The document cites a source linking Jared Kushner and a religious Jewish group accused of seeking to hijack Trump’s presidency

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42475417

There it is folks.

Remember that name: Chabad-Lubavitch

declassified FBI memo from the Epstein files, released on Friday, includes incendiary allegations about US President Donald Trump.

The memo says that Trump was “compromised by Israel”, that convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epsteinworked with Israeli intelligence, and that a Jewish religious group calling itself Chabad-Lubavitch sought to hijack his first term in office.

The memo, written in 2020, formed part of an FBI investigation into domestic or foreign influence over the US electoral process. It draws on information from a confidential human source (CHS) and appears among a vast trove of Epstein-related files released by the US Justice Department.

“CHS advised Chabad is doing everything they can to co-opt the Trump presidency,” the memo states regarding his first term.

Chabad-Lubavitch, a religious Jewish sect founded in Russia, has grown to an estimated 90,000 members. Its messianic, ultra-Orthodox ideology has repeatedly been linked to hardline settler colonial politics in Palestine.

    • fartographer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      282·
      9 days ago

      As a Jew with Zionist family in Israel and in the States, related to Holocaust survivors and victims, and student of other Holocaust survivors, I can confirm that you’re correct.

      During the early days of the Palestinian genocide, I overheard the following conversation between two old men at my mom’s synagogue:

      M1: They say that Israeli forces are using Nazi tactics in Palestine. Do you think that’s true? What do you think about that?
      M2: It’s been a very long time since the Holocaust and there has been a lot of healing. I think it’s time to admit that Hitler may have had some good ideas.
      M1: Hmmm… I wouldn’t go that far, but maybe it’s okay to learn a thing or two from the Nazis… From your enemies.

      These men also cry that we’re victims of the most violence and that our tactics are just to prevent another Holocaust. But I thought “tHeRe has beEn a LoT oF heALiNG.”

    • lofuw@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      91·
      9 days ago

      Exactly. Zionists believe they’re entitled to Israel just like Nazis believe “Aryans” were entitled to the Rhineland.

      Supporting either should be grounds for imprisonment.

      • counterfactual@sopuli.xyzBannedEnglish
        91·
        9 days ago

        Fuck that. Hitler was not “onto” anything. Neither are the current Zionists “onto” anything.

        All this fascism and racism needs to get exterminated.

    • fallaciousBasis@lemmy.worldEnglish
      321·
      9 days ago

      You basically lose any moral high ground by calling anyone Hitler/Nazi.

      Such a shit comparison. If Nazis were as benign as Zionists there wouldn’t have been a world war 2. No one would have given a fuck.

      If you want to criticize effectively, be more precise.

      • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        71·
        9 days ago

        … says the 5 day old obvious shitposting account.

        Might as well have just gone with ‘LogicalFallacyIdentifier’ or ‘IAmMoreCredibleThanYou’.

          • counterfactual@sopuli.xyzBannedEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            It’s a hot topic, forgive them. Welcome to the fediverse! You sure chose a conversation to jump in on…

            New accounts usually have some kind of marker depending on the app. Boost shows them with a little chick 🐣 icon next to the username for ease of distinction, that’s how they pinpointed that for you.

            • fallaciousBasis@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              5 days ago

              I’m finding it difficult to curate my feed. Blocking subs is tedious. Having to go into the settings and manually type each out. Is there an easier way? Or like on bsky where I can block keywords? Which is pretty great. I just don’t really care for the x/twitter/bsky/mastodon style (basically like shuffled diary entries, just a lot of redundant content and exhausting reposts). I like the digg/Reddit style, like lemmy, with subs, comment sections and articles… I’ve actually been using digg somewhat. The latest redesign isn’t bad.

              I much rather discuss science and tech and my other interests rather than politics.

              Thanks for the warm welcome counterfactual.

              • counterfactual@sopuli.xyzBannedEnglish
                2·
                5 days ago

                So for me I usually do the following in three steps, and then choose accordingly if it’s a user/community/instance issue (caveat being that I use Boost like I mentioned):

                Edit - I found the word blocking filter you mentioned too!

      • Tuscy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        How naive do you have to be to think openly killing people under the sun is the only kind of war there is?

      • Danquebec@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        323·
        9 days ago

        I accept that a Jew who wishes for a nation-state for Jews, based on civic nationalism, inclusive for people of different religions and ethnicities, and showing the due respect for the natives and their property and land rights, isn’t far right.

        But for the most part, Israelis are far-right now.

        • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
          121·
          9 days ago

          How can it be “for Jews” but also be inclusive of non-Jews? That’s the whole problem.

          Unless you mean for Jews in that it’s for everyone who wants to live there and participate in such a society. But that’s not what they typically mean when they say “for Jews”.

          • Tuscy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            9 days ago

            Wait would that mean everyone can be Jews? Is the criteria for this cutting off the skin on the tip of my dick? Kinda like a pledge?

            • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
              11·
              9 days ago

              lol I meant like for Jews only insofar as it’s for everyone, and it’s for Jews because they are a subset of everyone. But that’s a stretch so I see why you were confused.

          • Danquebec@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            34·
            9 days ago

            Jews collectively decide to go to the same region, and in doing so give it a significant Jewish cultural character.

            • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
              121·
              9 days ago

              And I don’t have any problem with that. The issue is when they decide to enhance that distinctly Jewish character by expelling or killing everyone who is different from them. That’s called fascism.

      • chaogomu@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        9 days ago

        Look up the Lehi terrorist organization, which was folded into the IDF. They literally tried to join WW2 on the side of the Nazis, but you know, Nazis.

        Anyway, their philosophical wing adopted, and started pushing, Nazi race science with the races switched around. This is where the major push of people claiming “god’s chosen people” to justify their evil comes from.

        Also, the second leader of Lehi was eventually elected to Prime Minister, and was even more of an evil bastard by that point. He also was Netanyahu’s political mentor.

        • Tuscy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          9 days ago

          Self proclaimed “God’s chosen people.” Has a ring to it. Kinda like the reason Lucifer fell from heaven.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4110·
    9 days ago

    So, good job to those of you who voted for trump because Kamala was pro-Isreal.

    You voted for the guy who’s even MORE pro-Isreal, AND now we’re getting murdered in the streets.

  • perestroika@slrpnk.netEnglish
    7·
    9 days ago

    There could be something to this line of speculation.

    A honeypot for influential people is not a new idea, in principle it doesn’t take an intelligence agency to accomplish.

    However, a lasting honeypot which works for decades and nobody is busted? That suggests there is some party involved which a common cop fears to touch. Common cops are fearful of interfering in intelligence operations, among other things.

    I definitely want to read more about this puzzle. As for the documents, having taken a brief look - so much redaction. Too much, not just names.