Cash totalling around $20,000 found in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan and Virgin Islands homes raise new concerns about whether the late financier was paid as part of a sex-trafficking ring or as hush money for his bold name clientele.
An evidence log of the items the FBI seized from Epstein’s Manhattan home and property in the Virgin Islands, released on Thursday for the first time by the Department of Justice, show that agents seized the cash, that had no known purpose.
Previously, members of Congress have raised questions about whether or not Epstein, whose airplane flight logs show had extensive connections with the American and foreign political classes, was engaged in a blackmailing scheme and whether he was working directly with any government. Epstein also hosted several famous players in finance and investment banking.
Some Epstein accusers alleged that some of the powerful or politically connected individuals associated with him participated in the abuse, but the claims are murky and are, so far, backed by slim evidence.
“I don’t know if it’s true… but I want to know”
“I want to know about the Epstein list. I don’t just want to know who’s on the Epstein list. I want to know is the government working with Epstein to blackmail certain people? Because that’s that’s one of the theories that float around out there,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer told the “Just the News, No Noise“ TV show earlier this month. […]
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Nah, he did it all for free, pro bono.