Jeffrey Epstein

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Jeffery Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender. He gained notoriety for his involvement in sex trafficking and the exploitation of underage girls, leading to his arrest and subsequent death in 2019 while imprisoned awaiting trial. Epstein associated with a number of high profile politicians and figures, including Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Prince Andrew, and Alan Dershowitz, among others. His high profile associations, along with suspicions about his suicide while in custody, have lead to enduring conspiracy theories about potential wrongdoing by people he associated with, and the circumstances of his death.

Alex Jones frequently claims that he "was among the first, 12 years ago [in 2007], to warn that Jeffrey Epstein was running a giant governmental blackmail ring using pedophilia" as a way to bolster his credibility. This, however, does not appear to be true.

Timeline of discussions about Epstein on InfoWars

In 2006, a caller attempted to bring Epstein to InfoWars attention, but was dismissed, with Alex specifically saying he did not have knowledge of Epstein before this point:

Alex: Let's go ahead and talk to [Caller].

[...]

Caller: Tonight on Coast to Coast, George Noory has Jeffrey Epstein. He's part of the America's Truth Forum.

Alex: Oh, yes. Evil Al-Qaeda's got nukes and is going to hit us any minute. Yeah, that's great stuff.

Caller: Yeah, I don't know if you recently... He has an affidavit out on the Internet from Palm Beach Police Department. He has a fetish for 14, 16-year-old girls coming into his house, giving him massages and having a fun time. So...

Alex: I don't know anything about that, sir. Why don't you send me some information? You can send it to [InfoWars]. We all read it. We all share each other's email addresses. But thank you for the call.

[Alex has hung up on the caller, and moves on to the next]

A few notes here: First, it would appear that the caller has confused two people. There is another man named Jeffery Epstein who was part of the America's Truth Forum, and has no apparent relation to the sex offender. The second is that Alex is clearly dismissive of the caller's claim. Not only does he directly deny knowledge, but he cuts to caller off to prevent them from speaking further on the topic.

Alex does not mention Epstein again on The Alex Jones Show from 2006 to 2014. This again contradicts specific claims from Alex in 2019 that he told his audience about Epstein during this period. Notably this period is when Epstein was first convicted for his crimes, and given a (later) controversial sweetheart deal that effectively allowed him to avoid the normal rigors of a custodial sentence.

The next time Epstein is mentioned by Alex is 2015-01-02, when he says the following:

Now, Paul, I want to go to this article by Kurt Nimmo, Infowars.com, and it's in the UK News.

Lawsuit claims Prince Andrew had sex with underage sex slave.

Allegedly arranged former Bear Stearns financier Jeffrey Epstein, a lawsuit filed in Florida accuses the Duke of York having sexual relations with an underage sex slave.

The allegation names multi-millionaire financier Jeffrey Espin-- Epstein, who was also convicted of soliciting sex with an underage girl.

One such powerful individual, Epstein, forced the woman to have sexual relations with a member of the British Royal Family. Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the document claims.

Who knows if this is true, but my gosh, Paul, we're gonna go to break in a few minutes, but just the firestorm of pedophile news and Savile having high-level access to all these Royals above even the Secret Service.

[...]

While you're talking, we're putting up mainstream news articles with everything he's saying. These are not our claims. These are out of UK newspaper headlines. The UK is now the pedophile palace.

It's clear that, again, Alex does not know who Epstein is, and is learning about him from mainstream reporting about a series of civil cases filed against him. He stumbles over the name several, pronouncing it several different ways, and appears most interested in the idea that the Royal Family is implicated. He's also extremely careful to distance himself from the claims.

Alex repeats these claims in similar contexts on a few other days in 2015, usually as a means to impeach the character Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, or Donald Trump. He typically references preexisting media coverage of the civil suits against Epstein. During the entire year, Epstein's name is mentioned no more than 12 times on The Alex Jones Show across these 5 dates.

In 2016-2018, Alex begins to talk regularly about Epstein (mentioning his name around 150 times a year). This tracks with mainstream coverage of Epstein's crimes and the reopening of criminal investigations against him.

Then, in 2019 coverage on InfoWars explodes, with more than 2184 mentions. This is also the year when Epstein is most covered in the media. It's the year when he was arrested and a raft of additional civil cases against him were filed, and also the year in which Epstein committed suicide, leading to widespread speculation of a cover up.

During this period, Alex begins to make claims that he is "the guy that first talked about Epstein more than a decade ago". He begins to run several ads claiming he exposed Epstein. During this time period, others like Joe Rogan claim that Alex spoke about Epstein "a decade ago" without providing corroborating evidence.

The summary here is that there is no evidence to support Alex's claims to be more aware of Epstein that the general public. Before 2015, Alex does not appear to have any specific knowledge of Epstein, nor did he talk about him on his show. It was only after civil suits against Epstein were filed and reported on by credible news organizations in 2015 that Alex began to talk about Epstein. It wasn't until 2019, when Epstein burst into the general consciousness that Alex began claiming that he had special or advanced knowledge of Epstein's wrongdoing. Alex was behind the curve on Epstein, not ahead of it.

