Mega Edition: Judge Jed Rakoff And His Fingerprint On The Epstein/Maxwell Cases (5/10/26)

Summary

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The Epstein Chronicles – Mega Edition:

Judge Jed Rakoff And His Fingerprint On The Epstein/Maxwell Cases (May 10, 2026)

Overview

In this in-depth "Mega Edition" episode, host Bobby Capucci meticulously examines the ongoing legal battles surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s network, focusing on the pivotal role played by Judge Jed Rakoff across several high-stakes cases. The episode delves into recent court actions against JP Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank, Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), and Bank of America for their alleged enabling of Epstein’s sex trafficking operation, unpacks the historic survivors’ settlements, and discusses the push for transparency around grand jury proceedings in Palm Beach. With Capucci’s signature unfiltered commentary, the episode reveals new layers of legal accountability for financial institutions and Epstein’s close associates while emphasizing the enduring importance of following the money trail to expose institutional rot.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. Judge Rakoff’s Increasing Pressure on JP Morgan & Trend in Bank Accountability

• Judge Jed Rakoff’s Threat of Contempt for JP Morgan
  • Rakoff warned JP Morgan Chase attorneys and their law firms (WilmerHale and Massey & Gail) for “slow walking” document production during discovery in lawsuits by Epstein’s accusers and the US Virgin Islands.
    • “So JP Morgan is put on notice that further expedition will be needed on pain of being put in contempt of court.” (Capucci, [03:44])
  • Highlights the legal tactics of large institutions—delay and overwhelm opponents with resources.
• Upcoming Depositions and Institutional Blame-Shifting
  • JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon scheduled for questioning. JP Morgan tries to blame former exec Jes Staley for their Epstein failures, calling their relationship a “mistake.”
  • Rakoff notes that Staley allegedly visited Epstein properties numerous times, potentially with firsthand knowledge of the trafficking. Multiple plaintiffs allege Staley himself was an abuser.
• Criticism of Elite Legal Maneuvering
  • Capucci underscores that financial power structures and legal loopholes shield the privileged, contrasting their outcomes with what “regular folks” experience in the justice system.
    • “Normal folks don’t catch deals like Jeffrey Epstein caught.” (Capucci, [02:26])

2. Massive Survivor Settlements and the Limits of Monetary Justice

• Rakoff Approving $290 Million JP Morgan and $75 Million Deutsche Bank Settlements
  • Rakoff called these “very large” settlements and appointed a special administrator to oversee individual allocations.
    • “This is a really fine settlement,” said Rakoff, while also acknowledging, “no amount of money can make up for this kind of abuse.” (Capucci, [15:43])
• Distribution Questions and International Victims
  • Jane Doe’s attorney David Boies explained the Deutsche Bank minimum payout ($75,000 per victim) aimed to incentivize difficult-to-contact international survivors, pointing to the global reach (esp. Eastern Europe and Russia) of Epstein’s operation.
  • Capucci celebrates the payout but remains critical, arguing it cannot repair the decades of harm and lost justice.
    • “A few million dollars is a nice starting point at trying to rebuild your life.” ([16:55])

3. Push for Grand Jury Testimony Transparency in Palm Beach

• Judge Luis Delgado’s Decision on Unsealing 2006 Grand Jury Records
  • Amid mounting pressure, Delgado will decide if the public can access the grand jury materials that led to Epstein’s 2008 "slap on the wrist."
  • Capucci and attorney Jack Scarola outline how only one witness was put in front of the grand jury and how prosecutors impugned her credibility to minimize prosecution.
    • “A child victim is a child victim. To characterize this child as a prostitute is just so outrageous...” (Scarola, [40:18])
• Systemic Sabotage and the Need for Exposure
  • Releasing these records could confirm long-suspected prosecutorial misconduct and illuminate why Epstein was charged so lightly.
  • Capucci points out, “If this judge does not release these documents, I’m gonna have some questions.” ([22:03])

4. Jes Staley’s Incriminating Ties and New Evidence

• Staley and Epstein’s Extremely Close Relationship
  • Rakoff’s latest 54-page order reveals that Epstein sent Staley at least two photos of young women in sexually suggestive poses to his JP Morgan work email.
    • “This isn’t innuendo. This is what the judge who’s overseeing this case had to say.” ([38:56])
  • Plaintiffs allege Staley not only enabled Epstein but participated in sexual abuse—one survivor claims Staley assaulted her with Epstein’s explicit permission.
• Institutional Arrogance and Lack of Accountability
  • Capucci ridicules attempts by JP Morgan and Staley to feign ignorance or minimize their friendships, noting the mountain of email evidence and brazen behavior.
    • “They were so brazen … they were like, we’ll just have these conversations out in the open on your work email account.” ([44:10])

5. Financial System as the Heart of the Epstein Network ("Follow the Money")

• Why the Money Trail Is Crucial
  • A powerful, extended monologue (see [43:24] onward) underscores that financial records—bank ledgers, wire transfers, account openings—are immune to PR and show who enabled Epstein’s crimes.
    • “Money doesn’t care about image ... Money tells the truth, even when everyone else is lying.” (Narrator, [43:31])
• Bank of America and BNY Mellon Lawsuits on Fast Track
  • Judge Rakoff ordered expedited litigation against these banks for similar alleged failures as JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank.
    • “If this case settles, I will be extraordinarily disappointed because I will be deprived of two fantastic trials by excellent lawyers.” (Rakoff, [55:50])
  • The lawsuits allege:
    • Bank of America allowed accounts to be opened and used by trafficked women, facilitating years of abuse and concealment.
    • BNY Mellon processed $378M in suspicious payments, failing to flag them, cementing its role as a “custodian of corruption,” per Capucci.
• Realistic Expectations for Justice
  • Capucci doubts there will be criminal accountability or public trials (“I just don’t see it happening … the banks are not going to expose themselves more than they have to”). Financial forensics and settlements may be the only public reckoning available.
    • “You follow the dollars and you find the disease. You pull on one transaction … and suddenly the whole ugly truth starts pouring out.” (Narrator, [46:34])

