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The Epstein Chronicles
If You Want To Know The Truth About Jeffrey Epstein You Have To Follow The Money
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The real path to understanding the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has always been through the money trail, not the headlines. Forget the flight logs and the gossip; the truth is buried in wire transfers, offshore accounts, and the banks that made his...
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What's up everyone? And welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. You want to know where the real truth about Jeffrey Epstein lives? It's not in some dusty file cabinet buried in a courthouse basement. And it sure as hell ain't gonna come out of some politician's mouth or a special report on cable news. Those clowns are too busy spinning their own pr. Nah, the truth's in the damn money. That's always been the trail. The jets, the mansions, the fake charities, the shell companies. Every single brick in that empire was bought and paid for with dirty cash flowing through cleaner hands. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure that one out. You're just gotta have the patience to follow the money. It's all there. The donations, the offshore accounts, the so called trust funds. You know, the ones that weren't about trust at all, just control. Now people keep getting lost in the sideshow. Who flew on what plane, who partied where, who smiled in which photo. Don't get me wrong, that stuff matters for the headlines. But it's the smoke, not the fire. The real fire is in the banking records, in those wire transfers and ledgers, the that never sleep. J.P. morgan, Deutsche bank, all those respectable financial institutions, they weren't bystanders. They were the veins pumping blood through Epstein's operation. They moved his money, shielded it, sanitized it. They helped him turn a predator's profits into something that looked like legitimate wealth. But behind the curtain, that money was doing the dirty work. Buying influence, paying off insiders, funding access and silencing problems. Before they spoke, every transaction was a breadcrumb leading right back to the people who made Epstein possible. And the reason they all pretend not to know. Because the trail doesn't stop at his death. It runs right through boardrooms, law firms and foundations with smiling logos and dark closets. You see, the money don't lie. People do. Politicians lie. Lawyers lie. Bankers, billionaires, CEOs, they've all made lying an art form. But a wire transfer, a Cayman account, a trust document filed at 2am, that's forever. You can scrub tweets and delete emails until your fingers bleed, but you can't erase a financial trail once it's been stamped into the system. That's why they fought tooth and nail to keep those records sealed, to settle quietly, to move on. As if the whole thing was ancient history. That's why the banks wrote checks big enough to choke a horse. Because they weren't paying off victims. They. They were paying for silence. They were buying time, buying distance, buying the illusion that Epstein's world died when he did. Every major scandal in history follows the same damn pattern. Power hides behind money, and money hides behind paper. But the paper always leaves the mark. Think Watergate, Enron, Iran Contra. Hell, even Prohibition. It's always the accountant who trips the wire. And the Epstein mess is no different. You trace the transactions, the offshore trusts, the sudden investments in shell companies with no employees, and you start to see the shape of the beast. You start to realize this just wasn't one creep with an island. This was an economy of corruption. And please understand that Epstein wasn't a mastermind. He was a middleman. The banker of secrets. The human brokerage that made other people rich, powerful, and untouchable. And when the he came down, those same people made damn sure that the money trail got buried under settlements, NDAs and offshore filings written in a language only accountants and devils understand. So, yeah, folks can debate who knew what until the cows come home, but the truth's not hiding in a photo album or a deposition. It's in the damn balance sheets. You follow the money long enough, you'll find the puppeteers. Not just the puppet. You'll find the politicians who got campaign checks for education reform, the hedge funders who shuffled assets through philanthropy, and the universities that cash donations dripping with blood money. Because that's where the real power lives. It doesn't march in the open. It sits in private wealth offices and private jets, watching the rest of us argue over the scraps. The rest is noise. The money is the map. Always has been, always will be. So don't chase the headlines. Chase the deposits. Follow the damn money. Today's article is from cnbc, and the headline, Top House Democrat Seeks Jeffrey Epstein Financial Records from DImon. Other bank CEOs. This article was authored by Kevin Brunegger. A top House Democrat asked four major bank CEOs to share a slew of financial records related to Jeffrey Epstein pushing forward an investigation into the notorious sex predator after the lawmakers effort to subpoena the banks for the documents was blocked by Republicans. Now, why