FBI memo concludes Trump 'compromised' by Israel, new Epstein Files show

The memo alleges that the Chabad Lubavitch movement sought to 'coopt' Trump and that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was the 'real brains' behind the presidency

News Desk

JAN 31, 2026

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A declassified FBI memo released on 30 January states that US President Donald Trump was “compromised by Israel,” that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad agent, and that a Jewish religious movement, Chabad Lubavitch, had coopted Trump’s presidency. 

The FBI memo was written in 2020 as part of an investigation into improper domestic or foreign influence over the US electoral process. 

It is based on information from a confidential human source (CHS) for the bureau and is among more than three million Epstein-related files released by the Justice Department on Friday.

“CHS advised Chabad is doing everything they can to co-opt the Trump presidency,” the memo states. 

Chabad-Lubavitch is a major worldwide Orthodox Jewish organization founded in the late 18th-century Russia. It promotes Jewish education, outreach, and observance by operating thousands of centers worldwide to serve Jewish communities.

The movement’s most prominent Rabbi, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, died in 1992 and is buried at the movement’s headquarters in New York.

Berel Lazar, a Chabad-Lubavitch member, was formerly the Chief Rabbi of Russia and remains a close advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 

“Chabad is basically state-sanctioned Judaism. It is used by Putin to keep tabs on all the Russo-Jewish oligarchs,” the FBI memo adds. 

Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is identified as a Chabad supporter.

“On the day Trump was elected President, Ivanka Trump and Jared [Kushner] were at the gravesite of Rabbi Schneersom [sic] who was the most powerful Rabbi in the Chabad network,” the memo states.

The memo adds that Kushner has ties with the Russian government and recommends the FBI investigate his family’s charities for money laundering, a common Chabad practice. 

The source states further that, “Trump has been compromised by Israel. And Kushner is the real brains behind his organization and his Presidency.”

According to the Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has long been a friend of the Kushners, and particularly Jared’s dad, Charles Kushner, a major donor to pro-Israel and Jewish causes.”

The FBI memo also states that, according to the source, Jeffrey Epstein worked both for US and foreign intelligence, including Israel’s Mossad. “CHS became convinced Epstein was a co-opted Mossad Agent,” the memo states, while pointing to previous FBI reporting on the issue.

“Epstein was close to the former Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Barak, and trained as a spy under him,” the memo adds.

The memo also says that the source identified Epstein’s lawyer, Alan Derschowitz, as the person who told Alex Acosta that Epstein “belonged to intelligence.” 

This allegedly led Acosta, Attorney General of the Southern District of Florida at the time, to give Epstein a sweetheart plea deal in 2008 that led to an extremely light sentence for his conviction on charges of solicitation of prostitution with a minor under 18.

Alex Acosta later became Labor Secretary during Trump’s first term in office.

The memo further states that the source believes that Derschowitz, who taught at Harvard Law School, “was co-opted by Mossad and subscribed to their mission.” 

For example, “Dershowitz told CHS that if he were young again, he would be holding a stun gun as an Israeli Intelligence (Mossad) agent.”

The source learned that Dershowitz influenced many students from wealthy families while teaching at Harvard, including Jared Kushner and his brother.

The memo also references a 2004 news article documenting “the deep ties the Kushner family has with Israel and their history of corrupt business practices and alleged violations of election laws."

Jared Kushner currently has no formal government position but nevertheless serves as Trump’s special advisor, including overseeing the president’s plans for developing Gaza and negotiations with Russia regarding the war in Ukraine.

The memo also discusses Trump’s purchase and sale of a Beverly Hills mansion for $800,000 below market value. The home was sold for cash to a Swiss entity associated with the family of Eka Widjaja, an Indonesian billionaire financier. 

The transaction involved "numerous oddities and red flags,” suggesting the purpose of the deal may have been to launder funds, according to the memo.