Jeffrey Epstein Was Investigated For Money Laundering, Emails Reveal
A federal prosecutor requested that a grand jury issue subpoenas for “every financial transaction conducted by Epstein and his six businesses” dating to 2003, the emails show. She even called one of Epstein’s most important clients.
Welcome to a special edition of FOIA Files! This morning, my colleagues and I published another major installment in our ongoing series related to the 18,000 emails we obtained from the personal Yahoo account of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It’s revelatory. We uncovered details about a money laundering investigation into the wealthy financier that took place alongside the federal sex crimes probe, which has been shrouded in secrecy for nearly two decades. I’ll be discussing our findings Tuesday on my new podcast, Disclosure. In the meantime, read on for key takeaways from our investigation. If you’re not already getting FOIA Files in your inbox, sign up here. You can find Disclosure here and on all major podcast platforms.
It’s been almost four months since the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation concluded that releasing any portion of the 300 gigabytes that make up the so-called Epstein files would not be “appropriate or warranted.”