Jeffrey Epstein's Network: CIA Director, Former Obama Lawyer Among New Names
Summary from the AllSides News Team
New details about Jeffrey Epstein's calendar reportedly show meetings with current CIA Director William Burns, famous intellectual Noam Chomsky, and former White House lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler, among others.
The Details: According to the Wall Street Journal (Center), Epstein met with Burns, who has run the CIA since 2021, multiple times in 2014. Ruemmler, a White House counsel under President Barack Obama, met with Epstein dozens of times between her White House service and becoming a Goldman Sachs lawyer in 2020, and he planned to have her visit his private Caribbean island in 2017. Chomsky also met with Epstein multiple times.
Key Quotes: The Journal "couldn’t verify whether every scheduled meeting took place." Ruemmler said she "regrets ever knowing" Epstein. A Burns spokesperson said they had "no relationship." Chomsky told the Journal the meetings are "none of your business. Or anyone’s."
For Context: None of the names appear in Epstein’s previously-public contacts or passenger logs from his private jet. Epstein registered as a sex offender in 2008 after being convicted of a sex crime involving a minor, long before any of the newly-reported meetings happened. He died in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019.
How the Media Covered It: Major Lean Left-rated sources like CNN, New York Times, and Associated Press hadn't covered the story as of Monday; some may be trying to independently confirm the reports. Sources on the right often framed the news as more evidence of powerful people being involved with an infamous pedophile.
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Jeffrey Epstein’s newly-revealed private calendar showed scheduled meetings with the current CIA director, a college president and attorney who served in the Obama administration, according to a report published Sunday.
New documents, which belonged to the rich convicted pedophile and were obtained by The Wall Street Journal, showed planned meetings with a slew of prominent individuals, including now-CIA Director William Burns, Bard College president Leon Botstein, Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler and professor Noam Chomsky.
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The nation’s spy chief, a longtime college president and top women in finance. The circle of people who associated with Jeffrey Epstein years after he was a convicted sex offender is wider than previously reported, according to a trove of documents that include his schedules.
William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency since 2021, had three meetings scheduled with Epstein in 2014, when he was deputy secretary of state, the documents show. They first met in Washington and then Mr. Burns visited Epstein’s townhouse in Manhattan.
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