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On JP Morgan’s Legal Tactics:

  “JP Morgan and their lawyers … you’ll just see brute force and intimidation.”
  — Bobby Capucci ([01:08])

• On the Alleged Nature of Abuse:

  “What’s alleged about it? … all of these women who got a payout … that means the estate of Jeffrey Epstein have accepted that these women were abused.”
  — Bobby Capucci ([02:55])

• On Systemic Power and Legal Loopholes:

  “I’m not even mad at the lawyers. I’m mad at the BS loopholes and the back doors … so that the people who have all this dough can escape if they ever get in trouble.”
  — Bobby Capucci ([01:32])

• On the “Child Victim/Prostitute” Smear:

  “It’s outrageous. A child victim is a child victim. To characterize this child as a prostitute is just so outrageous …”
  — Jack Scarola, attorney for survivors ([40:18])

• On What Money Reveals:

  “Money tells the truth, even when everyone else is lying … Money that dirty still spends. Willful blindness is a business strategy.”
  — Epstein Chronicles Narrator ([43:31], [46:10])

• On the Limits of Justice for Victims:

  “No amount of money can make up for this kind of abuse. However, a few million dollars is a nice starting point at trying to rebuild your life.”
  — Bobby Capucci ([16:55])

• On Grand Jury Secrecy and Institutional Rot:

  “If this judge does not release these documents, I’m gonna have some questions. … unless, of course, you’re trying to hide something.”
  — Bobby Capucci ([22:03])

• On How Elite Scandals Play Out:

  “We may never get the cinematic version of justice … but this is how it really happens in the real world. Quietly, methodically, with subpoenas, audits, and financial forensics. This is how you burn down the infrastructure … you follow the dollars and you find the disease.”
  — Epstein Chronicles Narrator ([46:34])

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Judge Rakoff warns JP Morgan on contempt, gamesmanship in discovery:
  [01:01] – [04:40]
• Breaking down the $290M survivor settlement and attorney fees:
  [15:31] – [19:00]
• Grand jury records and Palm Beach prosecution failures:
  [19:01] – [40:00]
• Staley’s emails/photographic evidence and Rakoff’s 54-page ruling:
  [38:36] – [44:14]
• Money trail as ultimate accountability and new bank lawsuits:
  [43:24] – [55:50]
• Judge Rakoff’s hope for public trials vs. reality of settlements:
  [55:50] – [57:10]

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Conclusion

Bobby Capucci’s “Mega Edition” offers one of the most detailed roadmaps yet of how Judge Jed Rakoff has stoked a rare surge in institutional accountability over the Epstein/Maxwell fallout. The episode vividly connects the systemic failures—from prosecutors downplaying early charges to elite banks slow-walking evidence and facilitating criminal operations—and highlights how Rakoff’s rulings may deliver more public truth via document releases, expedited trials, and record settlements. Through relentless scrutiny and a commitment to transparency, the episode drives home the simple, chilling maxim: “Follow the money—and you’ll find the rot.”

