We now know why Trump’s DOJ prosecuted Epstein in 2019—and why he died in Trump’s custody

UPDATED Nov 15: The new reporting that Jeffrey Epstein was texting information to help Democrat Stacey Plaskett hurt Donald Trump during her questioning of Michael Cohen in February 2019 provides even more evidence to support my theory that the Trump administration charged Epstein in July 2019 to protect Trump.

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The new Epstein document dump tell us many things. But my takeaway is this: Jeffrey Epstein in 2018/early 2019 was increasingly telling people he knew how “dirty Donald” was, that Trump “knew about the girls” and that “I am the one able to take him down.” That means Epstein poised a huge problem to Trump’s 2020 re-election—and more.

To protect Trump, his DOJ suddenly charged Epstein in July 2019. They then denied Epstein bail—forcing him to remain in the custody of the Trump regime. And just a few weeks later, Epstein conveniently committed “suicide.” Trump’s Epstein problem—at least for the 2020 campaign—was over.

Now I will concede there is a level of speculation to this theory. That is why I’m not writing it as a statement of fact but rather one of opinion. But if you see the facts and timeline, it’s clear a full investigation needs to be conducted—either now by a Democratic state Attorney General or by House Democrats if they win the 2026 midterm.

Let’s look at the emails released Wednesday where Epstein was telling people that Trump knew exactly what he and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell were doing with their child sex ring.

Going back to 2011—well before Trump was running for President—Epstein had an email exchange with Maxwell where he casually shared that Trump knew about the sex ring but for some reason his name wasn’t mentioned nor was Trump commenting on the scandal. That is when Epstein wrote to Maxwell: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump.. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him”. Epstein goes on to write that Trump “has never once been mentioned”, including by a “police chief”. Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that...”

After that email was released on Wednesday, Trump’s White House said the “victim” referred to was Virginia Giuffre—believing that helped Trump because in the past Giuffre said Trump never did anything improper to her.

But in reality, this confirmed that Giuffre—who had been a 16-year-old employee at Trump’s spa when she was recruited in 2000 by Maxwell for Epstein—was only a teenager when she was in Epstein’s house. (She broke from Epstein in 2002.) Yet Trump was not troubled seeing this teenage girl hanging around with Epstein who was then in his mid-40’s. It also placed Trump in Epstein’s house. (Keep in mind in Maxwell’s 2021 criminal’s trial, a victim testified that when she was just 14 years of age, Epstein brought her to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump. Of course, Trump knew what was happening!)

This White House admission gives great credibility to what Epstein wrote in 2018 and 2019 about Trump—which gives us motive for why Trump’s DOJ unexpectedly prosecuted Epstein in 2019.

March 2018: Epstein emails then New York Times reporter Landon Thomas Jr. telling him that Trump was “Evil beyond belief.” Epstein added about Trump, he is “Mad, and most thought I was speaking metaphorically. It’s obvious he could crack.”

August 2018: Epstein emails Kathryn Ruemmler, a lawyer who served as White House counsel under former President Barack Obama in regards to Trump’s then fixer Michael Cohen flipping. In the email, Epstein makes a veiled threat writing, “You see…I know how dirty donald is.”

December 2018: Epstein was texting with an unidentified acquaintance, who wrote that “they’re really just trying to take down Trump and doing whatever they can to do that…!” Epstein replied to this person: “its wild because i am the one able to take him down.”

April 2019: Epstein writes to well-known author Michael Wolff: “Trump said he asked me to resign” apparently referring to his membership at the president’s Mar-a-Lago club, adding, he was “never a member ever”. Epstein then added this stunning line about Trump: “of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop”.

These are just the comments in writing that were released. Who knows who else Epstein was telling at the tome that he had dirt on Trump, that Trump knew all about the child sex ring and that he could bring Trump down?!

But we do know that it was just a few months later on July 6, 2019, that Trump’s DOJ suddenly charged Epstein with sex trafficking of minors. But what makes this timing even more curious is that the crimes alleged by the DOJ all took place per the indictment between 2002 through 2005. So why charge Epstein in July 2019 for crimes he committed more than 15 years before?! Obviously, Trump’s DOJ could’ve charged him well before the re-election campaign was ramping up. But they chose to wait. Why?!

Epstein was then held in custody of the Trump administration in a federal prison in New York City. Epstein’s lawyers quickly asked Judge Richard Berman—who was appointed by Bill Clinton—to allow Epstein to remain free on bail until his trial date. Epstein’s lawyer’s told the judge that Epstein would agree to any type of conditions to be granted bail—including house arrest, ankle bracelet, a security company preventing him from leaving and putting up as a guarantee even $100 million dollars.

But Trump’s DOJ forcefully opposed to the granting of bail---demanding Epstein remain in their custody. And that is exactly what the judge ordered on July 18, 2019.

Three weeks later on August 10, Epstein would be found dead in his cell. The official cause would be declared as suicide--but few believe that. After all, as Epstein survivor Lisa Phillips told me in an interview in September, Epstein was running a massive international sex ring that was used to blackmail powerful people. As she stated bluntly, Epstein “told me he did this to have things on people--so the young girls were there to serve a purpose, a grander, bigger purpose, darker purpose.”

There is no doubt that Trump views what Epstein knows—and what is contained in the Epstein files—as a threat. It’s why in July, Trump’s DOJ tried to stonewall the nation by releasing zero documents from the Epstein files and telling the public, “It is the determination of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.”

Trump has been desperate ever since to prevent the disclosure of these files. In fact, we learned on Wednesday, that Trump officials summoned GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert to the White House to pressure her to withdraw her support for the discharge petition that would trigger a vote on legislation that would compel the full release of the Epstein documents. At the meeting was AG Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel. Obviously, they were there to intimidate Boebert—but their efforts failed.

In time, we may obtain more documents and even the hard drives and CDs filled with videos and images that Trump’s DOJ confiscated from Epstein’s NY house in July 2019. Is Trump in the videos? The photos?

But the timeline of Epstein’s emails and communications with reporters, authors and others tell us that Epstein posed an existential threat to Trump’s 2020 re-election prospects—as well as potentially exposing him to criminal charges. That is when we saw Trump’s DOJ charge Epstein, deny him bail and then discover his dead body while in their custody. Obviously a far more thorough investigation needs to happen.

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