Jeffrey Epstein too was controversial, remember? For many years, the sweet deal that Epstein cut with Alex Acosta was referred to as controversial. Acosta would become Trump's labor secretary. But there was no controversy, was there? For well over a decade, Epstein laughed at law enforcement while cultivating and exploiting relations at the highest levels in the U.S. and elsewhere. Epstein's friends were all in awe of his worldliness and sophistication, of his suave demeanor, of his erudition.

UPDATED [SEE BELOW] - Axios, largely perceived as the quasi-official propaganda organ of Marco Rubio and Donald Trump, gave some clues this morning about reasons behind the U.S. government's decision to pick Alejandro Betancourt as partner. Most of the stuff Infodio readers have known for years have been confirmed by Axios, but some claims merit further scrutiny.

The White House put out a Fact Sheet about the "biggest oil deal in world history" that Donald Trump did with Alejandro Betancourt. We would encourage readers to save a copy of the original version published for future reference. Said Fact Sheet raises a number of questions:

This is a guest post from Alek Boyd - It is the end of 2025. Imagine being a billionaire controlling your own banks, allegedly a legitimate businessman with operations spanning the globe, and getting arrested twice in London, on competing international arrest warrants issued by Spain and Switzerland. You read it correctly: Switzerland. Imagine having to surrender passports and suffer the indignity of having to fight an extradition request from Switzerland, linked to a multi billion dollar money laundering case.