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BumRushDaShow

(166,970 posts)
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 06:55 AM Monday

New Epstein files reveal he may have trafficked girls to others despite official denials

Source: The Guardian

Mon 2 Feb 2026 06.00 EST
Last modified on Mon 2 Feb 2026 06.02 EST


The disclosure of more than 3m files related to Jeffrey Epstein suggests that other men were involved in his sexual abuse, prompting questions about officials’ contentions that there isn’t evidence to investigate third parties for potential involvement in the late financier’s crimes.

Some newly released documents contain allegations that Epstein provided victims to other men. Documents released in prior disclosures, as well as court documents, also point to others’ possible criminal involvement with Epstein and his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.

One accuser said that Maxwell told her that Epstein had to leave his house but that there was a friend staying who she could massage. During this encounter, this associate allegedly offered her money if she engaged in sex.

The woman alleged that she did so and that this friend paid her money. A “prosecution memorandum” dated 26 January 2021 and signed by assistant US attorneys from the southern district of New York described this encounter and said that when the woman’s lawyers showed her a photo of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, she identified him as this man. The names of the US attorneys are redacted. It’s not clear to what extent authorities investigated these allegations. Weinstein was never charged for any conduct related to Epstein.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/02/epstein-files-new-batch

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New Epstein files reveal he may have trafficked girls to others despite official denials (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Monday OP
Haven't we known that for years? FBaggins Monday #1
The entire truth of this will probably never be known. OldBaldy1701E Monday #2
Enough of the truth will come out, that these people may become social pariah, mwmisses4289 Monday #5
That is the best hope I can muster in all of this. OldBaldy1701E 20 hrs ago #12
shocked I tells ya, shocked! Javaman Monday #3
When the guy has direct access to Putin, Barak, Gates and 10 Downing... Kid Berwyn Monday #4
Obama??? Bayard Monday #7
Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel. Kid Berwyn Monday #8
Thank you! Bayard Yesterday #10
No prob! This story is too important! Kid Berwyn Yesterday #11
Suggest? Come on LEO. Let's be big girls and boys and arrest the perps. travelingthrulife Monday #6
Sex trafficking means there were "buyers" of the service being trafficked. So, no shit other men were involved. Solly Mack Monday #9

FBaggins

(28,669 posts)
1. Haven't we known that for years?
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 07:47 AM
Monday

I could have sworn the story included one of the victims landing a role in one of his films

OldBaldy1701E

(10,592 posts)
2. The entire truth of this will probably never be known.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 07:51 AM
Monday

There are too many mover and shakers in those files, and if they get 'outed' they will go scorched earth on the politicians who they have bought in order to keep this stuff under wraps. Then, they will try to do the same to the rest of the country by holding us hostage to their riches, should anyone dare to implicate them or even attempt to hold them accountable.

And, that will probably do the trick, as we are still too enamored of money to want to endanger what little we may have against a lengthy court battle that still has a good chance of the result going to the rich people.

There is no justice anymore. Just 'paid for' retribution. Face it.

mwmisses4289

(3,498 posts)
5. Enough of the truth will come out, that these people may become social pariah,
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 09:18 AM
Monday

like Errol Flyn in the 1930s.

OldBaldy1701E

(10,592 posts)
12. That is the best hope I can muster in all of this.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:30 AM
20 hrs ago

That society will handle what the law did not.

Of course, I thought this about the current sociopolitical situation as well.... and...

Kid Berwyn

(23,574 posts)
4. When the guy has direct access to Putin, Barak, Gates and 10 Downing...
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 08:22 AM
Monday

...it's a global operation.

Kid Berwyn

(23,574 posts)
8. Ehud Barak, former prime minister of Israel.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:34 AM
Monday
More on Epstein from Reason (Libertarians)



Leaked Emails Reveal Jeffrey Epstein's Connections to the Surveillance Industry

by Matthew Petti
Reason, Wed, August 27, 2025

After his first arrest for sex crimes, Jeffrey Epstein tried to get into a new line of work: surveillance. In 2015, he partnered with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to invest in a security tech startup called Reporty Homeland Security, now known as Carbyne. Leaked emails show that Epstein was using Barak to seek out opportunities in the surveillance industry and build connections with powerful figures around the globe, including American businessman Peter Thiel, the former director of Israeli signals intelligence, and two people in Russian President Vladimir Putin's circle.

After he was first caught sexually exploiting teenage girls, Epstein had pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution in 2008; he served a little over a year in detention. Meanwhile, he invested his wealth in bizarre projects, including a ranch to breed women with his DNA and "efforts to identify a mysterious particle that might trigger the feeling that someone is watching you," according to The New York Times.

The leaked emails show that Epstein was also interested in more mundane means of spying on and manipulating people, which overlapped with the technologies governments often pursue. This interest crossed borders.

Barak's email inbox was quietly posted by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a website widely considered to be a successor to WikiLeaks, on a file-sharing platform for verified journalists and researchers in May 2025. The contents came from Handala, a hacker group named for a Palestinian cartoon character that has been leaking files taken from senior Israeli officials for several months.

Although the emails were posted without technical metadata or cryptographic signatures that would allow their authenticity to be verified, they include dozens of images, videos, voice recordings, and scanned documents from Barak and his friends and family that have never been published elsewhere. And they include information that was not publicly known at the time of the email leaks, including a reference to Epstein's birthday book.

Continues…

https://reason.com/2025/08/27/inside-jeffrey-epsteins-spy-industry-connections/

Kid Berwyn

(23,574 posts)
11. No prob! This story is too important!
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 12:34 AM
Yesterday

Using kompromat gained by sexually exploiting children, Trump-Epstein and their evil horde bastards have compromised people from both parties and all sides. Their identities have largely been kept secret because of their money, means and power. However, the names we do know are the people who largely own the planet and its wealth.

Solly Mack

(96,617 posts)
9. Sex trafficking means there were "buyers" of the service being trafficked. So, no shit other men were involved.
Mon Feb 2, 2026, 11:41 AM
Monday

Damn.

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