Paedophile Jeffrey Epstein describes himself as a ‘tier one’ sexual predator and is asked whether he ‘is the Devil himself’ in newly-revealed video interview
Jeffrey Epstein described himself as a ‘tier one’ sexual predator in a newly-revealed video showing the disgraced financier facing questions in a sit-down interview.
The footage emerged as part of the tranche of files that the US department of justice published on Friday, including 180,000 images and 2,000 videos.
Epstein, wearing glasses and a black shirt, is also asked whether he ‘is the Devil himself’ by the interviewer, who does not appear on screen but he is believed to be Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon.
‘No, but I do have a good mirror,’ the convicted paedophile responds, before the interviewer hits back: ‘It’s a serious question. Do you think you’re the devil himself?’
Epstein says: ‘I don’t know. Why would you say that?’
The interviewer begins to explain, saying ‘because you have all the attributes’, before Epstein cuts him off: ‘No, the devil scares me.’
Bannon, 72, served in the White House role for the first seven months of Trump’s first administration.
It is not clear when or where the interview was filmed, who filmed the video, or why Bannon in particular was chosen to question Epstein.
Jeffrey Epstein described himself as a ‘tier one’ sexual predator in a newly-revealed video showing the disgraced financier facing questions in a sit-down interview
The footage emerged as part of the newly released tranche of files that the US department of justice published on Friday, including 180,000 images and 2,000 videos
‘What are you, [a] class 3 sexual predator?’ the interviewer asks Epstein.
‘Tier 1. I’m the lowest,’ the American financier responds.
He is asked whether the money he has earned is ‘dirty money’, to which Epstein responds: ‘No, it’s not.’
Pressed on why not, Epstein says: ‘Because I earned it.’
‘You earned it by advising the worst people in the world, that do enormous bad things, and just to make more money,’ the interviewer says.
‘Ethics is always a complicated subject,’ Epstein says, before talking about the money he claims he donated to help eradicate polio in Pakistan and India.
‘Instead of asking me whether that money should be given to these children for vaccines, I think you might want to ask their mothers, who receive the vaccine, who know their child now won’t get polio, and ask them if Epstein should have helped these people with their money,’ he adds.
‘You’re a mathematician,’ the interviewer responds, before putting forward a scenario where Epstein walks into the clinic and tells the people ‘in the most dire straits of poverty and sickness’ that the money was coming from a ‘criminal’.
‘What percentage of people do you estimate would say, “I don’t care; I want the money for my children?” the interview asks.
‘I would say everyone says, “I want the money for my children”, Epstein responds.
