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More Questions About How Jeffrey Epstein Got Island-Owning Rich
Federal disclosure documents offer only a peek into how the accused sex trafficker accumulated wealth and how contributions flowed through his charities.
Not a Powerball winner.
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Ever since the release of the movie “All the President’s Men,” journalists and investigators have taken to heart the advice Bob Woodward got from his famous source Deep Throat: “Follow the money.” But few people have made that as difficult as Jeffrey Epstein, who today sits in jail, accused of sex-trafficking underage girls.
(Disclosure: My wife, who runs a small public relations firm, is representing a number of Epstein’s accusers. Her work does not touch upon Epstein’s finances.)