In a last-ditch effort for leniency, Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted child sex offender, attempted to gather damaging information on President Trump before his death by suicide. However, his efforts yielded no substantial evidence, according to a report.
Epstein’s lawyers were unsuccessful in negotiating a deal with prosecutors during Trump’s first term. In desperation, Epstein became fixated on producing incriminating evidence against the president, as reported by the New York Times.
Following his arrest and incarceration in a federal jail in Lower Manhattan, Epstein frequently met with his lawyers. During these meetings, he was often seen jotting down fragmented notes about Trump, including phrases like “Trump is a total con artist — smoke & mirrors” and “Never had money.”
Epstein’s notes also expressed his grievances about the challenges he faced as a wealthy inmate, which he described as being denied phone calls and visits, according to the report.
He lamented that preparing a defense was “impossible” due to the persistent noise from the Special Housing Unit in the now-closed Metropolitan Correctional Center where he was held.
In his writings, Epstein claimed that prison guards would ignore any violence against him, reportedly telling his cellmate — convicted murderer and former New York police officer Nicholas Tartaglione — that “if he beat the s–t out of me, they wouldn’t file a report.”
Epstein was discovered dead in his cell on August 19, 2019, with the floor covered in nooses and materials for making them, as Tartaglione later recounted.
