A recently declassified FBI memorandum from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files has revealed explosive allegations concerning foreign intelligence operations targeting former President Donald Trump’s administration. The document, originally compiled in 2020 as part of an FBI probe into electoral interference, contains claims from a confidential human source that suggests extensive foreign influence campaigns.
The memorandum asserts that President Trump was potentially “compromised by Israel” through sophisticated influence operations. It further alleges that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein maintained connections with Israeli intelligence services, specifically identifying him as a “co-opted Mossad Agent” based on prior FBI intelligence. The document references Epstein’s decade-long association with Ehud Barak, former Israeli Prime Minister and military intelligence official, who reportedly visited Epstein’s New York residence on numerous occasions between 2013 and 2017.
Central to the allegations is the role of Chabad-Lubavitch, a messianic ultra-Orthodox Jewish movement with Russian origins boasting approximately 90,000 members worldwide. The FBI source claimed the organization actively sought to “co-opt the Trump presidency” during his first term. The memo identifies Berel Lazar, a Chabad member and former Chief Rabbi of Russia, as both a close adviser to President Vladimir Putin and part of what the document describes as “state-sanctioned Judaism” used to monitor Russian-Jewish oligarchs.
The investigation document further highlights Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, as a significant supporter of Chabad and a pivotal influence within Trump’s inner circle. It specifically notes that both Kushner and Ivanka Trump visited the gravesite of a prominent Chabad rabbi on the day of Trump’s electoral victory.
The memorandum also revisits Epstein’s controversial 2008 plea deal, suggesting that negotiations involved indications that Epstein “belonged to intelligence” through conversations between his lawyer Alan Dershowitz and then-federal prosecutor Alex Acosta. Email correspondence between Epstein and Barak, where Epstein humorously denies working for Mossad, is cited as part of the evidentiary material.
These revelations emerge from a substantial collection of Epstein-related documents recently released by the U.S. Justice Department, shedding new light on ongoing concerns about foreign influence in American political processes.