Transcript

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and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. So J.P. morgan finds themselves in some more hot water now with Judge Rakoff as he's accusing them of slow walking documents during the discovery phase. And now he's also threatening them with contempt of court. And it doesn't shock me. JP Morgan and their lawyers, they're used to steamrolling people. When you have the kind of lawyers that JP Morgan has, a lot of times you'll just see brute force and intimidation. We have more power than you, we have more pull than you, and we have more back room connections than you. Because remember, when you're paying for these lawyers, you're not just paying for what's happening in the courtroom. You're paying for the kind of deals that they're going to work on the golf course or at the restaurant. And then those kind of deals, those kinds of relationships, that translates into victories inside of the courtroom. And a lot of times those victories come without spending one single minute in front of a jury because they work out plea deals, they work out all kinds of payment options for people, and they find a way to provide cover for scuzz bags like JP Morgan. And don't get it confused. I'm not even mad at the lawyers. I'm mad at the BS loopholes and the back doors that are put in most of these laws so that the people who have all this dough can escape if they ever get in trouble. Meanwhile, you better hope and pray that you never get caught up in the legal system. Because normal folks don't catch deals like Jeffrey Epstein caught. Today's article is from CNBC and the headline Judge Warns JP Morgan Chase of Contempt finding for Slow Walking evidence in Jeffrey Epstein Case the authors of this article are Eamon Javers and Dan Mangan. A New York Federal judge warned JPMorgan Chase that he might find the bank in contempt of court if it does not speed up in producing evidence related to the late sexual offender, pedophile and money manager Jeffrey Epstein for lawsuits by an Epstein accuser and the Government of the U.S. virgin Islands, CNBC has learned. Judge Jed Rakoff suggested in a notice that JP Morgan and two law firms representing the bank have been slow walking in turning over documents and other evidence to plaintiffs in the case under a process known as discovery, according to a source familiar with the notice. And this is what I'm talking about when we're talking about trials, the slow walking of discovery evidence. This is gamesmanship. This is what they do. And it's not just JP Morgan. The government does this all the time as well. We're currently seeing something like this in the Brian Coburger case where he feels like his defense team, like they have to compel the prosecution to turn evidence over. So they have to go to the judge and then the judge makes the ruling and draws up an order telling one side or the other that they have to turn over all of the evidence in so many days or whatever. The time frame is worked out by the judge. The notice comes two weeks before JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon is scheduled to be questioned under oath by plaintiffs lawyers for the civil suits which accuses bank of enabling and benefiting from Epstein's alleged sex trafficking of young women. Alleged? What's alleged about it? Can somebody please answer that for me? Why do these writers insist on saying alleged? All of these women who got a payout of some sort, that's not alleged anymore. That means that the estate of Jeffrey Epstein have accepted that these women were abused by Jeffrey Epstein. Therefore they're paying out restitution for that abuse. That would seem to me to be a bit more than alleged, wouldn't it? The court also wishes to note that it is concerned that JP Morgan is not moving more expeditiously to produce responsive documents, Rakoff wrote in the notice, which has yet to appear on the public docket in the case in U.S. district Court in Manhattan. While the court appreciates the large volume of discovery that is to be completed in this case, a company as large as JP Morgan and Council, as experienced as Wilmer Hale and Massey and Gail, should be able to move with greater speed than what was revealed by this incident, the judge wrote, referring to the banks, two law firms. What, was Hamlin, Hamlin and McGill busy or something? So, JP Morgan is put on notice that further expedition will be needed on pain of being put in contempt of court. Rakoff wrote a JP Morgan spokesperson had no comment on the notice. Oh, I bet they didn't. The last thing they're going to do is talk to the media about this situation here. They don't want to get caught slipping. Epstein, who died from a jailhouse suicide in 2019, shortly after being arrested on federal child sex trafficking charges, was a longtime customer of the bank until 2013. Well, are we sure that he died from a jailhouse suicide? I mean, that's what the official narrative says, but I don't know how much stock I put in that now. Of course, you can take my opinion and a buck 50 or 2 bucks down to the local bodega and get yourself a cup of coffee for all it's worth, but I haven't seen anything that convinces me here that that's the truth. What, Bill Barr's enough for you? Not for me. That guy's a proven liar. I don't trust anything he has to say. And I feel like a broken record at this point. Whenever this topic comes up, I am more than willing to believe that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in that jail cell. But I need some proof. And not the I'm here from the government, you have to trust me kind of proof, either. I want some proof that is tangible. Let's see those videos. What did Bill Barr see? Look. Let us see that. How come there was no report right after Epstein's death? Nobody followed protocol. It was all a show. Why was it reported on 4chan like, 38 minutes before the legacy media even picked it up. So there's still a million questions, but until those are answered, I don't know how anyone's out here stating definitively, one way or the other what happened in that jail cell. The lawsuits alleged the bank allowed Epstein to remain a client despite