Fox Nation: The Twisted World of Jeffrey Epstein - A Breakdown and Analysis

This is the first analysis in a series of Epstein related material from Fox Nation

Since Fox News producers have completely ignored the ongoing scandal surrounding President Trump and the Epstein files I decided to search through the archives of Fox Nation to see what I could find regarding the subject.

Fox Nation is a streaming service that is only available to paid subscribers. “The Twisted World of Jefferey Epstein” is similar to a lot of the content on Fox Nation - it’s a cheaply made rudimentary documentary that consists of photographs, some short videos and various experts and Fox News correspondents speaking directly into the camera.

This film does not include interviews with any alleged victims or Epstein’s attorneys, employees or family members. About half the commentary throughout is delivered by Fox News correspondents or contributors.

The producers managed to cover a lot of ground in a less than an hour as they begin with Epstein’s origin story and end with the controversy surrounding his death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center MCC.

I reduced the transcript to the most salient quotes and information surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s life. I also reduced long sections of repetitive information into bulleted lists.

At the end of this breakdown I’ve added additional details surrounding Epstein’s death.

Predictably the producers of this short film downplayed Trump’s relationship with Epstein. At the same time they didn’t hype up or over play Bill Clinton or Bill Gates relationship with the financier.

The entire short film was not nearly as sensational as Fox News primetime hosts have presented the same material. I’ve included screenshots when I thought they were relevant or helped tell the story.

Most of the images throughout have been used frequently in stories about Epstein.

Fox Nation Presents: The Twisted World of Jeffrey Epstein

Original air date - October 15, 2019 (Additional sections were added after Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest on July 2, 2020)

Featuring:

• Judith Miller - Journalist and Fox News contributor

• Gregg Jarrett - Fox News legal contributor

• Bryan Llenas - Fox News correspondent

• Dr. Marc Siegel - Fox News medical correspondent

• James Fitzgerald - Former FBI criminal profiler

• Howie Carr - Radio host

• Jennifer Lee Barringer - Attorney and forensic expert

• Bernard Kerik - Former NYPD commissioner

• Dan Kaiser - Attorney for Jennifer Araoz (alleged victim)

• John Iannarelli - Former FBI National Spokesperson

The film opened with a mournful soundtrack of a generic song featuring piano and strings. The various experts and correspondents were all filmed at separate locations.

“A man of complete mystery. The more we study him, the more we report on him, the more questions we have about him,” said Judith Miller, journalist and Fox News contributor

“It was that level of secrecy that enabled him to become a notorious predator,” said Gregg Jarrett, Fox News legal analyst.

“This was a sexual predator that targeted young women for his own sexual pleasure,” said Bernard Kerik, former NYPD commissioner.

“He constructed his life around that central mission, and it involved a very complex scheme in order to accomplish it,” said Dan Kaiser, attorney for Jennifer Araoz (alleged victim).

“He was a criminal master criminal, and he got away with it for a number of years, and he came to a mysterious end,” said Howard Carr, radio host.

January 20, 1953 - Jeffrey Epstein’s origin story

Epstein grew up in Coney Island, a neighborhood on the edge of the borough of Brooklyn right off the Atlantic Ocean.

Family

• Mother was a housewife.

• Father worked for the NYC Parks Dept. as a gardener

• One brother - Mark Epstein

  • Epstein’s brother is still active with his estate.

  • He disputes the official cause of Epstein’s death

• Family emigrated from Lithuania and Russia

Young Epstein

• Gifted math student

• Education

  • Epstein went to both Cooper Union and NYU to study mathematics

  • Did not graduate with a degree.

• Donald Barr - father of former Attorney General Bill Barr hired Epstein to work at the elite K-12 Dalton school in Manhattan.

  • Attorney General Bill Barr led the investigation into Epstein’s death

• After two years Epstein was fired from Dalton

  • Rumors circulated that he flirted with underage students

First Job in Finance

• After losing his teaching job Epstein was hired by Alan Greenberg the head of Bear Stearns

  • Epstein taught Greenberg’s children at The Dalton School

  • Greenberg preferred to hire what he called PhD’s

    • P = Poor, H = Hungry, D = Desire to be rich.

    • Greenberg felt Epstein was the perfect “PhD” to hire. He also thought Epstein was extremely intelligent.

    • By the time Epstein was 27-28 he was a partner at Bear Stearns

    • After a few years Epstein was fired for unknown reasons.

August 1982 - Epstein’s first company

• In 1982 Epstein starts Jeffrey Epstein Co. which becomes Financial Trust Company and later Southern Trust

• He incorporated his companies in the U.S. Virgin Islands

  • Easier to hide money and evade taxes

  • The location made it easier for him to hide information about his clients and business

• The mystery surrounding Epstein’s income begins at this point in his career

• No one is sure how Epstein generated so much wealth as his financial companies were shrouded in mystery.

• Epstein claimed he only worked with clients who were billionaires

  • There were very few billionaires in the 1980’s

• He purchased a magazine called “Radar” with Mort Sugarman a financier for $25 million

  • The magazine was a huge flop only lasting three issues.

• Epstein also became close with Leslie ‘Les’ Wexner who was heavily invested with Victoria’s Secret.

  • Wexner eventually gave Epstein power of attorney over his finances only later to accuse him of theft.

    • Epstein was never charged with a crime regarding Wexman’s finances

Epstein’s Wealth

At the time of his incarceration in 2019 Epstein included the following on his asset summary.

• $56 million in cash

• Six properties

  • 21,000 square foot townhouse in Manhattan - next door to Howard Lutnick (Not mentioned in this documentary.)

    • Lutnick was not as heavily associated with Donald J. Trump when this film was made.

  • $12 million mansion in Palm Beach

  • $9 million home in France

  • Two private islands

  • $17 million ranch in New Mexico

The producers at Fox Nation made sure to include that Epstein displayed this painting in his Palm Beach home. It depicts former president Bill Clinton dressed in a blue dress with red heels.

“You know, having $600 million as an investment banker is not a crazy amount of money. It is a legitimate amount of money to have in New York City for an investment banker that is working every day. However, it's my understanding that he wasn't working every day and they didn't have that many clients. So you have to wonder if it's possible that he was being paid in other ways, paid to keep information secret, paid to, God forbid, have other people come or give young girls to other men so it is open for suspicion if nothing else,” said Jennifer Lee Barringer, attorney and forensic expert

“He was extraordinarily adept, apparently, at getting people to trust him. And it's social networking at a time when we didn't really think of social networking as a great skill. He was charming. He was vivacious. He knew everyone,” said Miller.

The Lolita Express - Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane

“He was said to have spent about 600 flight hours per year, which is a lot of time in the air. And he almost never went alone,” said Miller.