would you block it? There is no good reason to block that kind of request. Not when we're having this kind of investigation. Not if you're really looking for the truth. What sort of politician doesn't understand that you have to follow the money? Well, the kind of politician who's scared where that trail will lead. House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin and letters to the CEO obtained by cnbc asked how Epstein and his co conspirators could have conducted or reported 1.5 billion in suspicious transactions for years without ever being caught. Well, because they were bringing too much money in. The bank looked the other way. You really think the compliance department was flagging Epstein's transactions? No, that's only for people who might speak out against Covid. Oh, then you'll get deplatformed. But not Epstein. The letters were sent on Wednesday to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, bank of America chief Brian Moynihan, Deutsche bank leader Christian Suing, and Bank of New York Mellon Robin Vince. The letters came as the Trump administration continues to face pressure from Democrats and from some of President Donald Trump's Republican supporters over its handling of of matters related to Epstein. I have yet to meet one single person in the wild, meaning not on the Internet, who's not concerned about what's going on with Epstein. And this is a gigantic change from usual. I used to walk into family parties and functions, and the topic would come up and people would start rolling their eyes. Oh, not this shit again. Come on, Bobby. It can't be that pervasive, that many people can't be involved. You know, Bobby, you're not really a conspiracy theorist usually. So. So this is a bit weird for you. Well, that's because this ain't no conspiracy. That's what's going on here. Okay? I'm not somebody that jumps down rabbit holes, and I certainly don't waste my time for six or seven years on a topic if there's no there there. But there's a lot of there here. And if you want to expose it, the way to do it is to follow the damn money and pay special attention to people who are against that. The wealthy financier and sex offender who was once a friend to Trump's died by suicide while in jail facing federal child sex trafficking charges in 2019. Well, yeah, friend of Trump, friend of the Clintons, friend to Jamie Dimon, friend to Glenn Dubin, friend to Leon Black, friend to Charles Schumer, friend to George Mitchell, friend to Bill Richardson. We can go all day. In his letters, Raskin bluntly asked each CEO if their bank will help reveal the truth about Epstein and his co conspirators, or if they would choose to be part of the COVID up for this massive international sex trafficking ring that victimized more than 1,000 women and girls. Imagine being the CEO and getting that kind of letter. I'd be falling over myself to give you those records. Not because I'm scared that the government's gonna, you know, subpoena them or something like that, but because it's the right thing to do. True accountability and true reform means owning up and dealing with the things you've done before that, that weren't right, that were out of bounds. And these banks, they're not going to own up to any of this. That's why they paid out close to half a billion dollars. Deutsche bank, in a statement to cnbc, said that it takes its legal obligation seriously, including appropriately responding to authorized investigations and proceedings. The statement did not explicitly commit to complying with Raskin's request. Now, now, look, this has to be a subpoena. Just because you're getting some congressman or senator to request these documents doesn't mean there's a process, right? And these banks, they're not gonna turn over any records unless there's a subpoena. The bank regrets our historical connections with Jeffrey Epstein. Deutsche bank said, we have cooperated with regulatory and law enforcement agencies regarding their investigations and have been transparent in addressing deficiencies, in investing, in strengthening our controlled environment in parallel. So in other words, we're not doing shit. That's what they're saying, right? You really think that the bank has changed anything? Come on. J.P. morgan declined to comment on Raskin's request. The Congressman, in his letter to Dimon, emphasized that the CEO recently said, Ras, referring to Epstein, that he and JP Morgan regret any association with that man at all. Well, I think so. Huh? But they weren't regretting it when they were collecting all that dough. They weren't regretting it when he brought Highbridge in. But now they regret it because, you know, that's what they regret. They regret getting caught. Raskin also noted that diamond had committed to providing information to the Judiciary Committee. But Dimon had specified that he would comply with the subpoena, saying, if it's a legal requirement, we would conform to it. We have no issues with that. So get cracking. Let's get the subpoenas rolling and let's get the financial records. If you really want to get to the bottom of what's going on, this is the way to do it. JP Morgan and Deutsche bank have both paid substantial sums to settle lawsuits accusing them of facilitating and financially benefiting from sex trafficking by their client Epstein in 2023. JP Morgan