Jason Leopold
@jasonleopold.bsky.social
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Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
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🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Reposted by Jason Leopold
One of the emails’ few references to Trump came on Sept. 14, 2006, two months after Epstein was charged in Florida with solicitation of prostitution. It includes a list of 51 politicians, business executives and Wall Street powerbrokers.
September 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
One of the emails’ few references to Trump came on Sept. 14, 2006, two months after Epstein was charged in Florida with solicitation of prostitution. It includes a list of 51 politicians, business executives and Wall Street powerbrokers.
Reposted by Jason Leopold
Trump’s name surfaced again in an August 23, 2007 email, around the time Epstein was making an intense backchannel lobbying effort to get federal prosecutors to drop their case against him.
![From: Gmax <gmax[REDACTED]>
To: <jeeproject@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Aug 23 2007 5:31 PM
Subject:
You have to assume they went to donald trump then, gossman, the docs in wpb, paschow etc
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PS My e mail has changed to gmax[REDACTED] - plse make a note](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eeitvtxcbjt3vmljqfmwzahz/bafkreiggne32s55t5zxygigmmydl75uayzwod2hwnmaba6jg456nu7hpsu@jpeg)
September 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Trump’s name surfaced again in an August 23, 2007 email, around the time Epstein was making an intense backchannel lobbying effort to get federal prosecutors to drop their case against him.
My new #FOIA podcast, Disclosure, that I co-host with my attorney, @mvtopic.bsky.social made @theguardian.com's best podcasts of the week list!
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November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My new #FOIA podcast, Disclosure, that I co-host with my attorney, @mvtopic.bsky.social made @theguardian.com's best podcasts of the week list!
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DISCLOSURE, the new podcast from @jasonleopold.bsky.social and Loevy's own Matt Topic, makes The Guardian's "Best Podcasts of the Week" column. Check it out today, wherever your pods are cast...
Michelle Obama dishes the secrets behind her most famous outfits: best podcasts of the week
The former First Lady hosts an absorbing new show about her fashion evolution. Plus, Katy Davis explores ‘waiting’ – whether it’s for a bus or an imprisoned lover
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November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
DISCLOSURE, the new podcast from @jasonleopold.bsky.social and Loevy's own Matt Topic, makes The Guardian's "Best Podcasts of the Week" column. Check it out today, wherever your pods are cast...
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This is so good and listening to it has been giving me flashbacks to when everything went down.
The best part is I think the podcast is niche enough for #FOIA nerds like me, but it still seems accessible for folks who are new to it.
Major kudos to @jasonleopold.bsky.social and @mvtopic.bsky.social
The best part is I think the podcast is niche enough for #FOIA nerds like me, but it still seems accessible for folks who are new to it.
Major kudos to @jasonleopold.bsky.social and @mvtopic.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is so good and listening to it has been giving me flashbacks to when everything went down.
The best part is I think the podcast is niche enough for #FOIA nerds like me, but it still seems accessible for folks who are new to it.
Major kudos to @jasonleopold.bsky.social and @mvtopic.bsky.social
The best part is I think the podcast is niche enough for #FOIA nerds like me, but it still seems accessible for folks who are new to it.
Major kudos to @jasonleopold.bsky.social and @mvtopic.bsky.social
On this week's episode of Disclosure, my new #FOIA podcast co-hosted with @mvtopic.bsky.social ...
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This is our third episode! Check it out!
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Please subscribe, leave a review, tell your friends, your families, your enemies
This is our third episode! Check it out!
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November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
On this week's episode of Disclosure, my new #FOIA podcast co-hosted with @mvtopic.bsky.social ...
Please subscribe, leave a review, tell your friends, your families, your enemies
This is our third episode! Check it out!
From @bloomberg.com & No Smiling
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Please subscribe, leave a review, tell your friends, your families, your enemies
This is our third episode! Check it out!
