‘It Would Solve the Mystery’: Mike Benz Flags ‘Bombshell’ Detail in Latest Epstein Files Dump

Former State Department official Mike Benz called the Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) response to Jeffrey Epstein’s 2011 FOIA request a “bombshell” during a Tuesday episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” . . .

“Jeffrey Epstein was not a public figure at all in 1999. He didn’t come into public awareness, public attention, until 2001, 2002 … he was a private figure in 1999 when he FOIA’d the Central Intelligence Agency for records … anybody who wants to be a hero right now … These are not classified documents,” Benz said. “FOIA responses are not classified. So, anybody right now can FOIA the Central Intelligence Agency for all records and communications related to the CIA’s written communications with Jeffrey Epstein via his lawyer both in 1999 and 2011.”

He then paraphrased the CIA’s 2011 response to Epstein.

“What it says is, ‘We have received your request for your client Jeffrey Epstein’s records search under the Freedom of Information Act. We’ve granted the request to search for all open and acknowledged agency affiliations between Jeffrey Epstein and the CIA,'” he said. “‘We have run that search. And the answer is no documents are responsive to the request.'”

“And then it says in the next paragraph, ‘With respect to your request that touches on classified documents, we can neither confirm nor deny the existence or non-existence of any such documents,'” he continued. “‘So you can consider this a partial denial of your FOIA request.’” (Read more from “‘It Would Solve the Mystery’: Mike Benz Flags ‘Bombshell’ Detail in Latest Epstein Files Dump” HERE)