evidence he was using millions of dollars he kept on deposit to facilitate his trafficking of girls and young women to his private island in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere. Of course, you got to have cash, right? Cash rules the day. And no criminal enterprise, no matter what the crime is, can function if it's not using the actual banking system that you and I use every day. You want an example of that? Look at how quickly the Kinahan cartel is now being pressed from all edges, all corners and all sides. The reason? Well, they can't use the traditional banking system anymore. They're sanctioned. And once you get sanctioned in the banking system, forget it. It doesn't matter how much money you have. That's why the money laundering operations for all of these criminal enterprises are so crucial. If you don't have a proper money washing operation, then all of your criminal activity is going to go to waste. And that's why you see all of these money men inside of these criminal enterprises who are just making a ton of money because they're crucial to the operation no matter what the criminal enterprise is. Five years before JP Morgan ended its customer relationship with Epstein, he pleaded guilty in Florida State court to soliciting sex for money from an underage girl and serve 13 months in jail. Before his conviction, Epstein was friends with former presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, as well as Prince Andrew of Britain. Since we're talking about politicians, I mean, you can add Ehud Barack to that, you can add Bill Richardson to that, you can add George Mitchell to that, and there's a host of other folks that can get thrown into that conversation as well. JP Morgan denies any wrongdoing and its own civil complaint. The company has said former bank executive Jeff Staley would be legally responsible for any liability arising from its relationship with Epstein. Staley spent three decades at J.P. morgan and had close contact with Epstein, whom he considered a friend over the years when Epstein was a customer and. And not just a friend. Go ahead and use Jess Staley's own words. My dear friend Jeffrey, thank you for letting me come and dunk my nards in your Jacuzzi as I sip on some wine and God knows what else. Because, you know, that's what I'm doing with the local banker next weekend. I'm giving him the keys to the townhouse so he can come over and have a little dip in the Jacuzzi. You know, because we're so close. Who believes that? And the fact that they'd pitch it and think that people are going to believe it is just crazy to me. Aren't these supposed to be the smartest, richest, best schooled people in the world? Didn't they all go to, like, Wharton, Oxford and all these other dumbass institutions that are a waste of money, in my opinion? That's right. They all did. But somehow there's not a lick of common sense amongst the whole entire lot of them. Rake off in accord Ruling published in early May noted that plaintiffs allege that Mr. Staley had firsthand knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation. Mr. Staley is alleged to have visited Epstein's residences several times while that operation was ongoing and during these visits observed the Epstein accuser suing JP Morgan as a sexual trafficking and abuse victim. Rakoff noted. And, and again, if plaintiff is who I think it is, it's going to be a wrap for JP Morgan and everybody else involved here because this person for sure got treated absolutely monstrously, not only by Epstein and his pals, but by the financial system that should have been keeping an eye on what Epstein was up to. Plaintiffs further allege that Mr. Staley himself abused some of Epstein's victims, including the woman suing the bank. The judge wrote. That woman claims that one of Epstein's friends, whom she later identified as Mr. Staley, used aggressive force in his sexual assault of her and informs her that he had Epstein's permission to do what he wanted to her. And remember, Leon Black is still facing allegations from a woman who has some pretty similar claims that Leon Black was abusing her at Jeffrey Epstein's behest. At Jeffrey Epstein's apartment. Yes, yada yada, yada. How many times do we have to hear the same story? In his own court filing, Staley called the accusations against him baseless and he has denied knowledge of Epstein sex trafficking. Staley stepped down as CEO of British banking giant Barclays in late 2021 after an inquiry by United Kingdom regulator into how he had characterized his relationship with Epstein to Barclays. And of course, it's never the institution's fault. Right? It's always somebody like Jess Staley's fault. And I'm certainly not saying Staley doesn't share a big portion of the blame here. But to let the whole institution off and all of his superiors off, I think that just lets the cycle continue until there's some real repercussions for the that the financial sector gets up to. We're going to keep seeing the same stuff over and over and over again. How many times are we going to see 150 million, 200 million dollar fines and the banks have no problem paying them because it's not their money. Right. The shareholders are going to pick up the bill and all of the people that were responsible for the, they just keep it moving. They're on to the next one. And I hate to say it, folks, Jeffrey Epstein is just the tip of the iceberg. This kind of problem here that we're talking about, as far as the financial sector being involved with scumbags and helping these criminal enterprises do what they do, oh, that problem runs deep. And it's never going to be something that gets exposed or fixed Unless there's penalties for people and they're nonsense. And up until now we have not seen any sort of real penalties for those in the financial sector. But besides a few sacrificial lambs, have any of the big shots ever been busted after the financial meltdown? Any of that? Of course not. It's always one or two people that get served up. And they're trying the same strategy here with Jess Daly. And I don't think it's going to work this time. I don't think the judge is buying it and I certainly don't think you're buying it.

