(QUESTION OF THE DAY) Can *anyone* explain the series of events below to me? Wexner just retained a criminal defense attorney; Rybolovlev is a former employer of Joel Zamel, the Israeli who says he [illegally] aided the Trump campaign with Saudi and Emirati money pre-election...
1/ It seems to me that if Epstein really did underwrite Mar-a-Lago/1125 S. Ocean Blvd.—as he& #39;s claimed—he& #39;d have been livid if Trump& #39;s sister basically gave it back to him in 2004 to help him purchase a home (Wexner& #39;s old home) that *Epstein* wanted. That& #39;d explain a falling out.
2/ Just so, if Epstein had some sort of a financial claim on Trump that he was liable to push after being cheated out of a home he wanted to live in in 2004, one could easily imagine Trump dropping a dime on Epstein regarding behaviors he& #39;d long known about (and even spoken of).
3/ But the home Trump outbid Epstein for was a bad investment Trump overpaid for out of anger with Epstein. So say Epstein—who has close ties to the Israeli and Saudi governments—wants to get back in Trump& #39;s good graces while the Israelis and Saudis are courting Russia over Iran.
4/ It& #39;s well known that Putin directs his oligarchs to do things he needs them to do. Was Rybolovlev ordered to overpay Trump by $55M as part of a rapprochement with Epstein? We certainly know Rybolovlev lied—repeatedly—about why he bought the property. (See PROOF OF CONSPIRACY.)
5/ Sometime after Trump makes maybe his biggest real estate killing ever—a $55M profit in 48 months—he and Epstein, per Epstein, become close again, with Epstein advising Trump on foreign policy, per Epstein. Everyone knows you can get back into Trump& #39;s good graces by paying him.
6/ Meanwhile, Rybolovlev has bought access to Trump significant enough he can meet him twice pre-election—as Putin is aiding Trump—and at Epstein& #39;s home/Mar-a-Lago in December & #39;17, the latter meetup possibly with Deripaska, who was in Miami and is Suspect #1 in Russian collusion.
7/ I don& #39;t know if any of that is correct; I& #39;m not even saying it is. I& #39;m just trying to figure out what "theory of the case" an investigator would compose—on the strength of these fully confirmed facts—that& #39;d make them make any sense at all. Clearly these individuals have ties.
8/ When asked what the basis for his falling out with Epstein was, Trump lied: first he said he caught Epstein harassing a masseuse at Mar-a-Lago, and then, when reports came out that it was actually a business deal, he switched to saying to media, "Frankly, it doesn& #39;t matter..."
9/ When Trump tells you that the basis for his falling out with Epstein "doesn& #39;t matter," you know—you know for *certain*, if you& #39;ve ever covered this president as a journalist—that it& #39;s something that *definitely* matters. So a "theory of the case" on this is vitally important.
10/ 1985 and 2004 are 19 years apart. There& #39;s no chance it& #39;s coincidence that Epstein effectively says Trump owes him money for a 1985 purchase—then Trump does a squirrelly & #39;04 deal with his sister for *that* property—then they& #39;re fighting *that year* over who gets Wexner& #39;s home.
11/ Moreover, Epstein had been with young girls—and publicly—for *15+ years* by the time of the auction on the old Wexner home. And you& #39;re telling me that just *20 days later* an anonymous person drops a dime on Epstein? When Trump is known to snitch on people? Not a coincidence.
12/ There& #39;s no doubt having had to overpay for Wexner& #39;s old property would& #39;ve chafed Trump, particularly if he had to do it to outbid a man he was in an angry "failed business arrangement" with. So a Russian oligarch swoops in and overpays him by...*$55 million*? Not coincidence.
13/ But what does Epstein have to do with anything after the "falling out" in 2004? That& #39;s where Epstein insisting to a journalist there was a rapprochement between him and Trump after 2004 comes into play. What did Epstein have had to arrange to get back in Trump& #39;s good graces?
14/ So what, besides blackmail, did Epstein have to flash to get back into Trump& #39;s trust? Money, obviously—but what deal was he involved with? Rybolovlev? If only there were a "grand bargain" Russia was working on with two governments Epstein was tied to: Israel and Saudi Arabia.
15/ My point is this: Epstein appears to have been a money manager for MBS. MBS offered the Trump campaign illegal pre-election assistance. Epstein ends up advising Trump pre-election. Sources for all this? Epstein himself and the NYT. So could all this explain the rapprochement?
16/ And *all* of this happens in the context of Trump fighting—harder than he& #39;s fought *anything* else, and for years, across dozens of lies to American voters—to *hide his tax returns* from citizens, federal investigators, and Congress.
What business deals does he need to hide?
What business deals does he need to hide?
17/ If THE NEW YORK TIMES is right that Trump and Epstein fell out over a "failed business arrangement," and if—per his pattern—Trump saying the nature of that arrangement doesn& #39;t matter means that it very much does, might not tax returns help us uncover the Trump-Epstein secret?
18/ Note: 1125 S Ocean Blvd is adjacent to Mar-a-Lago; one could imagine that—if Epstein underwrote (gave Trump the money for, given he needed $30M and would *lose* $50M in 1985)—one/both purchases, he might& #39;ve felt he had a claim whereas Trump would& #39;ve seen it all as Mar-a-Lago.
19/ Most already know this, but remember that the home Epstein& #39;s rep says Trump met Epstein in on December 23-24, 2017 is in Palm Beach—so Rybolovlev (and Deripaska!) having their private jets in Miami *on those days* means they were "in town" during such a Trump-Epstein meeting.