agreed to pay $290 million to settle a class action suit on behalf of Epstein victims and reached a 75 million dollar settlement in a separate case brought by the US Virgin Islands. So there is a big hoax going on, obviously, right? Nothing to see here, but J.P. morgan's paying out what, $360 million? Yeah, because that's what J.P. morgan does on a regular basis, right? Lose money. Bank of America and BNY Mellon did not respond to CNBC's request for comment on Raskin's letters to their CEOs. Raskin wrote that he was sending the letters after Republicans who hold the majority on the Judiciary panel voted against Democratic members attempt to issue subpoenas to the four banks last month. Now why would you guys not want to do that? We're not talking about, you know, anything crazy here, a subpoena of the bank. Let's see what's going on. If you're interested in getting to the bottom of what happened with Epstein, then why would you be against this? Unless of course you're not interested in what's going on and you're just trying to run out the clock because that sure seems to be what's going on here. The subpoena effort fell in a nearly party line vote. Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the only Republican to vote in favor of the subpoenas. Now what about the other four members of the Republican Party who are going to sign the petition? They should be signing off on this too. It's important that we get this information. If you really want to know, if you're really interested, if you really want justice, this is how to get there. The request for subpoenas came at the end of a hearing with FBI Director Cash Patel, who Democrats grilled about the Trump administration's handling of the so called Epstein files. Raskin in his letters asserted that Patel's testimony showed that his FBI has failed to follow the money regarding suspicious transactions related to Epstein that the banks had reported to the Treasury Department. Let me be clear. If there's no investigation of the financial trail, there's no investigation. The lawmakers accused each of the four banks of either ignoring or failing to adequately report red flags and about Epstein's financial transfers. Deutsche bank, for instance, witnessed but failed to report a stream of red flags related to Mr. Epstein, including his attorney sending millions of dollars to women with Eastern European surnames. Raskin told suing. I wonder why. I wonder why that money was being sent out. I'm sure it's just because Jeffrey Epstein's altruistic right. Just wanted to hook people up. JP Morgan did not file a single SAR until after Epstein's death, despite the flagrant nature of his activities, Raskin wrote to Dimon. Bank of America appears to have filed just two significantly delayed SARs. About 170 million in transactions between Mr. Epstein and billionaire investor Leon Black, the lawmaker told Moynihan. BNY Mellon reportedly filed SARs linked to the 378 million in Epstein related payments only years after Mr. Epstein's death, Raskin wrote to Vince. Raskin's letters cited findings from an investigation being led by Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden, who says the bank records held by the Treasury Department show Epstein related transactions totaling at least 1.5 billion. $1.5 billion, folks. $1.5 billion and nobody's interested where that money was going, who was receiving it, who is sending it? I guess not. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, who is leading his own probe of Epstein's money trail in mid September, said that the Treasury Department pledged to share documents with his panel. Raskin wants the banks to provide all information about any transaction relating to Epstein, his convicted accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, or their victims that had been identified for further review, inspection or discussion. He also asked for all internal communication and discussion with federal authorities about Epstein, as well as any risk assessment and due diligence reports that the banks may have created. All of that stuff is legitimate. All of that is a typical ask when you're doing a financial investigation. The requests cover records spanning from 1998 to present day. Raskin and asked them to deliver the materials to his committee by 5pm Eastern Standard Time on October 22. Raskin appealed to the bank's reputations in his letters. If you truly regret JP Morgan's shameful association with Mr. Epstein, we trust that you will work with us to promptly produce these records and help us ensure that neither your bank nor any other American bank ever again enables and bankrolls a criminal sex trafficking ring like Mr. Epstein's. He wrote to Mr. Diamond, well, look, folks, I've said from the very beginning that if you really want to get to the bottom of this, follow the money. And if you do that on the street with, with drugs, if you follow the money on the street, you're going to end up at the drug dealer's house, right? Eventually you're going to end up at the supplier. Well, when we're talking about this, inevitably you're going to end up in some politician's office or some banker's office. And that's exactly where this trail is going to lead, in my opinion. The only question is, which bankers and which politicians? All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.