Relevant Episodes by Release Date

No.	Title	Coverage start date	Coverage end date	Air date	Episode type
53	53: June 12, 2017	June 12, 2017	June 12, 2017	June 14, 2017	Present Day
68	68: September 19-28, 2015	September 19, 2015	September 28, 2015	July 31, 2017	2015 Investigation
164	164: May 25, 2018	May 25, 2018	May 25, 2018	May 28, 2018	InfoWars Interview, Present Day
179	179: July 10, 2018	July 10, 2018	July 10, 2018	July 11, 2018	Present Day
188	188: August 1, 2018	August 1, 2018	August 1, 2018	August 3, 2018	Present Day
195	195: August 17, 2018	August 17, 2018	August 17, 2018	August 20, 2018	Present Day
233	233: November 28, 2018	November 28, 2018	November 28, 2018	November 30, 2018	Present Day
241	241: Larry Gets Coached			December 19, 2018	Wacky Wednesday
257	257: January 25, 2019	January 25, 2019	January 25, 2019	January 28, 2019	Present Day
277	277: March 15, 2019	March 15, 2019	March 15, 2019	March 18, 2019	Present Day
318	318: July 5, 2019	July 5, 2019	July 5, 2019	July 8, 2019	Present Day
319	319: July 7-8, 2019	July 8, 2019	July 9, 2019	July 10, 2019	Present Day
331	331: March 13-14, 2013	March 13, 2013	March 14, 2013	August 12, 2019	Sandy Hook Investigation
332	332: Anunnaki Stasis and Emerald Treaties			August 14, 2019	Project Camelot, Wacky Wednesday
333	333: August 16, 2019	August 16, 2019	August 16, 2019	August 21, 2019	Present Day
337	337: August 28-29, 2019	August 28, 2019	August 29, 2019	August 30, 2019	Present Day
345	345: September 19, 2019	September 19, 2019	September 19, 2019	September 20, 2019	Present Day
366	366: November 5-6, 2019	November 5, 2019	November 6, 2019	November 8, 2019	Present Day
368	368: November 11-12, 2019	November 11, 2019	November 12, 2019	November 13, 2019	Present Day
369	369: November 13, 2019	November 13, 2019	November 13, 2019	November 15, 2019	Present Day
378	378: Formulaic Objections Part 2			December 16, 2019	Formulaic Objections
380	380: December 19-20, 2019	December 19, 2019	December 20, 2019	December 23, 2019	Present Day
382	382: December 23-27, 2019	December 23, 2019	December 27, 2019	December 30, 2019	Present Day
399	399: February 12-14, 2020	February 12, 2020	February 14, 2020	February 17, 2020	Present Day
424	424: April 21-22, 2020	April 21, 2020	April 22, 2020	April 24, 2020	Present Day
442	442: June 5, 2020	June 5, 2020	June 5, 2020	June 8, 2020	Present Day
453	453: July 2, 2020	July 2, 2020	July 2, 2020	July 6, 2020	Present Day
464	464: July 31-August 1, 2020	July 31, 2020	August 1, 2020	August 3, 2020	Present Day
467	467: August 7-9, 2020	August 7, 2020	August 9, 2020	August 10, 2020	Present Day
486	486: September 27, 2020	September 27, 2020	September 27, 2020	September 28, 2020	Present Day
497	497: Third Try's A Charm	October 27, 2020	October 27, 2020	October 30, 2020	Special Edition
509	509: December 3-4, 2020	December 3, 2020	December 4, 2020	December 7, 2020	Present Day
520	520: January 12-13, 2021	January 12, 2021	January 13, 2021	January 15, 2021	Present Day
531	531: February 14, 2021	February 14, 2021	February 14, 2021	February 15, 2021	Present Day
539	539: March 10, 2021	March 10, 2021	March 10, 2021	March 12, 2021	Present Day
556	556: May 6-7, 2021	May 6, 2021	May 7, 2021	May 10, 2021	Present Day
560	560: May 12-13, 2003	May 12, 2003	May 13, 2003	May 23, 2021	2003 Investigation
569	569: June 23, 2021	June 23, 2021	June 23, 2021	June 25, 2021	Present Day
585	585: August 8, 2021	August 8, 2021	August 8, 2021	August 11, 2021	Present Day
586	586: August 11-12, 2021	August 11, 2021	August 12, 2021	August 16, 2021	Present Day
607	607: A Chat With Mike Rothschild			October 20, 2021	Knowledge Fight Interview
656	656: March 5, 2022	March 5, 2022	March 5, 2022	March 7, 2022	Present Day
679	679: May 9, 2022	May 9, 2022	May 9, 2022	May 11, 2022	Present Day
697	697: June 29, 2022	June 29, 2022	June 29, 2022	July 1, 2022	Present Day
714	714: Trial Recap, Part 1			August 11, 2022	Formulaic Objections
715	715: Trial Recap, Part 2			August 12, 2022	Formulaic Objections
752	752: Ye Took A Dip In The Pool			November 30, 2022	Wacky Wednesday
767	767: January 12, 2023	January 12, 2023	January 12, 2023	January 16, 2023	Present Day
781	781: Chatting With Will Sommer			February 27, 2023	Knowledge Fight Interview
791	791: March 30-31, 2023	March 30, 2023	March 31, 2023	April 3, 2023	Present Day
833	833: Mike Rothschild In The Hot Seat			July 31, 2023	Knowledge Fight Interview
841	841: Like A Pearl Before A Swine			August 23, 2023	Present Day, Wacky Wednesday
879	879: December 20, 2023	December 20, 2023	December 20, 2023	December 22, 2023	Present Day
885	885: January 3, 2024	January 3, 2024	January 3, 2024	January 5, 2024	Present Day
890	890: January 16, 2024	January 16, 2024	January 16, 2024	January 19, 2024	Present Day
900	900: February 16, 2024	February 16, 2024	February 16, 2024	February 19, 2024	Present Day
922	922: April 26, 2024	April 26, 2024	April 26, 2024	April 29, 2024	Present Day