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All right folks, that's going to do it for this one. All of the information that goes with the episode can can be found in the description box. What's up everyone? And welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. So it looks like Judge Rakoff is going to sign off or has signed off on the settlement that sees the survivors divvy up more than $290 million. Well, that's after the 87 million or so go to the lawyers and the other people who were involved as far as administrators. But the survivors are certainly in line here to get themselves a nice chunk of change and they deserve it. Imagine being abused by this sick bastard for all these years and nobody believing you, nobody in the media, nobody in law enforcement. So when you look at their abuse and then you compound the interest for the years that it was ignored, I would say a couple of million dollars is a pretty decent starting point. And like I've said a bunch of times before, the US Virgin Islands is lucky that I'm not one of these survivors or that one of my loved ones isn't. Because we'd be exploring every possibility to sue the US Virgin Islands for their enabling of Jeffrey Epstein. And they opened that door themselves with their lawsuit against JP Morgan. So if it's good for the goose, it's certainly good for the gander. Also in, in this episode, we're gonna talk about the grand jury documents from Palm beach that are now in front of a judge who will make the decision if those grand jury documents become public or not. So basically, all that standing in our way of getting a good look at what happened down in Palm beach the first time around is this judge right now. So this judge better do the right thing. And his name is Luis Delgado. So we're gonna get into both of these articles and the first one we're going to look at is an article from the Guardian. J.P. morgan to pay Jeffrey Epstein victims. Survivors, you mean. $290 million in a lawsuit settlement. District Judge Jed Rakoff agreed to approve the very large amount in addition to a $75 million payout agreement with Deutsche Bank. This article was originally authored by Reuters. A U.S. judge on Monday granted preliminary approval to JPMorgan Chase's $290 million settlement with women who said Jeffrey Epstein abused them and that the largest US bank ignored the late financier. You mean pedophiles? Sex trafficking. And they most certainly did. I'll keep reiterating that every single time we we talk about this topic because the financial sector is dick deep in the nonsense that Jeffrey Epstein was up to. And while everybody else is out here telling you about the WEF and people who are going to make you eat bugs, who's been laser focused on these scumbags in the financial sector? You know, the actual people in the world calling the shots? The actual people who make your life miserable? Yeah, those people. The approval was issued by US District Judge Jed Rakoff at a hearing in Manhattan Federal Court. This is A really fine settlement, Rakoff said. He said the accord and a similar 75 million dollar agreement with Deutsche bank he approved earlier this month were very large settlements and would compensate Epstein's victims, though not make up for the abuses that they suffered. And that's where I am, too. There's no amount of money that can make up for this kind of abuse. That weight that you carry for the rest of your life, that anchor that you're dragging around your neck, there's not enough money in the world to make that go away. However, a few million dollars is a nice starting point at trying to rebuild your life. Epstein had been a JP Morgan client from 1998 through 2013, when the bank terminated his account. Victims, led by a former ballet dancer known as Jane Doe one said JP Morgan missed red flags of Epstein's abuse and stayed in touch with him long after his official departure. Lawyers for the survivors said last week that the proposed all cash settlement was fair, adequate, reasonable, given the risks of further litigation and and JP Morgan's denying involvement in Epstein's sex trafficking. JP Morgan, in a statement this month, said any association it had with Epstein was a mistake and we regret it. No, you regret that it was exposed. If you regretted the actual relationship itself, then why were you still doing business with him after he was already a sex offender? Epstein remained a JP Morgan client for five years after he he pleaded guilty in 2008 to a Florida prostitution charge and registered as a sex offender. Must be nice, huh? And none of these articles ever mention that the New York prosecutor's office tried to argue that Jeffrey Epstein should have only been a level one offender. Imagine that Bullshit. And these are the same people that get up there on a daily basis on these news programs, talking about how everybody else is a failure at. At their job. Meanwhile, all of these clowns who were working at the sdny, working in New York in general, let Jeffrey Epstein run around for decades diddling little kids. So keep that in mind anytime you hear somebody who has something to say that used to work at a place like the sdny. At Monday's hearing, Rakoff asked Jane Doe's lawyer, David Boies, why there was no minimum distribution for for each victim, noting that the Deutsche bank settlement, which Boyes also negotiated, guaranteed each at least $75,000. Boyce said many survivors in the Deutsche bank case were from Russia or Eastern Europe and difficult to contact, making the guaranteed minimum an incentive to come forward. He said that was not needed in the J.P. morgan case. And there's just another little clue from David Boies about what I've talked about here for so long, all of the unnamed girls, especially from places like Eastern Europe, that were abused by Epstein. Now, we have heard from a lot of the women here in America who were abused. Not all of them, but we have heard from a lot of women who have been abused. But if you think that's all of them, you haven't been following along with the plot of the story because it most certainly is not all of them. And he's saying it right here in open court. How many women in Russia or Ukraine or elsewhere were abused by Epstein and his buddies and have no idea that this compensation is even available? Rakoff appointed Simon Lelchuk, a lawyer who specializes in administering settlements, to consider individual claims and determine payouts in the J.P. morgan and Deutsche bank case. J.P. morgan is also facing a lawsuit over Epstein by the US Virgin Islands, where the financier owned two neighboring islands. That case is currently scheduled to go to trial on October 23. Epstein died at age 66 in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. New York City's medical examiner called a death a suicide. Alright, so there we are on the settlement with Judge Rakoff, given the go ahead and the settlement looking like it's about to kick in and begin distributing some of those funds. All right, on to our second article. This article is from the wpbf.com and the headline Palm Beach County Judge Now Deciding whether to Release Jeffrey Epstein Grand Jury Testimony. Judge Luis Delgado will decide if public gets to finally see if prosecutors downplayed Epstein's case to the grand jury in 2006. I mean, how can you not release this if you're this judge? How can you not release these grand jury documents when all of the politicians down here in Palm beach are okay with it? Everybody's okay with it. So if this judge does not release the these documents, I'm gonna have some questions. In a highly unusual step, a Palm beach county judge is finally reviewing the secret Jeffrey Epstein grand jury testimony and will decide if after 17 years, the records will be released to the public. Attorneys for Palm Beach County Clerk of Court deliver the records to the chambers of Judge Luis Delgado Monday morning as he ordered. It's a very big deal because there has been a tremendous shadow of suspicion over the way in which the grand jury proceedings were handled in this matter, said attorney Jack Scarola, who represents 10 Epstein survivors, including the sole witness who testified before the grand jury. One witness was called up in front of that grand jury with everything that they had with all of those little girls that came forward, these rotten sons of down in Palm beach decided that only the testimony of one girl would be used. Oh, and by the way, they panned her whole entire credibility, talking about how she had pictures on MySpace of her kissing boys or drinking beer, as if teenagers all over the world aren't doing that on a daily basis. And that was what they used to impugn her credibility. And I'm not even talking about Dershowitz and, and the gang. I'm talking about the prosecutors themselves. There has been mounting pressure for the past few years to release the testimony because of accusations prosecutors sabotaged the case against Epstein, who walked away in 2008 with a sentence many described as a slap on the wrist. I think everybody describes it as that besides Epstein and his legal team. I mean, just listen to Alan Dershowitz prattle on and on about how Jeffrey Epstein didn't get a sweetheart deal and how he was treated like anyone else would have been treated. Imagine the audacity of Mr. I kept my underpants on to try and pitch that bullshit to you. Following a request from Gov. Ron DeSantis office and a lawsuit by the Palm Beach Post, two different judges declined to unseal the testimony, citing Florida law that does not allow grand jury proceedings to become public. In May, the fourth District Court of Appeals reversed the latest refusal, saying the trial court could make that decision if it determined unsealing would further justice. So you tell me how it won't further justice. This isn't national security. We're talking about a man who's been dead now multiple years. We're talking about a case that has already been tried and there's not going to be any precedent because they're making a special allowance for these transcripts. So please tell me how it's not a good idea to release this and make it public, unless, of course, you're trying to hide something. The case was assigned to a third judge, Delgado, who ordered the clerk's office to produce the records by 10am on Monday. However, there wasn't much to produce. Attorneys walked in with a manila envelope and some pages on top labeled Grand Jury Clerk Court. Joseph Abruzzo told WPBF 25 News investigative reporter Terry Parker the records did include audio recordings. Those recordings should reveal whether or not the state presented all of the evidence of Epstein's underage sex trafficking ring or for some reason did. Did not. Well, we know what the some reason is. When you're powerful and you have a few bucks, the laws are different for you. For the rest of us, well, we have to dance to the tune that's being played by these smarmy sons of bitches. But people like Jeffrey Epstein, well, he's the fucking maestro. Scarola doesn't understand why the many other victims police interviewed weren't allowed to testify. And he says the State grilled his 16 year old client as though she was the one who was on trial. It's outrageous. A child victim is a child victim. To characterize this child as a prostitute is just so outrageous and it's hard to believe that anyone could have thought it appropriate, said Scrolla.

