Media operatives run damage control for CIA director with Epstein ties

Legacy media companies Tuesday went into protection mode for CIA Director William Burns following revelations that he met with child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein after the pedophile had already been convicted.

In 2008 Epstein pled guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution and soliciting prostitution. With the help of Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, the billionaire spent less than 13 months in custody in a private wing of the Palm Beach County Stockade, where he had work release privileges for up to 12 hours a day. He was registered as a sex offender.

In 2019 Epstein was arrested on federal charges of child sex trafficking. Authorities claim that the billionaire, who surrounded himself with some of the world’s most powerful elite, committed suicide in his cell while awaiting trial.

According to schedules and emails belonging to Epstein, the Wall Street Journal reported last week that Burns and Epstein had three scheduled meetings in 2014. Burns was deputy secretary of state under then-President Barack Obama and Epstein was a known child sex offender.

Burns visited Epstein at his private townhouse in Manhattan after the two met in Washington, DC.

“The director did not know anything about him, other than that he was introduced as an expert in the financial services sector and offered general advice on transition to the private sector,” CIA spokeswoman Tammy Kupperman Thorp told the Wall Street Journal. “They had no relationship.”

Following the report, the New York Times Tuesday published a glowing profile of Burns titled “William Burns, a C.I.A. Spymaster With Unusual Powers”. A paragraph from the article reads:

His ascent is an unlikely turn for a tall, discreet figure with wary eyes, ashen hair and a trim mustache, a sort you could easily imagine in a John Le Carre novel whispering into a dignitary’s ear at an embassy party that the city is falling to the rebels and a boat will be waiting in the harbor at midnight.

The Times also extolled Burns for having “helped restore America’s upper hand over Mr. Putin”.

Towards the end of the article, the Grey Lady briefly mentions that Burns was introduced to Epstein, who the paper incorrectly claims was “the financial consultant who would later be convicted of multiple sex crimes.”

In truth, Epstein’s two and only convictions had already occurred six years earlier. He was never again convicted, as he died of either suicide or murder while awaiting trial.

And while it is rare for high-ranking US officials to meet with high-profile individuals without knowing their backgrounds, Burns told the Times he “regrets” meeting with Epstein.

“I wish I had done my homework first,” said Burns.

The New York Times said nothing else about the matter, but spent the remainder of the article describing how Burns saved the CIA from President Donald Trump.

As of this report, CNN, ABC News, MSNBC, NBC, BBC, Washington Post, Politico and other legacy media outlets have yet to report on Burns’ ties to Epstein.