Disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein once considered launching his own "sex offender" lingerie line while he was angling for a pardon in Florida, according to new records.
Buried in the more than 3 million Epstein files that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice recently released is an undated transcript of a conversation between Epstein and two unnamed people, "Richard" and "Jessica." NBC News was first to report on the transcript.
During the conversation, Epstein discussed talking with former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican, about a state pardon, which left him with the impression that the pardon would not come through. Crist has denied that the conversation took place.
Epstein seemed distraught by the news, according to the transcript, but not for a reason one might expect.
"I said I would talk to him later. I wanted to have a thoughtful response. My knee-jerk response was, 'Don't p---- out on me. Just do it,'" Epstein said about the pardon, according to the transcript.
"Richard: My gut reaction, given the way it has quieted -- much to my pleasure, and yours - is how meaningful is a pardon to you?"
"Jessica: That's what I was wondering, in my ignorance of the whole situation, why a pardon now?"
Epstein said the pardon would remove his sex offender status, but that could cause problems with his personal life. He said women had told him that being with a sex offender was "exciting." That's when he came up with his idea.
"Do you think sex offender lingerie would sell? If I had a new line and it came out..." Epstein said.