Tucker Carlson‘s latest claims about Jeffrey Epstein might be his most audacious yet.
The former Fox News host took to the stage at a Turning Point USA summit in Tampa. Carlson alleged that Jeffrey Epstein was working for Israeli intelligence, specifically Mossad, as part of an extensive blackmail operation targeting American elites. The Epstein saga has been a swirling vortex of unanswered questions ever since the man “committed suicide” in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019. So, Carlson is simply asking the questions nobody else in mainstream media seems willing to touch. And whether you think he’s a fearless truth-teller or a conspiracy-peddling firestarter, there’s no denying he struck a nerve.
“How does a guy go from being a math teacher at the Dalton School in the late 1970s, with no college degree, to owning multiple airplanes, a private island, and the largest residential house in Manhattan?” Carlson asked the audience. “Where did the money come from? And no one has ever answered that question because no one has ever tried.”
He went straight for the jugular, alleging that Epstein’s wealth and influence were tied to his work for a foreign intelligence service. “It’s extremely obvious to anyone who watches that this guy had direct connections to a foreign government,” Carlson said. “Now, no one’s allowed to say that the foreign government is Israel because we have somehow been cowed into thinking that’s naughty.”
According to Carlson, Epstein wasn’t just accumulating dirt on powerful people for his own gain but was doing so as part of a coordinated blackmail operation orchestrated by Israeli intelligence. “Epstein was running a blackmail operation,” Carlson said. “But the real question is, on whose behalf? And I think the real answer is Jeffrey Epstein was working for intel services, probably not American.”
Carlson pointed to Epstein’s well-documented connections to prominent Israeli figures, including former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, as evidence of his ties to Mossad. Barak has been photographed entering Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, and the two were known to have had a relationship that extended beyond casual acquaintance. Carlson then referenced Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s longtime associate and convicted accomplice, whose father, Robert Maxwell, was widely suspected of having worked for Mossad during his lifetime. The web of connections, Carlson argued, was too extensive to ignore.
Carlson’s remarks came just as the Department of Justice released the results of its investigation into Epstein’s affairs. The DOJ concluded that Epstein did not maintain the long-rumored “client list” of powerful figures who allegedly participated in his illicit activities. Additionally, the DOJ reiterated its conclusion that Epstein committed suicide in his Manhattan jail cell in 2019, despite widespread skepticism and conspiracy theories suggesting foul play.
One of the most striking aspects of Carlson’s speech was his criticism of the cultural and political taboos surrounding Israel. He argued that the reluctance to openly question Israeli influence in American affairs has created an environment of secrecy that breeds resentment and conspiracy theories. “There is nothing hateful about saying this. There is nothing anti-Semitic about saying this. There is nothing even anti-Israel about saying this,” Carlson told the crowd. “And yet, all of us have trained ourselves to believe that you can’t say that somehow.”
