Bill Clinton threatened magazine over Epstein story, newly released court docs say

Former President Bill Clinton allegedly bullied a popular fashion and culture magazine to not publish sex trafficking stories about his “good friend” Jeffrey Epstein, according to newly released court documents.

More unredacted documents related to the deceased billionaire financier and convicted sex offender dropped on Thursday with Clinton’s name again showing up, most notably in an email exchange between Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre and a journalist about whether to do an interview and sell a photo to Vanity Fair.

In the May 30, 2011 email between Giuffre and the Daily Mail’s Sharon Churcher who was assisting her with a book deal at the time, Giuffre wrote, “Good points, all of them. I am looking at both sides to the picture. On the upside it will give exposure to build up publicity for the case and the story but like you said, it must be carefully written and not give any notions about the upcoming book and or any new info.”

“When i was doing some research into VF yesterday, it does concern me what they could want to write about me considering that B.Clinton walked into VF and threatened them not to write sex-trafficing articles about his good friend J.E,” Giuffre wrote in the email.

The claim was disputed by a representative for former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter who told the UK-based outlet The Telegraph: “This categorically did not happen.”

It isn’t clear where Giuffre learned of the alleged Clinton visit to the publication and media outlets emphasized that there is “no evidence” that it occurred.

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While the former president’s alleged storming of Vanity Fair can’t be proven, the fiendish pedophile himself allegedly tried to prevent details on his sexual abuse from being published by the magazine in a story by another journalist.

In a 2022 episode of the “Chasing Ghislaine ”podcast, Vicky Ward claimed that Epstein threatened her over a 2003 piece to prevent details from her interview with sisters Maria and Annie Farmer, who alleged that he sexually abused them, from being shared.

“I’m going to tell you why those claims never made it into print,” she said. “One big reason: Jeffrey Epstein.”

“I have reports here about you, your husband—I have everything under the sun that was sent to me by people who want to be helpful,” Ward recalled of the monstrous figure’s chilling words.

“Vanity Fair said the claims of sexual abuse were not included in her 2003 published article because they were added late and did not meet legal standards,” according to The Daily Mail.

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“Epstein is charming, but he doesn’t let the charm slip into his eyes. They are steely and calculating, giving some hint at the steady whir of machinery running behind them. “Let’s play chess,” he said to me, after refusing to give an interview for this article. ‘You be white. You get the first move.’ It was an appropriate metaphor for a man who seems to feel he can win no matter what the advantage of the other side,” Ward wrote in her article titled “The Talented Mr. Epstein” which was featured in a 2003 edition of Vanity Fair.

“Clinton likes them young, referring to girls,” Epstein allegedly told another woman according to a document in Wednesday’s initial release of court documents.

Chris Donaldson

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