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100% this kid wasn't a prostitute. Just because Epstein gave her a few bucks and doesn't make her a prostitute and when you say it like that, you're acting like she's out here on the blade working for a pimp. That wasn't what happened. She got sucked in to this scene of opulence that was inhabited by seemingly upper crust people. And when you're a kid from the other side of the tracks, that goes a long way. So if it's normal to them, it has to be normal to you, right? So don't call these girls prostitutes. These were little kids who were manipulated and abused by this sick fuckbag, scarola said. Prosecutors brought up the teen's use of MySpace and her relationships with teen boys. A grand jury indicted Epstein on a single misdemeanor charge of soliciting an underage prostitute, a charge so minor it outraged police and Epstein's bewildered victims. A second minor charge was later added and Epstein was convicted and sentenced to 18 months, but spent only 13 months partly behind bars in a work release program. It is now up to Judge Delgado to privately review the Epstein grand jury testimony and decide if its release would help further justice. Grand jury testimony has never been released before in Palm beach county history. But now with Epstein dead and and so much worldwide interest in his case, Scarola says he thinks there should be an exception. I think it's very likely that he is going to find that the interests of justice will be served by releasing the grand jury proceedings, said Scarola. Delgado told Parker he was not sure how long it will take him to review the case and issue his order, but said he usually works fairly quickly. Both current State Attorney Dave Aronberg, who was not in office during the Epstein prosecution, and Clerk of Court Joseph Abruzzo said they are in favor of releasing the testimony. So I've been waiting for this for quite some time as you're all aware, and I really, really hope that we get not only a look at it, but hopefully they release this audio that we hear about here as well. And according to Judge Delgado, he, he works relatively quickly. So we'll keep our ear to the ground and as soon as we have any kind of information one way or the other, we'll make sure that we get it added to the catalog. Alright folks, that's gonna do it. For now, all of the information that goes with the episode, including the Patreon page, if you don't want to deal with commercials anymore, can be found in the description box. What's up everyone and welcome back to the Epstein Chronicles. Jess Daley and Jeffrey Epstein were obviously a lot closer than Jess Daley wants to let on. And as we learn more information from this lawsuit, as far as some of the details, as far as those emails and the conversations that they were having, it fills in a lot of the blanks and it confirms a lot of the rumor out there about Jess Daily and his relationship with, with Jeffrey Epstein. And now we're learning that not only were they having these weird ass conversations using code word and all kinds of other goofy stuff, Epstein allegedly sent Jess Staley a photo of a young woman in a sexually suggestive pose. And that's according to Judge Rakoff himself. And he also released a 54 page filing explaining why he made the rulings that he made. And over the course of the next few days we're going to dive a little deeper into those court rulings and into some of those filings and pick out some of the more interesting parts to talk about here on the podcast. But before we get there, Law and Crime has an article out and this article is talking about the photo that was allegedly sent to Jess Daly by, by Jeffrey Epstein. So let's get this quick update and let's see where we're at. Headline Jeffrey Epstein sent ex Senior JP Morgan Exec photo of young woman in sexually Suggestive pose. The judge says this article was authored by Adam Klassfeld. Then top JP Morgan Chase Executive Jess Staley allegedly abused some of the of Jeffrey Epstein's victims and received a sexually suggestive photograph of one young woman from the now deceased pedophile, a judge indicated in a ruling. And again, this isn't innuendo. This isn't some knucklehead sitting on Twitter just talking nonsense. This is what the judge who's overseeing this case had to say. And this is all part of why he's letting this ruling move forward. He finds merit in what these survivors, what these victims have to say. And considering everything we know about the relationship between Jeff Staley and Jeffrey Epstein, I don't know how as a judge or anyone in a position of power, how you wouldn't be interested in learning more and having this progress to a point where we're at discovery, where people are being deposed and to where things are getting aired out in open court. Because we all know that transparency is the best medicine here. And we also know that that's the reason why nothing has ever really been transparent when we're talking about Epstein. If the false narrative surrounding Epstein ever broke down and the regular old Joe found out the real story, forget it. Because people, for the most part only know a part of the story as far as Epstein's concerned. They only know the little tidbits that have been on TV or that have been in documentaries or like Filthy Rich. The average person doesn't understand the levels of the corruption surrounding this dude or how deeply he was entrenched at basically every level of power from the local municipality level all the way up to the White House where he was visiting 17 times. Released on Monday afternoon, Senior U.S. district Judge Jed Rakoff's 54 page opinion and end order explains why he advanced claims alleging that JP Morgan and Deutsche bank knowingly profited from Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme. Rakoff revealed new details about the bank and its former executives in explaining his reasoning. And I have to tell you, I was on the fence about Judge Rakoff and his decisions. And if he was going to let this move forward, I'm honestly surprised that, that we're at the point we're at. Because it's very rare that an institution like JP Morgan or people like Jeff Staley or Jamie Dimon are held accountable for anything. Usually people like this will get a fine and they'll keep it moving and there's never any real accountability or anybody really facing serious consequences. And that's because these institutions have so much money that they're able to just pay their way out of any trouble. They, they ever find themselves in. And this is how it's been historically for the banks forever. The financial sector is able to do basically whatever they want. Because who do you think is funding all of your favorite politicians? Do you think they got to Washington, D.C. on your $20 donation? They absolutely did not. They got there by all of their handlers and by all of their bag boys working in the financial sector who, who are giving them money hand over fist. And then when they give them that money, well, they expect something in return. Right? This isn't charity. This isn't altruism. This is nothing more than pay to play politics. We'll give you the money to get elected. Then you, as the lawmaker, will make sure that we have favorable laws on the books so that we can maneuver and continue to get rich by pilfering the wealth of everybody else. The most prominent among these bankers is Staley, who later moved on to become the CEO of Barclays bank before resigning amid scrutiny of his Epstein ties. JP Morgan has tried to shift the blame to Staley in a separate lawsuit, claiming that their former executive disguised his Epstein ties for personal reasons. Jane Doe, the anonymous woman suing JP Morgan in a proposed class action, claimed in a deposition that Staley sexually abused her. So look, we're not talking about just financial enabling here, right? Because we all know that there's levels to this. And while Staley has always been rumored to be really close with Epstein, we had never really seen any public accusations about Staley being involved in the actual abuse. Now, behind the scenes, that's a whole different story. Rumors have been rampant for a very long time that not only Jess Daly, but other people involved with Jeffrey Epstein financially took part in this abuse. And we have had several names, prominent names thrown out there by Virginia Roberts and others. But how many girls behind the scenes, women who have never come forward were abused by Jeffrey Epstein and his gross ass pals and still to this day haven't come forward with those allegations? My guess is that's in the hundreds. And that's not even hyperbole. We're talking about decades of abuse where this man continuously did what he was doing. You don't take a break from this. This behavior was Epstein's thing. It wasn't something he could turn on and off. This is how he rolled all the time. So how many hundreds, thousands of women are out there that we have never even heard from? Women in war torn countries, women in places of great poverty. It's a wide known fact that Jeffrey Epstein loved to use places like Eastern Europe to find women to abuse. So how many are out there that we have never heard from? Rakoff's ruling suggests that she's not his only accuser. The judge noted that the women in the Class alleged that Mr. Staley himself abused some of Epstein's survivors, including JPM Jane Doe herself, abbreviating JP Morgan. So that's what they're calling Jane doe in the J.P. morgan suit. J.P. jane Doe. So that's what he's referring to her as in his ruling. And as we go through these stories, these articles, I'm sure that's what he's going to be referring to Jane Doe as from here on out. And like I said in the last episode, there are certainly some hints as to who Jane Doe is. But. But until that name is announced, if it's ever announced, I'm not going to jump in here and really dive too deep and try and unfurl who that person is. They filed this lawsuit in an anonymous fashion for a reason. Right. But I will say that they didn't do a great job in masking the person's identity. If you're following along with the story and you're looking at the allegations in the lawsuit and certain facts that they point out. JPM Jane Doe claims that one of Epstein's friends, whom she later identified as Mr. Staley, used aggressive force in his sexual assault of her and informed JPM Jane Doe that he had Epstein's permission to do what he wanted to her. The ruling states. In a separate lawsuit, the Virgin Islands government unsealed eye opening details about Staley and Epstein's relationship. The Attorney General's office. There could be claims that Epstein exchanged approximately 1,200 emails with Staley's work email address between 2008 and 2012. They didn't even set up like burner accounts or anything. They were so brazen and not worried that they were ever going to face any kind of scrutiny that they were like, we'll just have these conversations out in the open on your work email account. And thankfully they did, because if they didn't, we might not have ever seen any of the contents of those emails. These communications show a close personal relationship and profound friendship between the two men and even suggest that Staley may have been involved in the Epstein sex trafficking operation. The Virgin Islands lawsuit states. Heavy words. Right? And again, we're not talking about somebody making allegations from the peanut gallery. This is the Attorney General's office of the U. S. Virgin Islands. So these are serious accusations and the judge is certainly treating them as such, in December 2009, well after Epstein's conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor, Epstein allegedly sent Staley two emails, each showing a photograph of a young woman. Those images are redacted entirely in the Virgin Islands complaint, but Judge Rakoff describes

