"A recently released audio recording captures disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak discussing the gigantic sums paid to former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair for his consulting work, and questioning his financial arrangements. In the recording, released by the United States Department of Justice as part of a massive new tranche of investigative files related to the disgraced financier, the men appear to be discussing strategies for former political figures to make money after leaving office."
"Epstein, whom Blair has admitted meeting once in Downing Street during his time as prime minister, talks approvingly of the significant sums being paid to the former United Kingdom leader for his work, but speculates that the money is not all going to Blair, with payments of some funds being made to other parties. The audio does not provide specific details about the other parties."
A Department of Justice release includes an audio of Jeffrey Epstein and Ehud Barak addressing large payments to Tony Blair and questioning whether some funds were routed to other parties. Epstein acknowledged meeting Blair once in Downing Street during Blair's premiership and spoke approvingly of the significant sums paid for Blair's consulting work. Epstein speculated that not all money went directly to Blair. Blair provided consultancy through Tony Blair Associates before closing the firm in 2016 and later founding the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change. Barak raised a business-model question about extracting revenue from government contracts and cited reports of Blair earning about $11 million annually from Kazakhstan. Epstein died while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges.
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