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mrsbettybowers.bsky.social
Treasury Department files reviewed by Senator Ron Wyden’s staff members show 4,725 wire transfers, adding up to nearly $1.1 billion, associated with just one of Mr. Epstein’s bank accounts. Follow. The. Money.
newrepublic.com The New Republic @newrepublic.com · Jul 25
"Epstein clearly had access to enormous financing to operate his sex trafficking network, and the details on how he got the cash to pay for it are sitting in a Treasury Department filing cabinet." https://trib.al/ZTn3IyO
July 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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outonthemoors.bsky.social
The Blackbird of Annoyance has replaced the Bluebird of Happiness in my life
A black bird stands on some cracked concrete, looking upwards at camera. The angle, its stance and its plumage - white eyes are the only let-up from the black - makes the bird look thoroughly pissed off
July 13, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Apparently people On Here are oblivious to ways HJC, Oversight, & others have been hammering on Epstein consistently. But this, from @wyden.senate.gov, is one even I haven't given due attention.

Bessent is withholding financial docs abt who FUNDED Epstein.

www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
I write to follow up regarding your failure to cooperate with my existing investigation related to the financing of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking network. As you are aware, on March 11, 2025 I sent a request to the agencies you lead for a host of documents in your possession that would shed light on hundreds of millions of dollars in payments to Epstein by several ultrawealthy individuals, including billionaire financier Leon Black.1 In light of recent developments, I am deeply concerned that the Trump Administration may be withholding these documents to prevent exposure of President Trump’s own ties to Jeffrey Epstein. As you are aware, my original request on March 11th included new information from my investigation highlighting how $170 million in payments from Black and his associates to Epstein were used to finance Epstein’s trafficking activities. For example, I provided you with a copy of a settlement agreement Black signed with the U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General acknowledging that “Jeffrey Epstein used the money Black paid him to partially fund his operations in the Virgin Islands.”2 The request also detailed how the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has already compiled this information, a portion of which has been reviewed in camera by my investigative staff at the Senate Finance Committee and that of Committee Chairman Senator Mike Crapo. During the first Trump Administration, as with Administrations before that, Treasury regularly produced these sorts of documents to Congress. However, although the Treasury Department recently acknowledged it possesses the records I requested in an April 30th letter, it refused to provide copies of the documents to my office for further analysis.
July 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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notquietmodemd.bsky.social
This is so true and damning and heartbreaking. Every Texan needs to read this.
July 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM