A 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 Epstein worked 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.

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.

The memo also cites Berel Lazar, a Chabad member and the former chief rabbi of Russia, describing him as a close adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“Chabad is basically state-sanctioned Judaism. It is used by Putin to keep tabs on all the Russo-Jewish oligarchs,” the FBI memo adds.

The source goes further, saying: “Trump has been compromised by Israel. And Kushner is the real brains behind his organization and his Presidency.”

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    3 hours ago

    Do you think Epstein was the first or the only guy doing what he was doing? How many currently serving politicians and officials are blackmailed right now to do the bidding of foreign powers, against the interests of the citizens of their own country?

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    17 hours ago

    I seem to recall people saying Kamala or trump means the same outcome for Palestinians, but the one currently trying to bulldoze Gaza into a beach resort is a pocketed asset. IF trump wanted to force an Israeli ceasefire, I bet they have stuff on him that would make even his base recoil.

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        4 hours ago

        Evidence so far past their goalposts it causes a mental rift between how the cult sees him and how he is that can’t be mended by a weekend of watching Fox. I’d bet most his base is pro life Christians that started out as single issue anti abortion republicans. If they are capable of breaking free, undeniable proof of what he’s done to kids is my bet for what does it.

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      16 hours ago

      Kamala might never have changed direction from Joe’s path, but she was much more likely to have.

      Trump was gonna steamroll that shit and start wars all over the place.

      And the chuds fell for it again!

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      15 hours ago

      Kamala herself said there wasn’t one thing at all that she would have done differently during Biden’s president. Not one thing. Not even a superficial trivial thing.

      When someone tells you who they are, believe them.