From @bloomberg.com & No Smiling
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NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! Anti-Drug Unit Officially Shut Down by DOJ
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under DHS
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The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under DHS
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November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! Anti-Drug Unit Officially Shut Down by DOJ
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under DHS
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
The Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces responsibilities, including 5,000 existing case, have been transferred to a new set of task forces under DHS
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
🎙️NEW EPISODES of my podcast, Disclosure are out! @mvtopic.bsky.social and I discuss my latest investigation: the revelation that federal prosecutors spent 18-months probing Jeffrey Epstein for money laundering
PLUS How Russian pranksters tricked Fed Chairman Jerome Powell
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PLUS How Russian pranksters tricked Fed Chairman Jerome Powell
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November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
🎙️NEW EPISODES of my podcast, Disclosure are out! @mvtopic.bsky.social and I discuss my latest investigation: the revelation that federal prosecutors spent 18-months probing Jeffrey Epstein for money laundering
PLUS How Russian pranksters tricked Fed Chairman Jerome Powell
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PLUS How Russian pranksters tricked Fed Chairman Jerome Powell
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🎙️Please check out my NEW #FOIA podcast, Disclosure, co-hosted with First Amendment atty, Matt Topic, who also doubles as my FOIA atty! Every week, we'll take listeners on a wild ride through the FOIA trenches as we go to battle with govt agencies over the release of docs
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November 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
🎙️Please check out my NEW #FOIA podcast, Disclosure, co-hosted with First Amendment atty, Matt Topic, who also doubles as my FOIA atty! Every week, we'll take listeners on a wild ride through the FOIA trenches as we go to battle with govt agencies over the release of docs
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Reposted by Jason Leopold
Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Turns out the sweetheart deal that Trump's former Labor Secretary Alex Acosta gave Epstein back in 2008 was even worse than we thought. Epstein's emails show Acosta tanked an investigation that had Epstein dead to rights on money laundering, and other financial crimes.
NEW investigation: A Silicon Valley startup called Oklo is leading the charge to bring nuclear power back to the US with small reactors. Its backers have wealth and political connections that could undermine nuclear safety
By Michael Riley @bloomberg.com
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
By Michael Riley @bloomberg.com
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The Risky Movement to Make America Nuclear Again
A Silicon Valley startup called Oklo is leading the charge to bring nuclear power back to the US with small reactors. Its backers have wealth and political connections that could undermine nuclear saf...
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November 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
NEW investigation: A Silicon Valley startup called Oklo is leading the charge to bring nuclear power back to the US with small reactors. Its backers have wealth and political connections that could undermine nuclear safety
By Michael Riley @bloomberg.com
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
By Michael Riley @bloomberg.com
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Another previously undisclosed detail about the money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007.
On Dec 13, 2007, the lead prosecutor on the case, then-AUSA Marie Villafaña, sent a letter to Epstein's atty Jay Lefkowitz and cc'd then-US Atty Alex Acosta.
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On Dec 13, 2007, the lead prosecutor on the case, then-AUSA Marie Villafaña, sent a letter to Epstein's atty Jay Lefkowitz and cc'd then-US Atty Alex Acosta.
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🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Another previously undisclosed detail about the money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007.
On Dec 13, 2007, the lead prosecutor on the case, then-AUSA Marie Villafaña, sent a letter to Epstein's atty Jay Lefkowitz and cc'd then-US Atty Alex Acosta.
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On Dec 13, 2007, the lead prosecutor on the case, then-AUSA Marie Villafaña, sent a letter to Epstein's atty Jay Lefkowitz and cc'd then-US Atty Alex Acosta.
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In Nov 2007, Jeffrey Epstein sent himself an email with a document attached titled, “Acosta challenge.” It was intended for his attorneys to send to Alex Acosta after they met with him. The letter criticized the federal prosecutor who pursued his alleged money laundering.
November 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In Nov 2007, Jeffrey Epstein sent himself an email with a document attached titled, “Acosta challenge.” It was intended for his attorneys to send to Alex Acosta after they met with him. The letter criticized the federal prosecutor who pursued his alleged money laundering.
The details my colleagues and I uncovered of this money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein between 2007 and 2008 has been shrouded in secrecy for nearly two decades.
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The details my colleagues and I uncovered of this money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein between 2007 and 2008 has been shrouded in secrecy for nearly two decades.
If you don't have time to read our 3k+ word story on the previously undisclosed Jeffrey Epstein money laundering investigation here are the key takeaways as featured in this week's FOIA Files newsletter!
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October 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If you don't have time to read our 3k+ word story on the previously undisclosed Jeffrey Epstein money laundering investigation here are the key takeaways as featured in this week's FOIA Files newsletter!
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Reposted by Jason Leopold
Here is the suspicious activity report that JPMorgan filed after Epstein's death, with some pretty prominent names included. (Leon Black, Les Wexner, Glenn Dubin, Alan Dershowitz, etc.)
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Here is the suspicious activity report that JPMorgan filed after Epstein's death, with some pretty prominent names included. (Leon Black, Les Wexner, Glenn Dubin, Alan Dershowitz, etc.)
Reposted by Jason Leopold
Newly unsealed documents show that JPMorgan alerted federal regulators to potentially suspicious transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein and top Wall Street figures.
[These documents were unsealed because @nytimes.com and @wsj.com fought together in court.] 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...
[These documents were unsealed because @nytimes.com and @wsj.com fought together in court.] 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...
JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures
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October 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Newly unsealed documents show that JPMorgan alerted federal regulators to potentially suspicious transactions involving Jeffrey Epstein and top Wall Street figures.
[These documents were unsealed because @nytimes.com and @wsj.com fought together in court.] 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...
[These documents were unsealed because @nytimes.com and @wsj.com fought together in court.] 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/b...
Reposted by Jason Leopold
This @jasonleopold.bsky.social story is really interesting. The sealed court documents that @nytimes.com received last night provide more detail on the scope of this 2007 money laundering investigation.
Here, for example, is Bear Stearns' internal record about the subpoena it received.
Here, for example, is Bear Stearns' internal record about the subpoena it received.
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This @jasonleopold.bsky.social story is really interesting. The sealed court documents that @nytimes.com received last night provide more detail on the scope of this 2007 money laundering investigation.
Here, for example, is Bear Stearns' internal record about the subpoena it received.
Here, for example, is Bear Stearns' internal record about the subpoena it received.
NEW: The Republican chairman of the House oversight committee on Friday asked Alex Acosta, the former US Attorney who signed off on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s controversial 2007 plea deal, if he wanted to clarify his recent testimony to the panel.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The revelation that the investigation had a financial aspect also puts a spotlight on Alex Acosta, the former US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, who signed off on Epstein’s plea deal.
October 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW: The Republican chairman of the House oversight committee on Friday asked Alex Acosta, the former US Attorney who signed off on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s controversial 2007 plea deal, if he wanted to clarify his recent testimony to the panel.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 PM
🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Reposted by Jason Leopold
Hello Bluesky! Please check out the latest from Bloomberg's data investigation team: With the Trump administration, led by Russ Vought, gutting the CFPB, homeowners are left to fend for themselves in fighting off zombie debt collectors. Here's a temp gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Trump Gutted Agency Investigating Zombie Mortgage Debt Collectors
Many homeowners were blindsided by huge bills from zombie mortgages. A federal investigation of unlawful debt collections has stalled after the Trump administration gutted the Consumer Financial Prote...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Hello Bluesky! Please check out the latest from Bloomberg's data investigation team: With the Trump administration, led by Russ Vought, gutting the CFPB, homeowners are left to fend for themselves in fighting off zombie debt collectors. Here's a temp gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
🔍 BIG NEW investigation: Zombie debt collectors are taking advantage of Russ Vought's decimation of the CFPB and going after homeowners who are now alone fighting to fend off massive interest charges in hopes of saving their homes
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
October 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🔍 BIG NEW investigation: Zombie debt collectors are taking advantage of Russ Vought's decimation of the CFPB and going after homeowners who are now alone fighting to fend off massive interest charges in hopes of saving their homes
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Reposted by Jason Leopold
I'm very excited to announce that I am co-hosting a snarky new #FOIA and government transparency podcast on Bloomberg with my good friend @jasonleopold.bsky.social. Check it out!
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October 28, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'm very excited to announce that I am co-hosting a snarky new #FOIA and government transparency podcast on Bloomberg with my good friend @jasonleopold.bsky.social. Check it out!
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🎙️ Welcome to Disclosure, my NEW podcast co-hosted with @mvtopic.bsky.social about our adventures with the #FOIA!
First episode is up NOW!
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(From @bloomberg.com and No Smiling)
First episode is up NOW!
Listen here swap.fm/l/O8A3zzBKsG...
(From @bloomberg.com and No Smiling)
October 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🎙️ Welcome to Disclosure, my NEW podcast co-hosted with @mvtopic.bsky.social about our adventures with the #FOIA!
First episode is up NOW!
Listen here swap.fm/l/O8A3zzBKsG...
(From @bloomberg.com and No Smiling)
First episode is up NOW!
Listen here swap.fm/l/O8A3zzBKsG...
(From @bloomberg.com and No Smiling)
Reposted by Jason Leopold
Two FOIA superstars—journalist @jasonleopold.bsky.social and Loevy partner Matt Topic—are joining up for a new podcast! Launching this Tuesday, DISCLOSURE will explore the pursuit of government records—and the stories they tell that someone didn't want you to know. Listen to the trailer here:
Disclosure
News Podcast · Updated Weekly · How did Russian pranksters trick a top government official? What happens to documents flushed down White House toilets? The answers exist. The trick is getting the gove...
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October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Two FOIA superstars—journalist @jasonleopold.bsky.social and Loevy partner Matt Topic—are joining up for a new podcast! Launching this Tuesday, DISCLOSURE will explore the pursuit of government records—and the stories they tell that someone didn't want you to know. Listen to the trailer here: