I hate when I learn something new (to me) & stunning about the Jeff Epstein network (h/t MoodyKnowsNada.)
Where to begin?
So our new Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's stepfather, Samuel Pisar, was "longtime lawyer and confidant of...Robert Maxwell," Ghislaine Maxwell's Dad.
Dalton School...Dalton School...rings a bell
https://t.co/UCPK3Ks1C4
The dad of the U.S. Attorney General under both George W. Bush & Donald Trump, William Barr, was headmaster of the Dalton School.
Donald Barr was also quite a writer.
https://t.co/ZEHinpMwSC
Donald Barr had a way with words. pic.twitter.com/JdRBwXPhJn
— Rudy Havenstein, listening to Nas all day. (@RudyHavenstein) September 17, 2020
Lots of names in that book. I mean, for example, Cuomo, Trump, Clinton, Prince Andrew, Bill Cosby, Woody Allen - all in that book, and their reputations are spotless.
"It was Samuel Pisar...who had played the intermediary between Epstein and the cabinet." [Google Translate]
https://t.co/RUwJUopIVy
Based in Paris, Pisar "had become one of [Robert] Maxwell's few confidants and probably his closest business adviser. He had helped pave Maxwell's entry into Israel's business community."
https://t.co/CuwLnCmcK9
investigation?"
I do find the claim that Maxwell's "long-trusted" attorney Pisar, "one of [Robert] Maxwell's few confidants and probably his closest business adviser," didn't know Robert was working for Mossad a bit of a stretch.
Our Secretary of State Antony Blinken went to the Dalton School, and his stepdad Samuel Pisar was tight with both Robert Maxwell, Ghislaine's dad and spy, & apparently Jeff Epstein (that French article above).
https://t.co/YI9OciSUYE
#BCCI
Pisar is Blinken's stepdad, of course, not Blinken, but still...so many odd coincidences.
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