{"id":2570858,"date":"2026-02-17T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mace-demands-cia-detail-possible-intelligence-ties-to-epstein\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:03:49","slug":"mace-demands-cia-detail-possible-intelligence-ties-to-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mace-demands-cia-detail-possible-intelligence-ties-to-epstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Mace demands CIA detail possible intelligence ties to Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fmace-demands-cia-detail-possible-intelligence-ties-to-epstein%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=2570858&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>U.S. Representative Nancy Mace urged the CIA to release any records related to a possible intelligence relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, citing a 2011 FOIA request and Epstein\u2019s alleged connections to former CIA Director William Burns. Mace, writing to CIA Director john Ratcliffe, argued that the American people deserve to know whether U.S. intelligence agencies had ties to Epstein, classified or not. The article notes Epstein\u2019s broad network across politics, academia, business, and entertainment\u2014names include Burns, Larry Summers, MIT leaders, Leonardo DiCaprio, Stephen Hawking, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Kathryn Ruemmler, Donald Trump, and Peter Mandelson\u2014though ther is no proof Epstein was a CIA asset.It also mentions ongoing investigations and the Department of Justice\u2019s release of Epstein files, with Congress able to view unredacted documents, as part of the broader scrutiny surrounding Epstein and his associates.  <\/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\">Mace demands CIA release records on possible intelligence relationship with Epstein<\/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_2508097\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nancy-mace\/\">Nancy Mace<\/a> (R-SC) on Tuesday called for the CIA to release any records it holds related to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mace said the documents could shed light on suggestions that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bbc-stands-by-coverage-of-prince-philips-death-after-receiving-over-100000-complaints\/\" title=\"BBC Stands By Coverage Of Prince Philip\u2019s Death After Receiving Over 100,000 Complaints\">late convicted sex offender<\/a> and his close associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, could have supported U.S. intelligence efforts. As a member of the House oversight committee, Mace wrote a letter to CIA Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-ratcliffe\/\">John Ratcliffe<\/a>, referencing a 2011 Freedom of Information Act request from Epstein&rsquo;s lawyers &ldquo;to show his affiliation with the CIA.&rdquo; The letter also noted Epstein&rsquo;s relationship with former CIA Director <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/william-burns\/\">William Burns<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4460828\/jeffries-randy-fine-accountable-democrats-win-house-majority\/\">Jeffries pledges to hold Randy Fine accountable if Democrats win House majority<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4460830\/hillary-clintons-says-no-links-epstein\/\">Hillary Clinton says &lsquo;we have no links&rsquo; to Epstein&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4458772\/comer-lutnick-epstein-testimony-robert-garcia\/\">&#8216;No response&#8217; from Comer on Lutnick subpoena over Epstein ties, House Democrat says<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Congress needs to know what, if any, relationship the CIA had with Jeffrey Epstein and what information they&rsquo;re sitting on,&rdquo; she wrote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/2023846159723143625\">in a post <\/a>to X.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Classified or not, we want to see it. The American people deserve answers about whether our intelligence agencies had connections to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-epstein-madam-wouldnt-help-find-tapes-of-bill-clinton-because-it-would-hurt-hillarys-2016-run\/\" title=\"Report: Epstein Madam Wouldn\u2019t Help Find Tapes Of ... Because It Would Hurt Hillary\u2019s 2016 Run\">child sex trafficker<\/a>,&rdquo; Mace added. <\/p>\n<p>The possibility Epstein could have been an intelligence recruit has long been floated as an explanation for his nebulous background, swift ascendancy in New York&rsquo;s financial community, and ties to powerful figures across the political, scientific, business, technology, and entertainment industries, both in the United States and abroad.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Burns, Epstein held connections to former Harvard President Larry Summers, leaders at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, celebrities such as Leonardo DiCaprio, renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, Democratic Virgin Islands House Del. Stacey Plaskett, Victoria&rsquo;s Secret&rsquo;s Les Wexner, former President Bill Clinton, Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler, President Donald Trump, and former British Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The House oversight committee summoned Mandelson to testify before Congress last week over his ties to Epstein.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is no proof Epstein was a CIA agent, and members of the U.S. and Israeli governments have long denied he was an intelligence asset.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4451293\/ghislaine-maxwell-clemency-trump-clinton-innocent\/\"><strong>GHISLAINE MAXWELL HINTS SHE&rsquo;D HELP CLINTON AND TRUMP IN EXCHANGE FOR CLEMENCY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Justice has released millions of files on Epstein during the Trump administration amid widespread public curiosity about the deceased financier, though the rollout and significant redactions on many of the documents have sparked further controversy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The latest trove of files was released on Jan. 30. Members of Congress were recently allowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >privately view unredacted versions<\/a> of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/epstein-files\/\">Epstein files<\/a> under DOJ supervision.&nbsp;<\/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>Mace urges CIA to disclose Epstein intelligence records<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2570859,"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\/AP26021624854480.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[7362,4402,9006,73987,35392],"class_list":["post-2570858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-cia","tag-congress","tag-epstein","tag-intelligence-ties","tag-nancy-mace"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26021624854480.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570858","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\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570858"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570862,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570858\/revisions\/2570862"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}