Covert Affairs with Murtaza Hussain

Was Epstein a spy? Our guest says he didn’t need to be. Instead, investigative reporter Murtaza Hussain of Dropsite News explains how Epstein was far more powerful by using his contacts as a kind of global “fixer,” facilitating security agreements and arms sales for Israel, working with Emiratis to further their interests in Africa, establishing a backchannel between Israel and Russia during the Syrian Civil War, and more. Hussain unpacks the way Epstein was a player in a “replacement establishment” — allowing him to make end-runs around traditional governmental institutions and operate largely above the law. Mentioned in this episode Politico: Todd Blanche ‘conceded’ violating law on Epstein files Federal Judge’s ruling on DOJ violating Epstein Files Transparency Act Daily Mail: Tate Brothers party with Trump and Melania’s matchmaker WHCA Katharine Graham Award to the WSJ for Epstein reporting NYT: Profile on Karyna Shuliak Forbes: What Trump Suing BBC Could Reveal About His Finances Detroit Free Press: Sexual Abuse and Assult Investigation Underway at Interlochen JKBrown Substack: Another Epstein Recruiter Found Dead Dropsite News Murtaza Hussain on Twitter Dropsite: Epstein and Israel series Dropsite: Epstein helped sell a surveillance state to Cote d'Ivoire Dropsite: Jeffrey Epstein and the Mossad: How The Sex-Trafficker Helped Israel Build a Backchannel to Russia Amid Syrian Civil War Join our Patreon community at Patreon.com/EpsteinFilesBookclub Email us anytime at eliseandjena [at] gmail dot com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices