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Trump-appointed prosecutor investigating Dems has links to major Epstein funder: report
President Donald Trump recently ordered the Department of Justice (DOJ) to carry out investigations into top Democratic officials and donors who have associated with deceased child predator Jeffrey Epstein. But the person handling those investigations has Epstein ties of his own.
That's according to a Tuesday article in the Daily Beast's "The Swamp" newsletter. The Beast reported that Jay Clayton – who Attorney General Pam Bondi tasked with overseeing the investigations of Democrats like former President Bill Clinton and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman — is tied to an investor who knowingly bankrolled Epstein's activities.
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Black gave Epstein more than $170 million according to an investigation by the Senate Finance Committee. Ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) alleged that $62 million of that was to fund Epstein's "illegal activities" in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which housed his notorious private compound on his private "Little Saint James" island.
The Beast reported that Black's payments were ostensibly for "tax and estate planning," though Black later admitted in a 2023 settlement with the Virgin Islands government that he knew that money was being used to "fund [Epstein's] operations." He paid $62 million to the local government as part of an immunity deal with prevented him from being prosecuted for bankrolling the convicted sex trafficker.
That's according to a Tuesday article in the Daily Beast's "The Swamp" newsletter. The Beast reported that Jay Clayton – who Attorney General Pam Bondi tasked with overseeing the investigations of Democrats like former President Bill Clinton and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman — is tied to an investor who knowingly bankrolled Epstein's activities.
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Black gave Epstein more than $170 million according to an investigation by the Senate Finance Committee. Ranking member Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) alleged that $62 million of that was to fund Epstein's "illegal activities" in the U.S. Virgin Islands, which housed his notorious private compound on his private "Little Saint James" island.
The Beast reported that Black's payments were ostensibly for "tax and estate planning," though Black later admitted in a 2023 settlement with the Virgin Islands government that he knew that money was being used to "fund [Epstein's] operations." He paid $62 million to the local government as part of an immunity deal with prevented him from being prosecuted for bankrolling the convicted sex trafficker.
MORE: https://www.alternet.org/trump-prosecutor-epstein-ties/
Trump-appointed prosecutor investigating Dems has links to major Epstein funder: report
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-11-18T23:49:36.000Z
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From the OP link:
However, when that effort failed, Clayton ended up joining the board of private equity firm Apollo Global Management, which is headed by Trump ally Leon Black.
So here's more info on Leon Black who has a connection with Jeffrey Epstein going way back:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Black
- more at link -
