An undercover FBI informant "became convinced" that disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was an Israeli spy, a document that is among millions of pages released last week by the Justice Department revealed.
The government record cites the informant, known as a confidential human source (CHS), as saying that Epstein's attorney, Alan Dershowitz, told then-US Attorney of the Southern District of Florida Alex Ocasta "that Epstein belonged to both US and allied intelligence services."
"CHS shared phone calls between Dershowitz and Epstein during which he/she took notes. After these calls, Mossad would then call Dershowitz to debrief. Epstein was close to the former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak (Barak) and trained as a spy under him," the document says.
Noting that Barak “believed Netanyahu was a criminal,” it said the informant “became convinced that Epstein was a co-opted Mossad Agent” amid regional rivalries involving "Israel".
The document has an annotation to "see previous reporting," but what that refers to is unclear.
Passing info to Mossad
The source, as revealed in the document, further told the FBI that Dershowitz told them that "if he were young again, he would be holding a stun gun as an Israeli Intelligence (Mossad) agent."
"CHS believed Dershowitz was co-opted by Mossad and subscribed to their mission," the document says.
The 2020 FBI report also cites the source as saying that the disgraced financier passed information to "Israel’s" Mossad intelligence agency through intermediaries, TRT World reported.
According to the document, senior political and legal figures in "Israel", the United States, and the United Kingdom were involved. Among the claims were assertions that phone calls between Epstein and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz were relayed to Israeli intelligence.
Meawhie, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly denied any suggestion that Epstein worked on behalf of "Israel". The files, however, reference Epstein’s documented relationship with Barak, underscoring the web of associations that has continued to draw scrutiny years after Epstein died in 2019.
Epstein donated to IOF, Israeli settlements
Documents released by the US Department of Justice also reveal that Jeffrey Epstein donated funds to the Israeli military and the Jewish National Fund (JNF), an organization that supports Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territories, The Cradle reported.
IRS filings from 2005 for Epstein’s charitable foundation, COUQ, show a $25,000 donation to the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), a US-based charity that raises money in coordination with "Israel’s" military to support soldiers and military infrastructure, according to The Cradle. In 2008, while facing charges of sex trafficking minors, Epstein traveled to "Israel" and toured military bases with FIDF chairman Benny Shabtai.
The IRS records also document a $15,000 contribution to the JNF, which works to steal Palestinian land for settlements. Epstein’s foundation also donated to Harvard and Columbia Universities, as well as Hillel International, a US-based organization that promotes Zionism and pro-"Israel" advocacy on college campuses.
According to a 2019 New York Times report, COUQ received roughly $21 million in stock and cash from the charities of billionaire Leslie H. Wexner, owner of Victoria’s Secret. Another Epstein foundation, Gratitude America, received a $10 million donation in 2015 from a company linked to private equity billionaire Leon D. Black.
Epstein reportedly used these foundations to cultivate a philanthropic image amid allegations of sexual abuse and claims that he was a Mossad operative. The NYT noted that an account seemingly linked to Epstein had edited the Virgin Islands-based J. Epstein Foundation page to claim $200 million in donations, though public records indicated the foundation was worth only a small fraction of that amount.
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