The United States Department of Justice has released over three million documents from the so-called files of the perpetrator of sex crimes, Jeffrey Epstein, which also mention the name of Slovak politician and former European Union envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajčák.
The published messages from 2018 show a more personal and intense relationship than Lajcak had previously admitted.
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Letter to the Reader — Why We're Asking for Your Support ContributeAccording to the documents, the two discussed not only politics and diplomacy, but also women. In one of the conversations, Epstein offered women to Lajcak, adding that he could “take their sisters too.” He then ironically said that they were probably too young for him, as they were under 30.
"Don't be mean. They don't know how I'm in action," he replied to Lajcak, according to the newspaper Dnevnik N.
In other messages, the two talked about “girls” in Kiev or Moscow, in a relaxed and often joking tone. Regarding a photo from Moscow, Epstein wrote that he would prefer “a more in-depth look” and claimed that those girls were “Russia’s best export.” But Lajcak replied “after the oil.”
However, Lajcak denies these interpretations and has said that he never communicated with Epstein about women.
The documents show that their contact was not sporadic. Lajcak's name is mentioned hundreds of times, and the sexual abuser often called him by the familiar name "Miro". Some of the messages date from the period when Lajcak was president of the UN General Assembly and regularly stayed in New York. During this period, meetings, dinners and possible visits to Epstein's Florida residence where underage girls were abused are said to have been organized.
The US Department of Justice has stressed that the release of the documents does not mean confirmation of the veracity of all the claims. Many of the recordings are from unverified reports and some parts have been deleted entirely. However, the volume and nature of the communications have caused political reactions in Slovakia.
There have been calls for Lajcak's dismissal from his position as advisor to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Lajcak resigns after Epstein revelations
The former European Union envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajčák, has resigned from his position as advisor to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, after his communications with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became public.
Prime Minister Fico announced that he would accept Lajcak's resignation, while criticizing his opponents, whom, according to him, he had not seen "so much hypocrisy" in a long time.
"Miro has once again proven himself to be an excellent diplomat and I accept his offer to end our cooperation, although all of us, not just me, are losing an extraordinary source of experience in diplomacy and foreign policy. It is strange that a similar symbiosis of the media, opposition and government parties did not target opposition leader Simecek, who, through grant fraud at the Slovak and EU levels, represents a much greater risk to our country's reputation than the Prime Minister's advisor, Miroslav Lajcak," Fico said in a statement, the newspaper reports. Dnevnik N.
New court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein were released in the United States on Friday, and among them is Lajcak's communication.
This is the largest set of documents about Epstein released to date, which includes about three million pages, 180 photographs and 2 video recordings.
Epstein, a millionaire known for his connections to numerous influential and famous figures, died in prison in 2019 while awaiting federal charges of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. His death was ruled a suicide.