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What we know about Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected financier with ties to Trump and Clinton
Source: Washington Post
What we know about Jeffrey Epstein, the well-connected financier with ties to Trump and Clinton
By Deanna Paul July 8 at 5:27 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, a Wall Street billionaire and political financier, was charged with sex trafficking girls as young as 14, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. He is accused of luring the girls to his homes in New York and Palm Beach, Fla., to perform sex acts.
Allegations against Epstein are not recent, though. Claims of sexual abuse against minors have been lobbed at him as early as 2001.
Here’s what we know about the wealthy investor and his political ties that run all the way up to the Clintons and Donald Trump.
Who is Jeffrey Epstein?
Epstein, 66, began his career as an investor at the now-failed investment bank Bear Sterns. He launched his own money management firm in the early 1980s and rapidly ascended professionally.
With his Wall Street clout established, Epstein became a player in politics. Between 1994 and 2004, Epstein donated $145,000 to Democratic federal candidates, including President Bill Clinton, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. More recently, he has given to the congressional delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Stacey Plaskett. But campaign contributions from Epstein to Democratic members of Congress stopped in 2004, around the same time he was criminally investigated in Florida for sex crimes.
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How is President Trump involved?
Several key players in Epstein’s web link back to President Trump, including one of Epstein’s alleged victims and Epstein himself.
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By Deanna Paul July 8 at 5:27 PM
Jeffrey Epstein, a Wall Street billionaire and political financier, was charged with sex trafficking girls as young as 14, according to a federal indictment unsealed Monday. He is accused of luring the girls to his homes in New York and Palm Beach, Fla., to perform sex acts.
Allegations against Epstein are not recent, though. Claims of sexual abuse against minors have been lobbed at him as early as 2001.
Here’s what we know about the wealthy investor and his political ties that run all the way up to the Clintons and Donald Trump.
Who is Jeffrey Epstein?
Epstein, 66, began his career as an investor at the now-failed investment bank Bear Sterns. He launched his own money management firm in the early 1980s and rapidly ascended professionally.
With his Wall Street clout established, Epstein became a player in politics. Between 1994 and 2004, Epstein donated $145,000 to Democratic federal candidates, including President Bill Clinton, according to data from the Center for Responsive Politics. More recently, he has given to the congressional delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Stacey Plaskett. But campaign contributions from Epstein to Democratic members of Congress stopped in 2004, around the same time he was criminally investigated in Florida for sex crimes.
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How is President Trump involved?
Several key players in Epstein’s web link back to President Trump, including one of Epstein’s alleged victims and Epstein himself.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/08/jeffrey-epstein-politically-connected-financier-with-ties-trump-clinton/
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they deserve the full force of the law... don't care if they're a Democrat or RethugliKKKon, President of the United States or President of the local PTA, British Royalty or Palace Guard, movie star or movie goer, the Pope or Pepe down the street... they all deserve serious jail time!!
Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!