Coalition SNS in connection with the publication of new information in the Jeffrey Epstein case called on the advisor to Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs Miroslav Lajčák to disclose whether or not he had financial benefits from Epstein, or whether he received loans, funds or other gifts from him. TASR was informed about this by the director of the office of the president of the SNS, Zuzana Škopcová.
“It is obvious and proven that Epstein purposefully used businessmen and politicians to obtain information that provided him with an economic advantage, or subsequently transferred it to the news environment. Epstein was not an ordinary philanthropist, but a person who systematically abused information obtained in various forms,” she said in the SNS opinion.
He considers it necessary for Lajčák to explain why he invited Epstein to the Slovak embassy in Austria and at the same time clarify whether or not he benefited from his contacts with this person. SNS therefore reiterated that Fico should remove Lajčák from the position of advisor to the Prime Minister.
At the beginning of December, opposition members of parliament also called for the dismissal of Lajčák from the position of adviser to the prime minister. Member of Parliament Beáta Jurík (PS) reminded that the prime minister has no reason to wait any longer. According to Jurík, it cannot be ruled out that Epstein had his victims in Slovakia as well. “His plane landed in Bratislava and Poprad in 2018. We will therefore ask the competent authorities if they have information that our female citizens could also have been victims and if they are being provided with the necessary help and support.” stated in the statement.
At the press conference on Friday (December 19) after the summit of European leaders in Brussels, the Prime Minister responded that Lajčák is an excellent diplomat and continues to have Fico’s trust. “If someone fails morally, give me evidence that they have done something, we will end cooperation. But I will not torture people just because, if there is nothing, it will be made out that it is some kind of cooperation, or that someone somewhere saw someone.” he added.
In the published documents related to the case of the deceased American financier convicted of sexual crimes Jeffrey Epstein, there is also an e-mail communication that allegedly took place between the then Minister of Foreign Affairs Lajčák and Epstein. Some time ago, Lajčák told TASR that he had communicated with the financier in the past only socially as part of his diplomatic duties. At the end of November, the Prime Minister responded that he “did not find anything that would force him to recall Miroslav Lajčák”. In the past week, they published new photos from Epstein’s estate. On one of them, the financier is photographed with Lajčák.
