For years, the anonymous X account called “Thiley” praised Donald Trump, promoted right-wing political figures and described the president as “our saviour.”

Then two researchers asked a disturbing question:

Who was actually operating it?

Their reported answer has opened another bizarre chapter in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.

Princeton University associate professor Katie Chenoweth and writer Bekah Day say they traced the deleted account to Daniel Siad, a French-Swedish modeling scout whose name appears nearly 2,000 times in Epstein-related documents released by the Justice Department.

Siad died at his home near Paris on July 20 while French authorities were examining allegations involving rape, trafficking and financial misconduct. He denied wrongdoing, was never formally charged and, according to his attorney, died an innocent man.

But the researchers say the online trail he left behind tells a remarkable political story.

“I know that sounds unbelievable,” they wrote before presenting archived posts, videos and identifying details that they argue connect Siad directly to “Thiley.”

Their most compelling evidence is reportedly visual.

On multiple occasions, the account uploaded videos showing a man the researchers identified as Siad. One video, posted in February 2026, featured him discussing his relationship with Epstein and portraying himself as someone who had also been manipulated.

That defense closely resembled the explanation Siad later offered during a televised interview. He maintained that his dealings with Epstein were professional and that he did not know about the financier’s criminal conduct.

The account, however, was not primarily dedicated to defending Siad.

According to the researchers’ review of more than 200 archived posts, it overwhelmingly functioned as a pro-Trump political account.

Archived material allegedly shows “Thiley” calling Trump “the best President ever” and “our saviour.” The account also reportedly promoted figures associated with the French right, expressed strong support for Israel and circulated inflammatory anti-Muslim content and misinformation.

The researchers published examples from the archive in their detailed report identifying Siad as the alleged operator.

Their conclusion has not been independently established by a court or confirmed by X. But the videos showing Siad’s face, combined with posts discussing his own role in the Epstein network, provide considerably more than a vague similarity in political opinions.

If the identification is accurate, the account raises an extraordinary contrast.

Publicly, Siad was facing mounting questions over his long association with Epstein and French modeling executive Jean-Luc Brunel. Privately, researchers allege, he was spending years celebrating a president whose own past social relationship with Epstein has remained under intense scrutiny.

The discovery does not prove that Trump knew about the account, communicated with Siad or had any involvement in operating it.

There is no evidence in the researchers’ report that the account was officially connected to Trump’s campaign or political organization. It appears to have been a personal fan account whose alleged owner happened to occupy a notorious place in the expanding Epstein files.

Siad worked with MC2 Model Management, an agency founded by Brunel with financial backing from Epstein. Emails released by the Justice Department reportedly show that Siad communicated with Epstein for years about models and potential introductions.

The Washington Post reported that those communications included descriptions of young women and offers to send photographs.

Multiple women later accused Siad of serious crimes. He denied those allegations, and French prosecutors said they had not assembled sufficient evidence to arrest him before his death.

French authorities are still investigating the wider network.

Prosecutors said an initial examination found no signs of violence in Siad’s death, while additional tests were pending. Reuters reported that Siad had experienced significant health problems and that no definitive cause had initially been established.

The timing of the account’s disappearance has added another layer of intrigue.

Researchers say “Thiley” began publishing shortly before Epstein’s 2019 arrest and remained active until June 2026. The profile disappeared approximately one month before Siad died.

Because the account was deleted, much of its history would have vanished without archived captures preserved by the Wayback Machine.

Those records cannot answer every question. They do not establish why Siad allegedly supported Trump, whether anyone helped him operate the account or why it was removed.

But they may reveal how a man facing scrutiny over his place in Epstein’s world attempted to construct an entirely different identity online.

To ordinary followers, “Thiley” appeared to be another fiercely loyal Trump supporter.

Behind the account, Chenoweth and Day allege, was a modeling scout whose name appeared throughout one of the darkest criminal scandals of the modern era.

The account is gone.

The archive is not—and the identity researchers say it exposes may be the most unbelievable part of all.