Epstein Urged Ghislaine to Rope in Clinton Over Bad Press

Ghislaine Maxwell exchanged frantic emails with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in 2015 as claims from one of his alleged victims were making international news, according to newly unsealed court records. Epstein encouraged Maxwell to rope Bill Clinton into the mess as a way to cast doubt on the accusations.

“I am convinced your statement should be be about the clinton story being easily dsiporived [sic],” he wrote in one message, which seemingly referred to disputed claims about whether Clinton had visited Epstein’s private island.

“Ask press to investigate whether Clinton was ever there,” he added in another. “Challenge the press.” Epstein separately encouraged Maxwell to quit acting like an escaped “convict,” while her advisers pushed her to dispute accusations of misconduct, as former Harvard professor Alan “Dershowitz urges and Prince Andrew has.”

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