THE EPSTEIN FILES
TIMELINE

Born in Slatinske Doly, Carpathian Ruthenia, Czechoslovakia (now Ukraine). Poor, Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish family. Six siblings. Over 300 extended family members will perish in the Holocaust — his parents, grandfather, and three siblings murdered at Auschwitz in 1944. Only Maxwell and one or two siblings survive.

Born in Queens, NYC to Fred Trump (real estate developer) and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump.

After Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, 16-year-old Hoch cuts off his sidelocks and flees through Hungary (arrested, escapes), the Balkans, and reaches Marseille. Joins Czechoslovak Army in exile, evacuated to England. Speaks nine languages: English, French, German, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Yiddish, Russian.

Lands on Normandy beaches. Fights through Operation Charnwood (Battle of Caen), across France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and into Germany with the 59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division.

Awarded the Military Cross for heroism near Paarlo, Netherlands. Under heavy artillery fire, rallies his men, leads assault across bullet-swept open ground, captures two German machine-gun posts and 14 prisoners. Medal presented by Field Marshal Montgomery. Commissioned as Lieutenant, promoted to Captain.

Captain Maxwell employed at Bad Salzuflen, Germany — an Intelligence Corps facility. Interrogates German scientists. Meets Hugh Quennell, former Special Operations Executive (SOE) officer — his first direct connection to British intelligence.

Naturalized British subject. Works as newspaper censor for the British Control Commission in Berlin — an inherently intelligence function. In 1948, his contacts with Czechoslovak communist leaders are crucial to Czechoslovakia providing arms to the newly declared State of Israel (Czech rifles, machine guns, Avia S-199 fighters).

Founds Pergamon Press from German scientific journal distribution rights. Co-founder Paul Rosbaud was a confirmed WWII British spy (codename "The Griffin") who fed information about the German nuclear program to the Allies. From its inception, Pergamon has intelligence connections.

MI6 allegedly helps bankroll Maxwell to gain access to Soviet scientific circles through Pergamon Press. FBI opens investigation under J. Edgar Hoover (1953), probing whether Pergamon provides cover for intelligence operations. Maxwell maintains formal relationships with the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

Born in Brooklyn, NYC. Raised in Coney Island. Later teaches math at the Dalton School without a degree.

Born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Soviet Union. Will join the KGB in 1975 after graduating from Leningrad State University.

Born in Maisons-Laffitte, France — ninth and youngest child of Robert and Elisabeth Maxwell. Named after her father's yacht.

Born in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia (now Slovenia). Father Viktor Knavs is a confirmed Communist Party member. In 1976, Viktor appears in the UDBA Net database of Yugoslavia’s secret police archives with a criminal notation for smuggling.

Maxwell becomes the international salesman for bugged PROMIS software on behalf of Israeli intelligence. PROMIS (stolen from Inslaw Inc.) was modified by Mossad operative Rafi Eitan (who captured Adolf Eichmann) with a backdoor. Maxwell sells $500 million+ worth to intelligence agencies of 16+ countries including the KGB — giving Israel backdoor access to Soviet intelligence databases.

Ari Ben-Menashe (former Israeli Military Intelligence) claims Robert Maxwell introduces Epstein to Israeli intelligence: "He wanted us to accept him as part of our group." Epstein brought to Ehud Barak (then Director of Military Intelligence). Maxwell tells Ben-Menashe: "Your Israeli bosses have already approved."

David Bogatin (Semion Mogilevich operative) purchases 5 condos in Trump Tower for $6 million cash. FBI later identifies this as money laundering. By 2013, at least 13 people with Russian mafia ties lived in or operated from Trump properties.

Purchases the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach for $10 million. Epstein buys 358 El Brillo Way in Palm Beach in 1987 — 1.3 miles away.

Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear technician, approaches Maxwell’s Daily Mirror with evidence of Israel’s secret nuclear weapons program. Maxwell allegedly tips off the Israeli Embassy. Mossad kidnaps Vanunu from Rome; imprisoned 18 years.