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one of them in his ruling.

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One of them, dated December 5, 2009, attached a picture of a young woman in a sexually suggestive pose, the judge said. The ruling notes that Another email from December 20, 2009, consisted entirely of a picture of a young woman. So who are these young women and are they people that have been previously known as accusers? We probably will never know. I'm just asking in that as. As a rhetorical question. At this point, forget everything you had

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Staley's attorney didn't immediately respond to an email requesting comment. I mean, what do you say to something like that? As the attorney, no comments. Probably the right way to go. You have the judge coming out here and making what can only be called inflammatory remarks in his ruling, and certainly not remarks that are friendly to Jeff Staley or to JP Morgan. So it's gonna be very, very interesting to watch this all unfold and to see what happens come trial time in October. So until then, we'll continue to add pieces to the puzzle until a full HD picture appears. Alright, everybody, that's gonna do it for this one. All of the information that goes with the episode can be found in the description box.

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What's up everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Epstein Chronicles. There is one thing about the Jeffrey Epstein story that cuts through all the noise, all the PR spin and all the I had no idea excuses. And that's the money. Because money doesn't care about image or legacy or royal titles. It doesn't get nervous under oath. It doesn't change its story. It doesn't vanish into the night, no matter how many powerful hands try to bury it. Money tells the truth, even when everyone else is lying. You can destroy emails, shred flight logs, buy silence, or run PR campaigns until the end of time. But the money trail, that's permanent ink. That's the Truth carved into ledgers, transfers, and transactions that never stop whispering. Who really pulled the strings? And that's why it's the single most effective weapon left to hold Epstein's enablers accountable. Because, let's be honest, we all know how this goes. The most horrific crimes get tangled in power, influence, and corruption until they're unrecognizable. The victims are dismissed, the lawyers are threatened, and the institutions designed to protect justice suddenly develop a chronic case of cowardice. So, yeah, we might not ever see half the people face judgment for the things they actually did, the human wreckage they left behind. But you start pulling at the thread of money, and it doesn't matter how many offshore accounts they've got. It all unravels. Wire transfers don't lie. Bank statements don't forget. Every dollar that moved through Epstein's network was a footprint left in wet cement, leading right back to the ones who made him untouchable for so long. And when you really look at it, you start to understand why so many people are terrified of the financial side of the story. And that's because it's not abstract. It's not a rumor or speculation. It's receipts, Hard data. Cold proof. It's not just who flew on his jet. It's who co mingled funds with him, who invested in his shell companies, who allowed him to move millions while knowing damn well where the money came from. And once those ledgers are laid bare, it becomes painfully obvious that Epstein wasn't just some perverted billionaire with a secret island. He was a financial hub, a central artery for the powerful to move money, hide assets, and trade favors, and in ways that blurred the line between crime and privilege. That's why these lawsuits against bank of Mellon and bank of America aren't just procedural. They're seismic. Because they force open the vaults that have been sealed for years. These banks weren't passive players or innocent bystanders. They were the quiet custodians of corruption. The vaults that didn't just store money. They stored secrets. They saw the suspicious activity reports, the red flags, the. The cash flow that didn't add up, and they look the other way.

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Why?

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Because money that dirty still spends. Because when you're dealing with someone like Epstein, silence is profitable. And willful blindness is a business strategy. But now the spotlight's swinging their way. And the deeper these lawsuits dig, the more uncomfortable names are going to surface. CEOs, hedge fund managers, lawyers, royal friends. They're all in there, tangled up in a web of wires and.

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And deposits.

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And the beauty of it is. They can't gaslight the numbers. They can't spin a spreadsheet. When the numbers don't lie, neither can they. Look, we may never get the cinematic version of justice, the one where the whole rotten elite lineup gets frog marched into court, but this is how it really happens in the real world. Quietly, methodically, with subpoenas, audits, and financial forensics. This is how you burn down the infrastructure that protected Epstein long after he should have been exposed. You follow the dollars and you find the disease. You pull on one transaction, and suddenly the whole ugly truth starts pouring out. Follow the money. And you don't just find Epstein. You find the ecosystem that built him, the bankers who banked him, the execs who backed him, the institutions that made him legitimate. And once that light hits the books, no one walks away clean. That's where accountability lives now. Not in courtroom speeches or press releases, but in the raw, unflinching vein of greed. Follow the money and you'll find the rot. Follow the money and you'll finally see who stood behind the monster when the lights went out. And who made damn sure he never had to stand alone. Today's article is from the Business Insider. And the headline, Judge Puts Epstein Victim Lawsuits against bank of America and BNY on the fast Track. This article was authored by Jacob Shamzian. A pair of lawsuits against banks from Jeffrey Epstein's victims is going on the fast track. At a Monday hearing, U.S. district Judge Jed Rakoff ordered lawyers to comply with the quick turnaround deadlines for the cases which were filed against bank of America and bny. And look, that's a good thing. In my opinion, the faster this gets underway, the better off everyone's gonna be. And one thing we learned from the banks the last time around is they like to slow walk all this. They want to slow walk discovery. They want to slow walk any kind of information being handed over. And they'll use everything in their power when it comes to legal procedure to do so. The two lawsuits filed in October allege the banks ignored red flags related to Epstein sex trafficking operation. Rakoff set November deadlines for motions to dismiss the cases with an oral argument for December 15th. The judge ordered that all discovery, including depositions, must be completed by February 27th. So that is quite the timeline. And I can only imagine how many depositions they're going to want to get through. Look how many we saw with Virginia and Ghislaine Maxwell. And then look at how many we saw when it came to JP Morgan and the USVI lawsuit. So this is a pretty ambitious timeline, but I'm guessing that Judge Rakoff knows what he's doing. Certainly not his first rodeo, if you will. If the cases go to trial, they'll be back to back in May and June of 2026, Rakoff said. The lawsuit against bank of America alleges that one of Epstein's employees instructed one of his victims to open an account with the bank in her own name and then used it to pay her rent while Epstein sexually abused her over the course of several years. The account was also used for other purposes, which may have facilitated the sex trafficking of other women, the lawsuit alleges. Well, look, we all know that that's what was happening. Epstein would bring these girls over, whether it was through Jean Luc Brunel or otherwise, set them up at the apartment building at E66. And then from there, well, the abuse would begin. And the vast majority of these women were then sent back to their home countries with no sort of justice ever coming their way. And that was all part of the plan, Right? The women with no names. That's what I call them. And while they might not have voices, they're certainly not forgotten, not by anybody who's following along, because that's a big part of what went on here. One of the biggest reasons that they did that, that they chose those women, is so that when we got to this point where people were looking into them, they had that plausible deniability, and that was baked into it.

