GOP rep makes remarkable admission on Epstein 'blackmail' material: 'Probably destroyed'

When pressed on the likelihood of Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell receiving a presidential pardon, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) made a remarkable admission Thursday about what she suspected may have happened to potential “blackmail” material theorized to have been collected by Epstein over the years on powerful figures.

Appearing on News Nation with Chris Cuomo in a video published early Thursday morning, Luna dismissed the idea of Maxwell ever receiving a pardon, responding to reports that several members of the House Oversight Committee were considering pushing for Maxwell to receive a pardon in exchange for testifying before Congress.

“She's not getting a pardon, the votes aren't there for that,” Luna told Cuomo.

Luna then went on to explain her reasoning, arguing that potentially incriminating evidence theorized to be collected by Epstein and Maxwell may not even exist anymore.

“Do you really want to know my opinion on all this? I don't think that we even actually have the full files,” Luna said. “From what I've heard, there was destruction of evidence. I think it was in New York where they were housing files during the initial trial – there was a cyber attack. I think a lot of the blackmail was destroyed then.”

Luna was likely referencing the 2023 “cyber intrusion” on the FBI’s office in New York, revealed recently after the publication of millions of files related to Epstein by the Justice Department.

According to a 2024 sworn statement, FBI Special Agent Aaron Spivack documented a “potential hack” into the FBI’s office in New York that compromised 500 terabytes of FBI data, including data that pertained to the agency’s investigation into Epstein. Spivack wrote that 100 terabytes of data were ultimately lost due to the intrusion.

The apparent hacking incident would have occurred under the Biden administration. Under the previous administration – the first Trump administration – the FBI appeared to have issued a “stand down” order to New York Police Department investigators regarding their criminal probe into Epstein just five days after he was arrested in 2019.