Steven Hoffenberg, owner of Towers Financial Corporation, partners with Epstein to run a $475 million Ponzi scheme. Hoffenberg later states: "Epstein and I were close partners in crime... He was the architect, the mastermind." When the scheme collapses, Hoffenberg takes the full fall — sentenced to 20 years. Epstein is never charged.

Trump visits Moscow, invited by Soviet Ambassador Yuri Dubinin and diplomat Vitaly Churkin under oversight of KGB head General Kryuchkov. Trump stays in a KGB-surveilled hotel. Within 7 weeks, he spends $94,801 on anti-NATO newspaper ads echoing Soviet talking points, then explores a presidential run for the first time.

Naked body recovered from the Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands after disappearing from his yacht Lady Ghislaine. Three pathologists cannot agree on cause. Official ruling: heart attack and accidental drowning. Three theories: accident, suicide, or assassination by Mossad. Ghislaine (1997): "He did not commit suicide. I think he was murdered."

Buried on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem. Attended by Israeli President Herzog, PM Shamir, and at least six heads of Israeli intelligence. Shamir eulogizes: "He has done more for Israel than can today be said."

Meets Epstein at his Madison Avenue offices. She begins working for him at $25,000/year, eventually rising to $250,000/year. After her father’s death, she moves to New York with no visible means of support but her father’s network of intelligence contacts.

NBC News captures Trump and Epstein at a Mar-a-Lago party, laughing and pointing at women. One of the most circulated videos of their social relationship.

Documented flights include Apr 23, 1993 (Trump & Epstein only); May 15, 1994 (with Marla Maples & baby Tiffany); Aug 13, 1995 (with Eric Trump). Maxwell present on at least 4. Trump stated in 2024: "I was never on Epstein’s Plane" — contradicted by these records.

Start of the conspiracy per Maxwell’s federal indictment (1994–2004). Maxwell and Epstein approach a 14-year-old girl at Interlochen Arts Camp. Abuse begins at Palm Beach, continues in NYC and NM, ages 14–17.

Maria Farmer files complaint with FBI and NYPD reporting Epstein and Maxwell "had committed multiple serious sex crimes" against girls. FBI takes no action for over a decade.

Arrives on a B-1/B-2 visitor visa. Paid $20,056 for 10 modeling jobs while on tourist visa — an immigration violation. Gets H-1B through Paolo Zampolli, later found to be "trying to buy Elite Models with Epstein."

Trump meets Melania at Fashion Week. An Epstein assistant tells the FBI under oath that Epstein introduced Trump to Melania. In 2001, Melania receives an EB-1 "Einstein visa" — one of only 5 Slovenians that year. Application remains sealed.

Virginia Roberts (later Giuffre), age 15, recruited by Maxwell while working as a locker room attendant at Mar-a-Lago’s spa. Trafficked to Epstein properties in NYC, Palm Beach, NM, USVI, and London.

Photograph of all four together at Mar-a-Lago. Among the most significant images showing the social connection between all key figures.

Maxwell driven to Mar-a-Lago for a massage. Spots a girl outside, stops the car, speaks to her for 25 minutes. That same day, the 16-year-old arrives at Epstein’s home.

Melania writes: "Dear G! How are you? Nice story about JE in NY mag." Maxwell responds calling Melania "Sweet pea." Confirms warm personal friendship and awareness of Epstein media coverage.

Trump to New York Magazine: "I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy... It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side."

For Epstein’s 50th birthday book, Trump reportedly contributes a hand-drawn outline of a naked woman with the text: "We have certain things in common, Jeffrey."

Peter Thiel founds Palantir Technologies. In-Q-Tel (CIA) invests ~$2M. Palantir builds surveillance tools for intelligence agencies including NSA’s "XKEYSCORE Helper." Now holds $10 billion Army contract.

Non-Prosecution Agreement signed by U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta. Epstein avoids federal prosecution. Victims not notified as required by law. Acosta reportedly tells Trump’s transition team that Epstein "belonged to intelligence."

FBI-wiretapped $100 million money laundering operation from the 63rd floor of Trump Tower — three floors below Trump’s penthouse.