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Right?

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And that was all part of the plan. And for all these years, it worked out well, but now people are hip to it. Everybody knows what Jean Luc Brunel was up to. Everybody knows what Epstein was up to. The only question is, can we prove it when it comes to the banks? And I still think that's going to be a very, very, very large hill to climb. Now, the banks might settle, but getting them to admit fault, that's going to be tough. The lawsuit against BNY alleged the financial institution processed 378 million in payments to Epstein's victims while failing to flag those transactions as suspicious.

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$378 million.

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$378 million paid out to victims. Sure. This is just one guy with proclivities. I'm sure that there was nobody else involved, Nobody whatsoever. Imagine being that big of a moron to actually believe that. Like, you must have cte, because there's no other explanation for it. I wish somebody out there would give me one plausible explanation as to what Epstein was doing with all that money being sent to Women that were being abused or were co conspirators. My email box is open. Please send me the explanation. Because nobody out there that tries to talk shit, that tries to say that this is fake ever has an explanation for where all the money was going. The biggest criticism they have is against Virginia because she dropped the lawsuit against Dershowitz. And we all know that she dropped that lawsuit not because she misremembered.

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It was because she had enough.

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How many lawsuits can somebody go through? And at what point do you say to yourself, enough is enough? No matter how much I tell people, no matter what I do, there's never any justice. So look, I didn't talk to Virginia about that directly before she passed away, but I think that's what was going on. You have to remember this is a woman that's been embroiled in these lawsuits now for more than a decade. And that takes its toll. It's expensive. She has kids. She's getting dragged in the mud. You know, at some point you say to yourself, is it worth it? And for Virginia, the juice wasn't worth the squeeze anymore. But of course, that's what they cling on to. Well, Virginia misremembered Alan Dershowitz, so she must have misremembered everything else. Well, I guess if you're looking at it with just a black and white view, I can see how you can come away with that conclusion. But we know that it's much deeper than that, much more nuanced, and there's many more layers than just black and white. The claims in the lawsuit are meritless and we will vigorously defend against it. A BNY spokesperson told Business Insider. A Bank of America spokesperson said the bank will vigorously defend itself. Well, good. If you're not guilty, that's what you should do. But I have a funny feeling this is all talk. Just like with JP Morgan. We're not going to settle with anybody. We're going to defend our name. What did they do? They settled. Prince Andrew. I'm willing to talk to anybody, the authorities. I want to clear my name. What did he do? He settled. I wonder why. Epstein killed himself in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Maxwell, his former partner, remain co conspirator, general all around scumbag, fellow child abuser and bipedal serpent was convicted of trafficking girls to him for sex in 2021 and is serving a 20 year prison sentence. Both lawsuits could help shed light on on how Epstein made and moved around his money. His estate was valued at about 630 million at the time of his death, and we know that that's just a fraction of what he actually had. We don't know what he had in the art market or offshore or crypto or anything like that. And that's because there's never been a true forensic look at the money trail.

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Ask yourself why both lawsuits were being brought by lawyers at Boys and Chiller and Flexner, along with attorneys Brad Edwards and Brittany Anderson, who have collectively represented more than 100 Epstein victims over the years. The attorneys filed similar lawsuits in late 2022 against JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank. Rakoff, who also oversaw those lawsuits, put them on the fast Track as well. JP Morgan agreed to settle the case with for $290 million. Deutsche bank agreed to settle for $75 million. BNY is represented by Wilmer Hill with some of the same attorneys who represented J.P. morgan in the lawsuit against the bank. Bank of America is represented by the big law firm Jones Day. At the end of Monday's hearing, Rakoff said that he hoped that the parties would not settle the lawsuits with lawyers

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of this supreme quality.

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If this case settles, I I will be extraordinarily disappointed because I will be deprived of two fantastic trials by excellent lawyers, rakoff said. Now, I don't want to discourage you from settling. There are some of my colleagues that think settling is always the way to go. But I'm much more selfish and I would love to see two very good trials. Boy, from your mouth to God's ears, Mr. Rakoff, we're all on board with that, but unfortunately I just don't see it happening. They're going to get discovery and their lawyers are going to vomit and they're going to say to the banks, look, we better settle, because if not, the pain train is on its way. So let's hope that they don't settle. Let's hope they go to trial. Let's hope that at the end of the day their hubris gets the best of them. And while that's certainly my hope, I'm not holding my breath because one thing we know about the banks is they're not going to expose themselves more than they have to. So if they think that they're going to be exposed, the last thing they're going to do is try and get into this prolonged, you know, court case where they have to go through discovery, deposition, the whole thing. So my guess is we're not going to see a trial here, but like usual, we'll keep an eye on things and see how it all breaks. As for this one, well, that's going to do it. All of the information that goes with this episode can be found in the description box.

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