Thursday, November 27, 2025

New Epstein files cast spotlight on Chomsky’s long, cozy association with sex trafficker

 

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The most recent trove of files reveals that Jeffrey Epstein had a close friendship with Noam Chomsky, with the 96-year-old linguist and public intellectual praising his interactions with the financier and convicted sex offender as “a most valuable experience.”

According to emails released earlier in November by US lawmakers, Chomsky maintained “regular contact” with the now-deceased sex trafficker, who at that point had long been convicted of soliciting prostitution from minors.

Epstein embodied the moral and financial corruption at the core of the American political class. 

Rising from an unqualified teaching post to immense wealth and unchecked influence, he cultivated relationships with powerful figures such as former US President Bill Clinton, President Donald Trump, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (formerly Prince Andrew), and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak — relationships he maintained even as he preyed on underage girls. 

In 2008, US authorities shielded him from accountability when federal prosecutor Alexander Acosta abruptly shut down an active FBI investigation and granted Epstein a clandestine plea deal so lenient it made a mockery of justice. 

When Epstein was finally rearrested in 2019, he died in federal custody under a “suicide” narrative that large segments of the public still reject.

Newly released emails now show Trump had long known of Epstein’s crimes despite public denials, while thousands of additional files implicate a wide cast of US politicians and insiders.

Included in these documents is evidence that Epstein maintained deep, longstanding ties with prominent scientists and scholars — most notably Chomsky — arranging meetings, dinners, and intellectual exchanges that he used to launder legitimacy and expand his influence.  (more...)

New Epstein files cast spotlight on Chomsky’s long, cozy association with sex trafficker



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