The REAL Scandal is not about a Stick Figure and a Letter; it’s about a Deep State Plea Deal
When true scandal reaches politicians after attempts at dismissing it fail, one tried and true tactic is to reframe the debate. Create new strawmen in order to draw battle lines and get supporters to vigorously support the implicated individuals even more. The latest foray into the scandal should not be about a letter.
It goes well beyond that, and the players know it.
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How about some more irony? Both Rupert Murdoch and Donald Trump are in the black book. Is the letter just a shiny toy of distraction?
The Wall Street Journal just released a letter allegedly written by Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein—complete with a stick-figure drawing—setting off another wave of breathless punditry and partisan noise. But once again, the focus is all wrong. While MAGA influencers now insist the letter is a fake and claim Rupert Murdoch is waging a new anti-Trump campaign, the real scandal is being buried under layers of sensational misdirection.
To truly understand the Epstein operation—and the cover-up that’s lasted two decades—media must look beyond gossip headlines and amplify the voices that have done the real investigative work. That’s why now is the time to spotlight Nick Bryant, the journalist who first published Epstein’s black book and exposed the full scope of his trafficking network.
Because here’s what today’s noise conveniently ignores:
This scandal didn’t begin with a letter. It began in 2005, when Epstein was first arrested. In 2008, U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta struck the now-infamous sweetheart plea deal that released Epstein in under 13 months and immunized his co-conspirators. When pressed, Acosta claimed unnamed officials told him Epstein “belonged to intelligence,” deflecting responsibility up the chain—during the George W. Bush administration.
Under Barack Obama, Epstein’s operation was quietly forgotten. Despite abundant evidence and new victims coming forward, the DOJ let the 2008 deal stand. For eight years, the trafficking network went untouched.
Then came Trump. In 2017, Trump appointed Alex Acosta as Secretary of Labor—the very man who let Epstein Walk free. That move alone should’ve triggered massive scrutiny, but instead, it was dismissed as a political footnote.
And now in 2025, we’re back to arguing over stick figures.
The American public deserves better. The victims deserve better. This moment demands a journalist who understands that Epstein wasn’t a lone monster, but the centerpiece of a protected elite apparatus. Nick Bryant has that knowledge—and he’s been ignored by mainstream media for far too long.
We’re urging you to book Nick Bryant, cite his work, and help steer the conversation back to the uncomfortable truth: Epstein’s story is not about salacious distractions, but about systemic rot across both parties, multiple administrations, and institutions that still haven’t answered for their complicity.
If you’re interested in an interview, op-ed, or panel featuring Nick, we’re happy to connect immediately.
This story was never about a drawing. It’s about the cover-up that’s still happening in plain sight.
For any outlet serious about truth, justice, and who really wields power, this story is far from over—and Epstein Justice is ready to talk.
To schedule Nick Bryant: Todd Baumann / 512-966-0983 / Bookings@SpecialGuests.com
Nick Bryant is available now for interviews. Let’s stop ignoring the truth. Let’s talk.
Relevant Article(s):
Donald Trump orders US attorney general to ‘produce’ more Epstein documents
Acosta defends his role in Epstein plea deal, offers no apology to alleged victims – ABC News
The Epstein Scandal Explained – Epstein Justice
Optional Q&A:
- What do you make of the Wall Street Journal’s publication of the alleged Trump-Epstein letter and its timing?
- How does this new round of media attention compare to the original cover-up that began in 2005?
- Why do you believe U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta gave Epstein such a lenient deal in 2008?
- What evidence exists that Epstein’s network was protected by U.S. intelligence or other powerful institutions?
- Why did the Obama administration ignore the Epstein case for two full terms despite credible evidence and new witnesses?
- What questions should have been asked when Donald Trump appointed Alex Acosta as Labor Secretary?
- Why do you think mainstream media continues to focus on distractions rather than the bipartisan nature of the cover-up?
- What truths about Epstein’s operation are still being ignored—and what will it take to finally expose them?
