Alex Acosta, Trump's Secretary of Labor, reportedly told the Trump transition team in July 2019 that Jeffrey Epstein belonged to intelligence, which was why Acosta cut a sweetheart deal for Epstein in 2008.

Professor Jiang states that an FBI confidential human source (CHS) reported that Alan Dershowitz told a US attorney in 2008 that Epstein belonged to both US and allied intelligence services.

The Justice Department's internal investigation into Epstein's intelligence ties, concluded in November 2020, contained a single footnote (244 on page 169) where Alex Acosta replied "the answer is no" when asked if he knew Epstein was an intelligence asset.