Discredited author Michael Wolff once told his friend Jeffrey Epstein that he could be the “bullet” to end Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign — if he waded into the spotlight to discuss his relationship with the future president.
“NYT called me about you and Trump. Also, Hillary campaign digging deeply. Again, you should consider preempting,” Wolff wrote to Epstein on Feb. 19, 2016.
The since-deceased pedophile invited the writer to join him and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak for a meeting, but Wolff declined and the two didn’t apparently trade emails again until Feb. 24 of that year.
“Lots of reporters,” Epstein said.
“Yeah, you’re the Trump bullet,” Wolff replied.
Weeks earlier, on Jan. 21, 2016, Wolff coached Epstein that “the more Trump looks real, or perish the thought, inevitable, the more reporters are going to focus on this, so, as you will not be surprised, you need a strategy.”
In earlier exchanges, Wolff had also tried to make the case that Epstein should let Trump “hang himself” with his own PR battles involving allegations of sexual misconduct.
“I think you should let him hang himself If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency,” Wolff told Epstein on Dec. 16, 2015.
“You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt,” Wolff added. “Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he’ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.”
