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Kid Berwyn

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8. Epstein said Barr, Protector of the BFEE, called the shots -- not Donnie Dipshit
Wed Jul 30, 2025, 11:49 AM
Jul 30
Jeffrey Epstein Bragged Bill Barr was in Charge, Not Trump

The pedophile told Ehud Barak he had “direct knowledge” that Barr was in charge in DC, according to a new book that also claims Steve Bannon gave Epstein advice on his PR strategy.


Lachlan Cartwright
The Daily Beast, October 15, 2021

A controversial new book from the journalist Michael Wolff claims that the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein bragged that Bill Barr was the man in charge during Trump’s time in office and that the president “lets someone else be in charge, until other people realize that someone, other than him, is in charge. When that happens, you’re no longer in charge.”

The tome, Too Famous: The Rich, the Powerful, the Wishful, the Notorious and the Damned, also claims that Steve Bannon and former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak tried to help Epstein rehabilitate his image, even suggesting that he try to get favorable coverage on Rachel Maddow or 60 Minutes.

According to Wolff—who reportedly tried to buy New York Magazine with Epstein and disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein—Barak asked Epstein the million-dollar question of who was in charge at the White House. “‘What I want to know from you all-knowing people is: Who is in charge, who is,’ [Barak] said, putting on an American accent over his own often impenetrable Israeli one, ‘calling the shots?’ This was a resumption of the reliable conversation around Epstein: the ludicrousness and vagaries of Donald Trump—once among Epstein’s closest friends. ‘Here is the question every government is asking. Trump is obviously not in charge because he is—’”

Wolff claims that Epstein interrupted the former politico and called Trump—his former playboy party pal—a “moron,” then confided, “At the moment, Bill Barr is in charge.” The pedophile financier continued: “It’s Donald’s pattern...he lets someone else be in charge, until other people realize that someone, other than him, is in charge. When that happens, you’re no longer in charge.”

Barak allegedly pressed, “But let me ask you, why do you think this Barr took this job, knowing all this?”

“The motivation was simple: money,” Epstein replied. “Barr believes he’ll get a big payday out of this ... If he keeps Donald in office, manages to hold the Justice Department together, and help the Republican Party survive Donald, he thinks this is worth big money to him. I speak from direct knowledge. Extremely direct. Trust me.”

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/epstein-bragged-barr-was-in-charge-not-trump/

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Nickie Dogs tries the Maxwell gambit NBachers Jul 30 #1
Lotta rich friends, dat guy Epstein had. Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #4
Keep em coming malaise Jul 30 #5
Epstein said Barr, Protector of the BFEE, called the shots -- not Donnie Dipshit Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #8
Is he still malaise Jul 30 #9
Russell Vought may've picked up the torch. Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #13
Good read malaise Jul 30 #20
Barr visited the Manhattan jail, arrangements were made. Barr left and soon... brush Jul 30 #29
Bill's father, Donald Barr employed Epstein as a math teacher speak easy Jul 30 #17
Monsters all malaise Jul 30 #18
Small world. Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #21
bad link speak easy Jul 30 #22
He really liked to be around children. Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #25
Oh, this guy is so organized crime. harumph Jul 30 #2
he was appointed in the 1st place cuz he knew how to bury bodies. mopinko Jul 30 #3
Like dat overlapping circles thing, Bill Barr is. Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #6
Bill Barr moved him to a different cell. Did he give him a key to Epstein's and his Autumn Jul 30 #7
Some reports indicate H2O Man Jul 30 #10
Sounds about par for the course. Barr always gets away with it. Autumn Jul 30 #14
Don't know. Do know the CCTV was on the fritz before it was erased. Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #19
Recommended. H2O Man Jul 30 #11
Look! It's an enigma! Kid Berwyn Jul 30 #24
Gosh, that sounds so believable. Not. H2O Man Jul 30 #27
K&R UTUSN Jul 30 #12
hulking cellmate gfarber Jul 30 #15
Nothing Nicholas Tartaglione says should be believed. Wiz Imp Jul 30 #16
SICKO -Bill Barr's father - sounds like a pedo womanofthehills Jul 30 #23
The more we find out about the Epstein Affair, and all the sleazy characters involved, the more opaque things become. sop Jul 30 #26
Bill Barr went to NYC the day before that first alleged suicide attempt. RockRaven Jul 30 #28
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