Epstein meets Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin at least 8 times. Churkin is the same diplomat who helped arrange Trump’s 1987 Moscow trip for the KGB. Epstein bragged he helped Churkin "understand Trump." Putin mentioned 1,005 times in the files; Moscow 9,629 times.

Trump hosts Miss Universe in Moscow. Connects with Aras Agalarov ("Putin’s Builder"). Bodyguard testifies Russians offered to send five women to Trump’s hotel room.

Epstein invests $40 million in Thiel-linked Valar Ventures. Ehud Barak claims Epstein "owned" the fund. 2,000+ emails exchanged.

Paul Manafort shares 75 pages of internal polling data with Konstantin Kilimnik. U.S. Treasury confirms Kilimnik passed data to Russian intelligence.

Robert Mercer majority-owns Cambridge Analytica, a military psyops firm. Harvests 87 million Facebook profiles. Bannon serves as VP, tests "drain the swamp" messaging.

Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin — who met Epstein 8+ times AND helped arrange Trump’s 1987 Moscow trip — dies suddenly at age 64.

Private communication from Epstein: "I know how dirty Donald is" and describes Trump as "borderline insane."

Hundreds of messages, 15 hours of documentary footage, gifts of Hermes Apple watches, and 20,000+ emails. On the day of Epstein’s arrest, they were planning a rehabilitation documentary.

Trump meets privately with Putin for 2 hours with no aides present, then publicly sides with Putin over all U.S. intelligence agencies. Trump later confiscates his interpreter’s notes. Contents never disclosed.

Arrested at Teterboro Airport returning from Paris. Charged with sex trafficking of children and conspiracy. FBI finds "extraordinary volume" of nude photos and labeled CDs in a locked safe.

Found dead in his cell at MCC. Guards slept 8 hours. Dr. Baden: three neck fractures — "more consistent with homicidal strangulation." FBI destroyed the master footage in June 2024. Reconstructed copy had a 62-second gap. Safe contents disappeared between FBI visits.

Thomas Bowers, former head of Deutsche Bank’s US wealth management, found hanging at his Malibu home. Supervised banking relationships with both Epstein and Trump. Died 3 months after Epstein.

Arrested at her estate in Bradford, New Hampshire. Prosecutor: "She was key to the entire operation."

Thiel arranges Vance’s first meeting with Trump. Pipeline: hired Vance (2016) → funded Narya Capital (2019) → $15 million Senate campaign (2022) → lobbied Trump for VP (2024). Vance had called Trump "America’s Hitler" in 2016.

Convicted on conspiracy, transportation of minors, and sex trafficking of a minor. Sentenced to 20 years.

Found hanged with bedsheets at 1:30 AM in La Sante Prison. No camera in cell. Not on suicide watch. Awaiting trial for rape of minors.

Mark Middleton, who signed Epstein into the Clinton White House at least 7 times, found hanging from a tree AND with a shotgun wound to his chest. Shotgun found 30 feet from his body. Ruled suicide.

Steven Hoffenberg, 77, found dead in his Derby, Connecticut apartment. Had been publicly naming Epstein as co-architect of the $475 million Towers Financial fraud and told interviewers: "I can explain every aspect of Jeffrey Epstein’s operation."

Star witness at Maxwell trial (recruited at age 14). Overdoses at a DoubleTree hotel. Her mother: she had just bought a house, was "ecstatic."

The primary accuser dies at age 41 in Western Australia. Father: "There’s no way she committed suicide. Somebody got to her."

8,795-line interview under immunity. Confirms father was a "British intelligence officer." Calls Epstein’s spy claims "bullshit" — but on Mossad contact says "not deliberately" and "wouldn’t know." Not a denial.

3 million pages, 2,000 videos, 180,000 images. Key revelations: Melania-Maxwell emails; Epstein "trained as a spy" under Ehud Barak; Bannon’s 20,000+ emails; Putin mentioned 1,005 times; Moscow 9,629 times; Trump 1,000+ times.

Appears before House Oversight via video from prison. Invokes the Fifth on every question. Her lawyer: "Ms. Maxwell would very much like to answer questions if President Trump grants her clemency."