{"id":2560964,"date":"2026-02-01T14:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slovak-national-security-adviser-resigns-after-epstein-texts-revealed\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T19:18:50","slug":"slovak-national-security-adviser-resigns-after-epstein-texts-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slovak-national-security-adviser-resigns-after-epstein-texts-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovak national security adviser resigns after Epstein texts revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fslovak-national-security-adviser-resigns-after-epstein-texts-revealed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2560964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Miroslav Laj\u010d\u00e1k, Slovakia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-to-pardon-gen-michael-flynn-per-report\/\" title=\"BREAKING: ... Trump to Pardon Gen. Michael Flynn, Per Report\">national security adviser<\/a> to Prime Minister Robert Fico, resigned after newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents revealed numerous exchanges between the two. laj\u010d\u00e1k said he denied any wrongdoing and condemned Epstein\u2019s crimes, but stepped down to avoid imposing political costs on Fico. The Department of Justice\u2019s files include nearly 350 mentions of Laj\u010d\u00e1k and show texts in which Epstein discussed having \u201ctwo girls and their sisters\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapper-dababy-dropped-from-lollapalooza-governors-ball-over-homophobic-rant\/\" title=\"Rapper DaBaby Dropped From Lollapalooza, Governor\u2019s Ball Over \u2018Homophobic Rant\u2019\">made lewd comments<\/a> about young women; in one exchange Laj\u010d\u00e1k replied, \u201cDon\u2019t be mean. You don\u2019t know me in action.\u201d Other messages show crude remarks about \u201cMoscow girls\u201d and an image of Laj\u010d\u00e1k with Epstein was previously circulated by House Democrats. Laj\u010d\u00e1k is a former Slovak foreign minister (2009\u20132010, 2012\u20132020) and served as president of the U.N. General Assembly in 2017\u20132018. The disclosures come amid a DOJ release of millions of investigative documents, videos, and images related to Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 on state charges and died in 2019 before <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal sex-trafficking cases reached trial<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Slovak national security adviser resigns after Epstein texts revealed<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2489693\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Miroslav Lajcak, who has advised <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/slovakia\/\">Slovak<\/a> Prime Minister Robert Fico on foreign affairs and national security since last year, resigned on Saturday after the latest release of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\">Epstein files<\/a> showed him talking about young women with the late convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The former adviser denied any wrongdoing on his part and condemned Epstein&rsquo;s sexual crimes, but he explained that staying in his post would only put pressure on Fico.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4442234\/iran-ayatollah-regional-war-us-attack\/\">Iran&#8217;s supreme leader warns of &#8216;regional war&#8217; if US attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4442196\/israeli-strikes-gaza-ceasefire-violation\/\">Israeli strikes kill 30 Palestinians, including children, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4442123\/multiple-dead-building-explosions-iran\/\">Five dead and dozens injured after two explosions rock Iran<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Not because of having done anything criminal or unethical in my actions, but I don&rsquo;t want him to bear the political costs for something that&rsquo;s unrelated to his decisions,&rdquo; he said of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4440797\/doj-says-no-epstein-files-redacted-national-security-reasons\/\">DOJ SAYS NO EPSTEIN FILES WERE REDACTED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in his native language in a video, Fico announced he had accepted Lajcak&rsquo;s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Newly released messages showed Lajcak was in contact with Epstein on numerous occasions. &ldquo;Lajcak&rdquo; appears in the Department of Justice&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\">Epstein library<\/a> nearly 350 times.<\/p>\n<p>At one point in October 2018, Epstein <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%2010\/EFTA01619736.pdf\">texted Lajcak<\/a> that he could &ldquo;have&rdquo; two girls and their sisters. Later in the exchange, Epstein said they&rsquo;re &ldquo;probably too young for you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Lajcak responded, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be mean. You don&rsquo;t know me in action.&rdquo; Epstein replied, &ldquo;Now im going to have nightmares.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although Epstein&rsquo;s name didn&rsquo;t appear in that document, the phone number confirms it was indeed Epstein chatting with Lajcak. That number is included in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vicourts.org\/common\/pages\/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=17035348\">2020 lawsuit<\/a> filed by the U.S. Virgin Islands against Epstein&rsquo;s estate.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2018, the two <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/epstein\/files\/DataSet%2010\/EFTA01619729.pdf\">engaged<\/a> in locker-room talk about Moscow girls whom Epstein called Russia&rsquo;s &ldquo;best export.&rdquo; Lajcak later said he doesn&rsquo;t &ldquo;have a girl next to me right now&rdquo; because there are &ldquo;too many eyes watching.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Epstein texted that he had two girls, to which the Slovak diplomat replied, &ldquo;Not fair!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In one of their selective releases of the Epstein files, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee previously published an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/frank_zone29803\/status\/2017517546635735126\">undated image<\/a> of Lajcak and Epstein standing side by side.<\/p>\n<p>Lajcak served as Slovakia&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canadian-parliament-votes-unanimously-to-recognize-chinas-genocide\/\" title=\"Canadian Parliament Votes Unanimously To Recognize China\u2019s Genocide\">foreign affairs minister<\/a> from 2009 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2020. He also served as president of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\">U.N. General Assembly<\/a> from 2017 to 2018.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4441743\/epstein-files-show-musk-planned-to-visit-island-despite-denial-of-ties\/\">EPSTEIN FILES SHOW MUSK PLANNED TO VISIT INFAMOUS ISLAND FOR &lsquo;WILDEST PARTY&rsquo; DESPITE DENIAL OF TIES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Epstein was convicted by a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\">Florida<\/a> state court on charges related to procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute. He later faced federal sex trafficking charges, but those never went to trial before his suspected suicide in August 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4440630\/doj-release-millions-new-jeffrey-epstein-documents-2000-videos\/\">released<\/a> more than 3.5 million pages of investigative documents, as well as thousands of videos and images, on Friday in an effort to comply with a law passed by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> and signed by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> late last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Slovak security adviser Lajcak quits over Epstein texts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2560965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24250368874445.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[51194,44826,33117,6522,22391],"class_list":["post-2560964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-jeffrey-epstein","tag-national-security-adviser","tag-political-scandal","tag-resignation","tag-slovakia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP24250368874445.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2560964"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2560968,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560964\/revisions\/2560968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2560965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}