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2020-01-02 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Ghislaine Maxwell's powerful contacts protecting her in safe houses
[Page Six] Ghislaine Maxwell ‐ the British socialite who’s long been accused of serving as Jeffrey Epstein’s madam ‐ is hiding in a series of safe houses and is being "protected because of the information she has on the world’s most powerful people."

Maxwell, 58, allegedly procured young women and groomed them to have sex with Epstein and his wealthy pals, but she has remained out of public view after the convicted sex offender’s re-arrest last year and his death in jail in August. She has always denied any wrongdoing.

On the heels of a Reuters report that Maxwell was the main focus of an investigation by the FBI into several "people who facilitated" the dead pedophile’s alleged sexual abuse, a source tells Page Six: "Ghislaine is protected. She and Jeffrey were assets of sorts for multiple foreign governments. They would trade information about the powerful people caught in his net ‐ caught at Epstein’s house."
Yes, we gathered that. Jeffrey's massive, unexplained wealth sort of gave that one up. Bilateral intelligence operative was the obvious default.
The source added of Ghislaine, who has homes in Manhattan and London, "She is not in the US, she moves around. She is sometimes in the UK, but most often in other countries, such as Israel, where her powerful contacts have provided her with safe houses and protection."

The source added that Britain’s disgraced Prince Andrew had begged Maxwell to come forward and give an interview to protect him after he was accused of having sex with one of Epstein’s most vocal accusers, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, which he strongly denies. But Maxwell refused, forcing the prince to conduct his own disastrous interview. The source said: "Andrew pleaded with Ghislaine to publicly defend him. She carefully considered it, but decided no good would come of it (if she came forward). It isn’t in her best interests." Lawyers for Maxwell didn’t get back to us.

The source also added, "If the US government was really interested in bringing in Ghislaine, the IRS would have looked at her tax returns and the income she may have got from Epstein and perhaps some of his powerful associates."
Emphasis added.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-02 04:22|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ]  Top

#1 The source also added, "If the US government was really interested in bringing in Ghislaine, the IRS would have looked at her tax returns and the income...

No US Gov't interest, or interest by any other "government" for that matter.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-02 04:28||   2020-01-02 04:28|| Front Page Top

#2 ...I'm sure any and all available IRS personnel are too busy going over the Orange Man's since 2016 and before.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-01-02 06:42||   2020-01-02 06:42|| Front Page Top

#3 Why Israel? I guess she and Epstein were with Mossad all along.
Posted by Herb McCoy 2020-01-02 07:59||   2020-01-02 07:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Annina:
Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?

Rick:
Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-02 08:10||   2020-01-02 08:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Many who used the services breathed a sigh of relief when Epstein took the deep sleep. Likely, they would be relieved if Maxwell followed suit. I'd think the feds already have a great deal of info about this high-rolling pimping-blackmail operation. if they want to use it.
Posted by JohnQC 2020-01-02 08:15||   2020-01-02 08:15|| Front Page Top

#6 #3 - Reflexively Joo hatin' Herb, read again:
"The source added of Ghislaine, who has homes in Manhattan and London, "She is not in the US, she moves around. She is sometimes in the UK, but most often in other countries, such as Israel, where her powerful contacts have provided her with safe houses and protection.""

But our troll instantly picks up the Juice Scent
Posted by Frank G 2020-01-02 08:17||   2020-01-02 08:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Why the UK? I guess they were British assets all along.

Why other countries? I guess they were assets of those countries all along.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-01-02 08:20||   2020-01-02 08:20|| Front Page Top

#8 exactly
Posted by Frank G 2020-01-02 08:24||   2020-01-02 08:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Wonder if she watched the videotapes with Epstein. Where are those, anyway?
Posted by Lex 2020-01-02 08:28||   2020-01-02 08:28|| Front Page Top

#10 COSTCO doesn't care who buys. It's only concern is that you 'buy.'

COSTCO's secret weapon.

I don't recall hearing of any wealthy Russians visiting Little Saint James Island. Perhaps they were not welcome, or simply knew enough to stay away ?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-02 08:42||   2020-01-02 08:42|| Front Page Top

#11 ^Or Epstein didn't like Polonium tea?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-02 09:13||   2020-01-02 09:13|| Front Page Top

#12 The Russians are too smart to fall for a kompromat scheme like Epstein's. Theyre pretty good at detecting film-flam men i.e. people like him who have huge amounts of money that can't be connected to any real source.

The Russians would have been immune to his Gatsbyesque parties - they don't need the money and they have their own yachts and caviar and girls - and would have laughed at his ridiculous Harvard/Stephen Hawkins intello virtue-signaling BS. They probably pegged him for a perv from the get go.
Posted by Lex 2020-01-02 09:15||   2020-01-02 09:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Ref #12: The Russians are too smart to fall for a kompromat scheme like Epstein's.

My take as well. Yes, very smart. They invented "Kompromat schemes."
Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-02 09:23||   2020-01-02 09:23|| Front Page Top

#14 Whose assets were they?

We know that Clinton and Epstein were close. We also know the likes of Clinton, Obama, Clapper, Brennan and Comey are totally without scruples. I mean, if they're bad enough to participate in an attempted coup against a duly elected United States President, they're pretty bad. The list of suspects is long. And they could have been independent operators, selling bits of kompromat to the highest bidder, or bidders, whoever they were. My own personal guess is that Bill Clinton would know better than anyone else but he'll never tell.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-01-02 13:19||   2020-01-02 13:19|| Front Page Top

#15 My guess is while they may have started as assets for Israel (it is a fit given her father's linkages in the arms trade/intelligence periphery) they moved into a number of realms both for profit and as assets for mutually beneficial relationships. No matter where she is cloistered, poor outcomes seem inevitable. Undoubtedly she has some forms of insurance, but whatever they are, they will be voided and then she goes into the memory hole somewhere....
Posted by NoMoreBS 2020-01-02 18:08||   2020-01-02 18:08|| Front Page Top

#16 On top of it all she's hiding from the Clintons?

Not likely as I'm sure she has backup videos of the Clintons buggering little girls.

Both the Clinton mind you.
Posted by Woodrow 2020-01-02 19:34||   2020-01-02 19:34|| Front Page Top

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