Thread by @davetroy

Jeffrey Epstein was a cutout who replaced Nikolai Kruchina, Robert Maxwell, and Leonid Veselovsky in Kryuchkov's $50bn+ KGB money laundering operation.

Kruchina got pushed out a window, Maxwell fell off his yacht, and Veselovsky went on to help Trump finance building projects.

This is, it seems, where Epstein got his money.

The failed August 1991 coup was the tipping point that led to Kruchina and Maxwell's deaths. This is the reason Epstein and Maxwell converged in 1991, and why it is such a pivotal year. It was the coup. Epstein was already running his own KGB thing prior, however, it seems.

Kruchina died quickly, in late August 1991. Robert Maxwell died a few months later on November 5, 1991.
nytimes.com/1991/08/27/wor…

All public reporting suggests Ghislaine and Epstein first met in summer 1991, but in her testimony in July 2025, she suggested she became much closer to him after her father's death that November.
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/d…

This is the story Putin and Trump don't want you to know. This is why there is so much noise and counterspin: "sex, democrats, Israel" yada yada yada.

Stop. This is the KGB manipulating the West and it has been for decades. Wake. the fuck. up.

Here’s where Veselovsky went… to Trump’s building projects.

ufuture.com/en/tower-of-se…

And here’s the origins of their network.

alexanderboot.com/was-robert-max…

Epstein was already doing KGB work in 1988 with Doug Leese.

america2.news/part-five-epst…

Receipts on the pre-1991 Epstein - Doug Leese - Maxwell relationship. Doug’s son Nick Leese also included a note in the “Birthday Book.”

rollingstone.com/culture/cultur…

This is what happened. Pester people about it until it’s on the front page of every paper. The sooner that happens the sooner we will be over this infection, and the closer Putin and Patrushev will be to the grave.

Read this Finnish article on Veselovsky for bonus points.

puheenvuoro.uusisuomi.fi/aripesonen1/ve…

And of course it was KGB head Vladimir Kryuchkov (who ran the $50 billion money laundering op) and Epstein-Thiel pal Vitaly Churkin that brought Trump to Moscow in 1987.

politico.com/magazine/story…

Kryuchkov’s KGB actively pursued Trump (who was already known to the Czech StB because of his wife) after his 1985 directive to be more aggressive and creative about pursuing Western assets in business and politics. Trump, because of his personality and weaknesses, fit the bill perfectly.

archive.org/details/comrad…

Genrikh Borovik, Kryuchkov’s brother in law, was made head of the Soviet Peace Council and led all US-USSR citizen diplomacy programs, including the Burlington-Jaroslavl sister city deal that brought Bernie Sanders to Russia for his 1988 honeymoon, which was overseen by the KGB’s Intourist travel agency.

Genrikh Borovik was close with Vitaly Churkin and they operated together in the US under Kryuchkov’s direction in the late 1980’s. This was at the same exact time he was exfiltrating $50 billion from Communist Party coffers to the West via Robert Maxwell (with Epstein on deck).

Borovik, who is still alive, receives annual public birthday greetings from Vladimir Putin in gratitude for his decades of service.

america2.news/part-four-maki…

Borovik was also close with Doug Coe of The Fellowship Foundation (aka “The Family”) and Paul Temple, who funded the Council for National Policy (CNP). Here they all are in 1988 at the US-USSR “Citizens Summit” – the same time Trump, Sanders, Epstein, were all also active.

rama.yoga/soviet--americ…

Borovik was also famously implicated in spreading JFK assassination disinformation. Vasili Mitrokhin cited evidence in KGB archives that showed Borovik funded the work of lawyer Mark Lane (Rush to Judgment, 1966) and fed him “leads.” Lane’s work later formed the basis for Oliver Stone’s “JFK” conspiracy film.

Lane later became lawyer to Jim Jones of the People’s Temple, and was present at the time of the November 18, 1977 mass murder event.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genrikh_B…

This is the KGB’s legacy in America. There is plenty more to tell, and I may add to this thread. But if you want to get at the core of malign influence in the West, start with Kryuchkov and his $50 billion in Communist Party funds. It’s the black hole that has warped spacetime.

When Putin was a KGB shlub in Dresden in November 1989, Kryuchkov was his boss. And it was Kryuchkov who led the August 1991 ‘hardliner’ coup. Putin is following through on Kryuchkov’s designs, in an effort to save face and restore the dignity of the KGB.

As for what to do about any of this: expose banking records. @RonWyden has identified over $1bn in 4,725 transactions. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Subpoena everything you possibly can for the last ~40 years. Dig into Jersey and FIMACO also.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIMACO

As for why this story hasn’t come out until now, almost no one has the attention capacity to unpack a story like this. I devoted -10 years to the task at the expense of much else. Working journalists (I am a sojourner with other supports) can’t afford to do that. So it remained invisible. Which Putin and friends did everything possible to encourage.

And honestly it wasn’t entirely hidden, either. Most of the pieces are there. I unlocked connective tissue using data analysis tools and archival research. But few put it all together into one cohesive story. We’re getting there now, with still some hard work left to do. But if we can get to a majority consensus on this history, we may have a real shot at getting out of this particular mess.

And I also want to recognize the dozens of collaborators who have worked tirelessly with me and others for many years to research and process this material. This thread is the product of literally tens of thousands of hours of research, reading, and analysis. Thanks to all involved. 🙏🏼

As for what's next, I have several deeply sourced original articles on this network in my backlog, and will be releasing them as soon as possible. This is painstaking work. In the meantime here is a quick video explainer of some of what's in this thread. More soon.

https://x.com/davetroy/status/1992265305817759748?s=20