Epstein to Bannon - the Manipulation Behind the Kavanaugh Hearing

There are moments when political history tilts because someone in the background throws a thought into the room that should never have been uttered. In the fall of 2018 - when the United States stood in the spotlight of the confirmation hearings of Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford told millions why she believed this man was dangerous - someone intervened who had no place there. Jeffrey Epstein.

Brett Kavanaugh, who was fighting for a seat on the Supreme Court, and Christine Blasey Ford publicly about Kavanaugh, that he had sexually assaulted her as a teenager - a statement that shook the country. Kavanaugh, then a conservative federal judge and a favorite of the Republican Party, was on the verge of being appointed to the highest court in the United States for life. Ford, a respected psychology professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine, appeared as a witness and stood against a candidate who had enormous political support within the Trump camp. States.

The evidence shows that even by Epstein’s standards of manipulation and influence, a new level is revealed. He wrote to Steve Bannon, Kavanaugh’s unofficial power broker, and gave him “advice” that resembled a tactical operation more than a political assessment. “I am pushing my trip by one day. So still here. Tell Burke they should ask Ford about her meds, what kind and how long. My guess is Kavanaugh won’t let her reply,” Epstein wrote on September 30, 2018 at 04:41 a.m.

The messages are short, cold, and precise. And they show that Epstein did not merely act as an observer, but actively attempted to influence the course of one of the most consequential hearings in recent American history. Only a few minutes later he wrote again. This time only two words: “This is a clue,” followed by a link - an article about “medications that can cause memory loss.” It was the attempt to portray Christine Blasey Ford before the entire nation as mentally impaired, as someone whose memories were not reliable.

“If we lose the midterms and lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison - myself included.” - Statement by Steve Bannon on November 6, 2025. You can find the article here: https://kaizen-blog.org/en/wenn-wir-die-zwischenwahlen-verlieren-und-2028-verlieren-werden-einige-in-diesem-raum-ins-gefaengnis-gehen-mich-eingeschlossen/

Less than an hour later Epstein sent another link - this time to a publication from the scientific literature about “false memories in social anxiety disorder.” Then, at 06:18 a.m., another message: “Now I get it.” And at 06:12 a.m.: “The lie detector test was taken the same day as her mom’s meds. Shouldn’t that be mentioned? Second meds?”

What emerges here is not casual brainstorming. It is a calculated attempt to systematically undermine the credibility of Christine Blasey Ford. Epstein searched for weaknesses, combined medical articles, pharmacology, psychological studies - and delivered them directly to the power centers of the Trump apparatus at the time. The raw form of a campaign designed to destroy a woman who had done nothing more than speak the truth about her experience. It is telling that the emails appear so mechanical, almost like an algorithm in human shape: link, thought, link, assumption, next idea. No empathy, no hesitation, no awareness that behind “Ford” stood a human being. For Epstein she was only a variable in a political game, an obstacle on the path to confirming a man whose career was itself part of a larger system from which Epstein believed he could benefit.

That these messages exist at all is a spotlight on one of the dirtiest zones of American power politics. Kavanaugh was ultimately confirmed, but these files show that behind the scenes figures acted who carried no democratic responsibility, and that their advice was readily taken up. The idea that Epstein attempted to discredit Ford’s public testimony with medical insinuations casts new light on the harshness and coldness with which she was treated at the time. But the communication chain shows something else: Epstein was convinced that his opinion carried weight. That someone like Bannon read his emails. That he had influence. And the way he composed these emails reveals his belief in being an invisible architect - someone who could steer political processes from the background without ever becoming visible.

The crucial point, however, is this: these messages are not a political footnote. They show that Epstein was willing to interfere in a democratic process that determined the character of a Supreme Court justice. They show a network that was prepared to destroy a woman in order to save a man. And they show how deep this connection reached: down into the engine room of conservative power, where decisions are not made publicly, but under the cover of night. Perhaps one day people will say that these emails were the missing puzzle piece - the proof that Epstein did not only infiltrate social circles, but political processes. And that the damage he caused did not end with his death, but continues to live on in the darkness of these messages.