A Jeffrey Epstein-linked French modeling scout who was discovered dead at his home last month was quietly operating an anonymous online account devoted to praising President Donald Trump, according to two researchers who say they traced the account back to him — a finding they called “unbelievable.”
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“I know that sounds unbelievable. So let’s walk through it,” reads a report published Saturday co-authored by Princeton University associate professor Katie Chenoweth and writer Bekah Day.
Daniel Siad worked for MC2 Model Management, an international modeling agency that operated out of New York, Florida and Tel Aviv, Israel, that was founded by Jean-Luc Brunel, a French model scout who launched the agency with considerable financial backing from Epstein. Brunel was later accused of being involved in sex trafficking in association with Epstein, and died by apparent suicide while awaiting sex-trafficking charges in 2022.
Siad’s name appears well over 1,000 times in the Justice Department’s release of Epstein-related files, and in June he sweat through his shirt when pressed on his Epstein ties in an interview with CNN. He was under investigation in France over accusations of rape and human trafficking, all of which he denied. Siad was never formally charged, as prosecutors said they had not gathered enough evidence to arrest him. His lawyer said he died an innocent man. He was found dead at his home near Paris on July 20, with an autopsy pending.
As to the link between Trump and Siad, Chenoweth and Day managed to stumble across archived online posts from a now-deleted X account with the username “Thiley,” one they described as a “Donald Trump fan account.”
“Before his death, Daniel Siad was operating a X/Twitter account called ‘Thiley.’ On multiple occasions, Daniel Siad posted videos showing his face, including one uploaded in February 2026 – just months before his CNN interview,” reads the report.
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“In that video, he discussed his role in Jeffrey Epstein’s operation, portraying himself as someone who had also been victimized rather than as the real perpetrator he was. The themes closely mirrored what he would later tell CNN, although the February 2026 video presents an even more favorable version of events.”
Chenoweth and Day uncovered multiple posts from the account praising Trump that had been archived on the Wayback Machine – an online digital archive that has been used in court proceedings as evidence – including posts calling Trump “the best President ever” and “our saviour.”
More than 200 posts from the account had been archived on the Wayback Machine, and beyond the aforementioned video published by the account of Siad defending his relationship with Epstein and portraying himself as a “victim,” most of the content had nothing to do with the disgraced financier.
“Instead, it was filled with posts supporting Donald Trump, content promoting figures associated with the French right, frequent posts expressing support for Israel, graphic videos and images portraying Muslims negatively, as well as repeated anti-Islam misinformation and commentary,” the report reads.
“These posts began shortly before Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest and mysterious passing, and were shared up until the month before he died. (The profile went down in June of 2026, Daniel Siad died in July of 2026).”
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