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At a Turning Point USA political summit for young conservatives in Florida on July 12, 2025, Tucker Carlson delivered a provocative speech raising serious questions about the Jeffrey Epstein case and its alleged ties to Israel’s intelligence services.
Carlson, a former Fox News host known for his outspoken commentary, challenged the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) handling of the Epstein investigation and criticized the agency’s recent statements denying the existence of an Epstein “client list.” Speaking to a packed audience, he urged transparency on Epstein’s mysterious wealth and connections.
“The real question is, why was he doing this, on whose behalf, and where did the money come from?” Carlson asked the crowd. “And those are the questions that need to be answered. And I think it’s entirely fair to ask them.”
Carlson also questioned the DOJ’s dismissal of conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s 2019 death, which was ruled a suicide. He referenced Attorney General Pam Bondi’s recent public remarks reaffirming that conclusion and expressed skepticism about the official narrative.
Taking his claims further, Carlson alleged that Epstein had direct links to Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency. He recounted Epstein’s rapid transformation from a modest math teacher to a billionaire owning private jets, a private island, and a sprawling Manhattan residence — a rise Carlson said “no one has ever gotten to the bottom of because no one has ever tried.”
“And moreover, it’s extremely obvious to anyone who watches, that this guy had direct connections to a foreign government,” Carlson insisted.
He addressed the taboo nature of discussing Epstein’s alleged Israeli connections, saying, “We have been somehow cowed into thinking that’s naughty. There is nothing wrong with saying that. There is nothing hateful about saying that. There’s nothing anti-Semitic about saying that. There’s nothing even anti-Israel about saying that.”
Carlson pointed to Epstein’s well-documented relationship with former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, rhetorically asking, “You have the former Israeli prime minister living in your house?”
He pressed the audience: “You have all this contact with a foreign government. Were you working on behalf of them? Were you running a blackmail operation on behalf of a foreign government?”
According to Carlson, his views are widely shared in Washington, where he claimed many insiders hold similar suspicions but refrain from speaking openly. “Every single person in Washington DC” he said, “shares this sentiment,” adding that “none of them hate Israel.”
Earlier in the week, Carlson echoed these accusations on his podcast, alleging that the DOJ under Attorney General Bondi was protecting intelligence interests connected to the Epstein affair.
“The current DOJ under Pam Bondi is covering up crimes, very serious crimes by their own description,” he said. “Intel services are at the very center of this story, US and Israeli, and they’re being protected.”
Carlson’s remarks have sparked renewed debate over Epstein’s connections, the transparency of government investigations, and the geopolitical implications of alleged foreign intelligence involvement in high-profile criminal activities.
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