Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Thursday have released 68 new photos from the estate of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On one of them, the financier is photographed with the former Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs and current adviser to the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, Miroslav Lajčák. writes TASR according to AP and AFP reports.
It seems that the photo and e-mail communication between Lajčák and Epstein did not leave the prime minister’s advisor cold Eduard Chmelár, who dedicated the ex-minister to sharp status, which she began with the words: “This is for a towel, Mr. Lajčák.” According to him, this photo is by no means banal and Lajčák unconvincingly wriggled in front of the media that he communicated with Epstein only as part of his diplomatic duties.
“Judge for yourself if it looks that way. But he corresponded with him intensively and (today we have already confirmed it) met with him even after Epstein was legally convicted as a sex offender. The most sensitive is the message from March 2019 (five months before Epstein’s mysterious death), when Lajčák offered him a meeting at the ambassador’s residence in Vienna. As we can see, the meeting really took place, and what they talked about, why he hosted such a dubious person, and whether he was also accommodated there (according to his clothes), he thought and continued.
“I have one thing on my mind all the time. ‘Friend Miro’ is mentioned dozens of times in Epstein’s correspondence. This meeting took place at a time when I had an open conflict with Lajčák regarding the then preparation of a military contract with the USA, which he angrily denied for several weeks. Lajčák also lied about the fact that he did not even talk about this topic with US Secretary of State Pompeo, who unexpectedly arrived in Bratislava at the time – we now know that they discussed it – and it was the first independent visit by the head of the United States’ diplomacy after 20 long years. However, Epstein’s private plane also landed in Bratislava during that period. Who was he talking to there? And about what?’ he asked.
According to the words of his former advisor, Fico should realize that the ongoing coverage of Lajčák is already threatening his reputation at this moment. Chmelár thinks that Lajčák wanted to be a minister again, but Fico did not trust him, but gave him a chance when he asked him four questions concerning Ukraine in particular. After they answered, he flatly rejected him, because he knew that they would not understand each other.
“It’s really strange when the prime minister himself admits that ‘most of the voters of Smer hate Lajčák’, he himself contemptuously and even humiliatingly calls him a ‘political scumbag’, but nevertheless he warms this snake on his chest. It then looks like ignoring the opinion of the voters, who fundamentally reject such ‘Teflon politicians’,” he added.
“Unfortunately, Lajčák is more valuable to this government than the opinion of the supporters of the strongest party, because as a ‘merchant of death’, with his extensive contacts, he opens the door to a lucrative arms business, without which the Slovak economy would already be in recession. However, if he has any remnants of character (or, as he says: personal integrity) left after such a compromise, he should resign himself. As a new member of the Supervisory Board of Slovnaft, he will not cause trouble, but as an adviser, he can only harm the Prime Minister with such toxic relations,” concluded Chmelár.
