Epstein Secrets

so as to ensure a degree of deniability, but the disguise is sometimes rather thin. In late 2014, France's far-right National Front party, led by Marine Le Pen, secured a q million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of Fre

million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of French politics. Le Pen has subsequently spoken favorably of Putin and criticized the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU.' She has even called for a strategic alliance

at Democracy," Bloomberg View, December 31, 2015, bttowitwww Woombem rnm/view/Prtirles/7015.12.11/pnlanrl-s-now-learlars-tpka-aim-at-APmnrrary. 17. Alison Smale and Joanna Berendt "Poland's Conservative Government Puts Curbs on State TV News" New York Times July 3 2016, vivAvireedornhouse.org 39 EFTA00804

ak away from the European Union? In France, for example, upcoming elections in May 2017 are likely to pit Francois Fillon of Les Républicains against Marine Le Pen of the far right Front National. Le Pen has promised a referendum on whether France should stay in the European Union, and, should she win, questions

example, upcoming elections in May 2017 are likely to pit Francois Fillon of Les Républicains against Marine Le Pen of the far right Front National. Le Pen has promised a referendum on whether France should stay in the European Union, and, should she win, questions about the viability of the Eurozone wil

istina Peterson, “House Passes 9/11 Bill That Would Let Victims’ Families Sue Saudi Arabia,” Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2016. elissa Eddy and Alison Smale, “Berlin Crash ls Suspected to Bea Terror Attack, Police Say,” New York Times, December 19, 2016. Tom Burgis, Arthur Beesley and Anne-Sylvaine Chas

t Democracy,” Bloomberg View, December 31, 2015, https://www.bloomberg. com/view/articles/2015-12-31/poland-s-new-leaders-take-aim-at-democracy. 17. Alison Smale and Joanna Berendt, “Poland's Conservative Government Puts Curbs on State TV News,” New York Times, July 3, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/w

ed so as to ensure a degree of deniability, but the disguise is sometimes rather thin. In late 2014, France's far-right National Front party, led by Marine Le Pen, secured a €9 million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of Frenc

€9 million loan from a Russian bank with indirect ties to the government in what many interpreted as a bet by Putin on the future of French politics. Le Pen has subsequently spoken favorably of Putin and criticized the sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU.' She has even called for a strategic alliance wi