In a startling revelation, Nicholas Tartaglione, the former cellmate of the notorious financier Jeffrey Epstein, has alleged that Epstein was offered a deal by New York federal prosecutors.
The purported agreement entailed Epstein implicating President Donald Trump in exchange for leniency. This claim emerges from a pardon application obtained by the New York Post, shedding light on the controversial circumstances surrounding Epstein's incarceration and subsequent death.
According to The Post Millennial, Epstein was apprehended on charges of child sex trafficking in July 2019 and subsequently detained at the Metropolitan Correction Center in Manhattan. During his time there, he shared a cell with Tartaglione, a former police officer who was awaiting trial for a quadruple murder charge. Tartaglione was later convicted, while Epstein's life ended abruptly in the jail a month after his arrest.
Tartaglione's pardon application includes a striking assertion: "Prosecutors told Epstein that if he said President Trump was involved with Epsteins crimes he would walk free."
The application further details Epstein's account of a conversation with lead prosecutor Maurene Comey, who allegedly stated that Epstein did not need to provide proof, as long as President Trump's associates could not disprove the allegations. "According to Maurene Comey, the FBI were 'her people, not his [President Trumps]," the filing reveals. Tartaglione also noted that Epstein explicitly stated, "President Trump was not involved in Epsteins crimes."
Epstein's death on August 10, 2019, was officially ruled a suicide. The Department of Justice and FBI concluded that Epstein had taken his own life, did not maintain a client list, and was not involved in blackmailing influential figures. Notably, shortly after these findings were made public, Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, was dismissed from her role.
Tartaglione, who once served as a K9 officer in Westchester, was convicted in 2024 for the 2016 murder of four men following a botched cocaine transaction. In his plea for a pardon, he contends that his prosecution was marred by errors and that evidence was manipulated to incriminate him. Tartaglione claims that Marcos Cruz, an associate, confessed to orchestrating the murders on behalf of a Mexican cartel but was allegedly persuaded to alter his testimony by an investigator.
These revelations raise significant questions about the integrity of the prosecution's conduct in both Epstein's and Tartaglione's cases. The allegations of prosecutorial misconduct and manipulation of evidence warrant further scrutiny, as they touch upon the broader issues of justice and accountability within the legal system.
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