In a recently released videotaped interview by the Justice Department, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein referred to himself as a “first-degree” sex offender.
Epstein, who was found deceased in a Manhattan jail on August 10, 2019, while he was awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges, claimed he represented the lowest level of perversion during a lengthy conversation with an unidentified interviewer.
Throughout the hours-long discussion, Epstein was asked if some of his wealth originated from handling “dirty money.” He responded, “No, it’s not,” asserting that he earned his money.
The interviewer pushed back, stating that Epstein had “won this award by advising the worst people in the world, who do huge, bad things just to make more money.” Epstein replied, “Ethics are always complex issues.” He then shifted the conversation to his donations for polio vaccination initiatives in developing countries.
He argued, “Instead of asking me whether that money should have been given to these children for vaccines, I think you should ask the mothers who are vaccinated and know that their children won’t get polio whether Epstein should have used that money to help these people.”
When questioned about what percentage of people would prioritize money for their kids, Epstein remarked, “I think everyone says, ‘I want money for my kids.’ If you told them, I think the devil himself would say, ‘I’d trade your child’s life for a few dollars.’”
When asked directly if he thought he was the devil, Epstein humorously replied, “No, but I have a good mirror.”
The exact timing of the interview is unclear, but given Epstein’s appearance, it may have occurred shortly before his arrest in July 2019.
This video is part of a trove of material released by the Trump administration under the Epstein File Transparency Act, which was signed into law in November, including 2,000 videos and approximately 3.5 million pages of documents alongside 180,000 images.