ABOUT NICK BRYANT…
Nick Bryant is an investigative journalist. He spent seven years investigating a child sex trafficking network that was covered up by state and federal authorities, culminating in The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse, and Betrayal. The trafficking network I wrote about in The Franklin Scandal has been the focal point of considerable misinformation and/or disinformation on the Internet. Individuals who, perhaps, suffer from psychiatric disorders have woven the Illuminati and shape shifting reptilian ETs into the narrative.
But the book’s foremost transgressor has been Wikipedia. The “Franklin child prostitution ring allegations” Wikipedia page has been under siege by unscrupulous Wikipedia “editors,” and they’ve intentionally made it nonsensical.
The Franklin Scandal and the Epstein scandal are quite similar in the sense that both child trafficking networks were covered up by state and federal authorities and the mainstream media has been complicit, because it never demanded justice for the children whose lives had been disfigured. I started investigating the Epstein network in 2012, when I acquired his “Little Black Book”—seven years before the case broke nationally. I pitched an article on the Little Black Book for three years to mainstream media outlets, but, like The Franklin Scandal, my pitches were met with unbridled skepticism and incredulity. In 2015, finally, Gawker published the Little Black Book and accompanying articles. I found it ironic that Gawker, considered to be the mean kids in the media, had the fortitude to publish a story about children whose lives have been disfigured with impunity, whereas media outlets ostensibly immersed in integrity had rejected the story.
His latest book, The Truth About Watergate: A Tale of Extraordinary Lies and Liars, details the false narrative that our history books have imparted about the infamous Watergate affair.
ABOUT PETER SHINN…
Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Pete Shinn has an extensive background in the U.S. Air Force as a trainer, journalist, and adult educator. He also served as an executive officer for the Continental NORAD Region Air Operations Center, and as a liaison between the Secretary of the Air Force and U.S. Senate Appropriators.
Beginning in 1989, Shinn began providing interactive diversity and inclusion training to Air Force audiences. In 2008, Shinn was selected to provide leadership, communications, problem solving, and critical thinking skills training at the U.S. Air Force Officer Training School. In 2010, he deployed with the Iowa National Guard to provide agricultural training to farmers in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province.
After returning from Afghanistan, he provided interactive training on the intersection between agriculture and national defense to a variety of organizations, including the National Agri-Marketing Association, American Farm Bureau Federation, National Pork Board, and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, among others. Pete retired from the Air Force in October 2020 after 36 years of service. He is currently a co-creator at Shinnfluence LLC, a family media and training business.
Pete’s major military awards include the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters, and the U.S. Army Combat Action Badge. His major civilian awards include the 1998 Nebraska Broadcaster’s Association Gold Service to Agriculture Award, the National Association of Farm Broadcasting President’s Award in 2004 and 2005, and an Emmy Award in 2012 for Best Military Program.
ABOUT KRIS MILLEGAN…
Founder and president of TrineDay publishing. Main editor for One Nation Under Blackmail by Whitney Webb. Kris Millegan is a writer, researcher and publisher whose father was in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), Military Intelligence (G2), and later was in the CIA, rising to Branch Chief, Head of Intelligence Analysis for East Asia. His father told Kris some things that he didn’t understand in the late 60’s. These revelations led to over thirty years of research into the subjects of CIA-drugs, clandestine operations, conspiracy theory and secret societies.
Kris’s publishing house TrineDay brought Antony Sutton’s underground classic, America’s Secret Establishment An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones to a wider audience, published the book, Expendable Elite, by Lt Col Dan Marvin, a tale of special forces commander and his tangles with the CIA. TrineDay’s most recent release is Fleshing Out Skull & Bones is being well received, being called encyclopedic and the bedrock of books on Skull & Bones. TrineDay also has the book Ambushed Secrets of the Bush Family, the Stolen Presidency, 9-11 and 2004, coming out in April 2004 and four more books in the works.
Kris produced two CIA-Drugs Symposium in 2000 that brought together the top researchers, whistleblowers, authors and academicians in the field with many new revelations and understandings developing from the conclaves. Kris is also singer/songwriter with several songs in the National Lampoon release, Last Resort. Kris lives in a rural community outside Eugene, Oregon.
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