Epstein Cheered Kavanaugh from the Shadows

Newly released emails show a convicted predator critiquing Ford’s testimony and coaching GOP strategy.

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Newly released Justice Department files reveal that Jeffrey Epstein followed Brett Kavanaugh’s 2018 Supreme Court confirmation fight with intense interest — and open sympathy for the nominee.

In emails and texts, the convicted sex abuser weighed in on Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh, offering commentary, tactical advice and pointed criticism of how Republicans handled the hearing.

The optics are jarring: a man at the center of a vast sexual abuse network positioning himself as a strategic analyst in a nationally televised reckoning over alleged assault.

On 22 September 2018, Epstein messaged a redacted contact: “Ive sat in Kavanaugh chair. Im thinking of November.” The meaning of that November reference remains unclear, but the tone suggested identification with the embattled nominee.

He described the upcoming Senate hearing as “a trap!” and claimed he had endured “MANY!!” similar situations. He predicted Ford would cry, allege trauma, and frame the event as a source of lifelong anxiety and damaged relationships.

He presented it less as testimony — and more as performance.

Ford’s testimony, delivered under oath, was anything but theatrical. She described how a “visibly drunk” Kavanaugh allegedly pinned her to a bed in 1982, groped her and covered her mouth when she tried to scream. She said she feared she would be raped.

Kavanaugh denied the allegations.

Epstein criticized Republicans for hiring prosecutor Rachel Mitchell to question Ford, calling it a “critical and maybe lethal mistake.” Prosecutors, he argued, prosecute; they don’t cross-examine.

He suggested a criminal defense attorney would have been more effective.

Then he began drafting questions of his own — probing Ford’s memory gaps, asking whether lights were on, whether anxiety ran in her family, and how she escaped the room. He questioned her therapist’s notes and implied inconsistencies.

The tone was clinical, detached — a predator dissecting a survivor’s account as if workshopping strategy.

Lisa Graves, former chief counsel for nominations at the Senate Judiciary Committee, called it appalling. A man who orchestrated abuse of young women now critiquing a woman’s assault testimony.

There is no evidence Kavanaugh knew or interacted with Epstein. But the emails reveal Epstein’s proximity to key figures in Kavanaugh’s orbit — most notably Kenneth Starr.

Starr, who died in 2022, led the Clinton investigation in the 1990s and once supervised Kavanaugh as a young associate. Starr later helped Epstein secure a controversial 2008 plea deal that spared him federal sex-trafficking charges.

In August 2018, Epstein asked Starr about an upcoming report tied to Kavanaugh’s past. Starr responded that the release would likely be a “non-event for Brett.”

Days later, Epstein praised Starr as a “genius” after reading Kavanaugh-related disclosures.

The communications show Epstein monitoring the process closely — not casually, but with strategic interest.

He even referenced legal representation, noting that attorney Beth Wilkinson was representing Kavanaugh, and exchanged July 2018 messages suggesting Kavanaugh was his preferred nominee before the official announcement.

From the sidelines, Epstein tracked, evaluated, advised.

The episode does not implicate Kavanaugh in Epstein’s crimes. But it underscores something darker: how figures operating in moral shadows feel entitled to weigh in on the highest institutions of the land.

Epstein was not a neutral observer. He was a convicted sex offender, later charged with trafficking minors.

And yet, in private emails, he positioned himself as strategist, critic, and sympathizer — as if he belonged in the room.

In America’s most consequential confirmation fight in a generation, a predator watched from the margins and thought he understood the script.

History has a way of surfacing the audience.

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Power defends power,
even when stained.
Predators recognize leverage,
even in daylight.

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🧭 A Small Bite to Carry

• Newly released emails show Epstein actively critiquing Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony during Kavanaugh’s 2018 confirmation.

• There is no evidence Kavanaugh had ties to Epstein, but Epstein was in contact with figures close to the confirmation process.

• The revelations highlight how power networks intersect — even from the shadows.

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