
Prince Andrew: Allegations of Torture and Murder in Epstein Files
This heavily redacted email from somebody named Bryan Miller alleges: “Back in the 90s Ghislaine Maxwell recruited a girl from for a modeling career. Instead of modeling she was sold as a slave for sex and torture. Prince Andrew was an accessory to her death as he tortured her and me to force her murder.”
An FBI intake report alleging injury, assault and torture when the victim was between 6 and 8 years old
Former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor Arrested, Will He Face Consequences?
British members of Parliament will meet next week to discuss whether Andrew broke laws while acting as a UK trade envoy
The Epstein Files contain an email from Andrew to Epstein forwarding classified UK trade reports
This email forwarded to Epstein includes a confidential brief on investment opportunities in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The region is responsible for around 42% of the world’s opium production