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Banks with Jeffrey Epstein ties eyed by Democrats Warren and Garcia

Banks with Jeffrey Epstein ties eyed by Democrats Warren and Garcia

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Ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) (L), and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Financial institutions and bank executives that may have aided the late financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation are in the sights of a bipartisan group of lawmakers. Legislation introduced Thursday — and led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif. — would require financial regulators to produce records related to Epstein, compel those regulators to investigate banks and executives with ties to the deceased convicted sex offender, and require industry bans and civil penalties for those found to have aided him. “I have spent the last year calling on Donald Trump’s financial regulators to launch investigations into the big banks and executives who may have enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes,” Warren, who leads the Senate banking committee’s Democrats, said in a statement. “Since they have failed to act, Congress must. The bipartisan Epstein Wall Street Records Act will ensure overdue accountability for the wealthy and well-connected on Wall Street who put profits over people.”  The …

Norway launches probe into 11 senior officials over US Epstein files links | News

Norway launches probe into 11 senior officials over US Epstein files links | News

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Norway investigates over $13m in state grants linked to Epstein and top ministers. Norway’s Parliament has launched an investigation into 11 current and former high-ranking ministers — including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere — over alleged ties and grants linked to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. US President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice in January released millions of Epstein-related documents, revealing connections to politicians, royals and the ultra-rich around the world. Norway, home of the Nobel Peace Prize and often a fulcrum of international diplomacy, has seen major fallout, triggering parliamentary inquiries and police investigations. The public hearing, which began on Wednesday, comes in light of reports that the Foreign Ministry allocated over 130 million kroner ($13.5m) to the International Peace Institute between 1997 and 2018. The United Nations-affiliated think-tank was led by Terje Rod-Larsen, a prominent Norwegian diplomat and chief architect of the 1993 Oslo Accords, from 2005 to 2020. Stoere, who has denied any wrongdoing, served as foreign minister from 2005 to 2012. A central figure in the Middle East peace talks …

Norway Parliament Probes Epstein Links to Politicians and Diplomats

Norway Parliament Probes Epstein Links to Politicians and Diplomats

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By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Norway’s parliament began public hearings on ⁠Wednesday ⁠over ties between the late US sex offender Jeffrey ⁠Epstein and Norwegian diplomats and politicians in a scandal that has shaken the nation’s elite. US President Donald Trump’s Department of ​Justice in January released millions of Epstein-related documents, revealing connections to politicians, royals and the ultra-rich around the world. Norway, home of the Nobel Peace Prize and often a fulcrum of international ‌diplomacy, has seen a major fallout, triggering parliamentary inquiries ‌and police investigations. The government must explain what it is doing to restore trust in the foreign service, said Jonas Andersen Sayed, the leader of the hearing at parliament’s ⁠Committee on Scrutiny and ⁠Constitutional Affairs. “There are many people who have demonstrated very poor judgment,” Andersen Sayed told Reuters of those ​who had friendships with Epstein. PM SAYS UPDATED RULES NEEDED The committee has summoned 11 current and former foreign ministers and development ministers, including Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere, who was foreign minister from 2005 to 2012. …

Jeffrey Epstein estate executors investigated: WSJ

Jeffrey Epstein estate executors investigated: WSJ

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Richard Kahn, an accountant for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arrives for a House Oversight Committee deposition about Epstein on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Federal prosecutors in New York have opened an investigation into the two co-executors of the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. No charges have been filed against the co-executors, Epstein’s longtime lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn. The Journal said that in recent months, prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York have scheduled interviews with potential witnesses and requested documents about those witnesses’ dealings with Indyke and Kahn. The Journal also cited a report it published last year saying the two men “were officers of Epstein entities that obscured transactions, arranged cash for Epstein, made payments to women and facilitated Epstein’s immigration schemes.” Indyke and Kahn have denied wrongdoing. The Journal, citing documents, reported that Indyke could receive $50 million and Kahn could get $25 …

The Epstein reckoning hits the campaign trail

The Epstein reckoning hits the campaign trail

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This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. As Republicans gathered in Dallas, Texas for their pre-midterm convention last week, Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico focused on survivors of Jeffrey Epstein.  Talarico got a tour of the Reading Room, a traveling exhibit of the nearly 3 million files that the Department of Justice released from its investigation into the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender — the result of a hard-fought battle by survivors of Epstein’s abuse who are still seeking justice and transparency from a government they say repeatedly failed them.  Speaking alongside Epstein survivors Annie Farmer and Sharlene Rochard, Talarico praised them for their courage in coming forward and attacked his Republican opponent, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, for not meeting with the survivors and what he said was “a history of covering up abuse.” Talarico called on Paxton to use his authority to sue the Justice Department over its handling of the release of the …

House holds Leon Black in contempt for Epstein subpoenas defiance

House holds Leon Black in contempt for Epstein subpoenas defiance

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The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with subpoenas issued to him related to a committee’s ongoing investigation of the notorious late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The vote by unanimous consent sets the stage for House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to certify the matter to refer Black’s conduct to the Department of Justice for possible criminal prosecution. It came a day after the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, in a 41-0 vote, passed a resolution recommending the full House hold the former Apollo Global Management CEO in contempt. It is not clear whether the DOJ ultimately will prosecute Black. Defendants convicted of contempt of Congress face a possible sentence of not less than one month and not more than 12 months in prison. A DOJ spokesperson, in a statement to MS NOW, said, “The Department of Justice is expecting to receive the referral from [the] House Oversight Committee and takes allegations of contempt of Congress seriously.” “For the past 18 …

House panel recommends Leon Black contempt holding over Epstein subpoenas

House panel recommends Leon Black contempt holding over Epstein subpoenas

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Former CEO of Apollo Global Management Leon Black (C) arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 26, 2026 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to recommend that the full House hold former Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black in contempt of Congress for his refusal to comply with subpoenas issued as part of the panel’s probe of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his associates. The 41-0 vote on the contempt resolution came nearly two weeks after Black refused to give further testimony to the committee and to comply with a subpoena seeking multiple nondisclosure agreements that the billionaire was a party to. Black sued the committee on Sept. 3 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., seeking to block enforcement of the subpoenas. “Subpoenas are not suggestions; they carry the force of law and require full compliance,” Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said at a meeting of the committee. “We have …

The 8-Million Question: What Was Leon Black Paying Jeffrey Epstein For?

The $158-Million Question: What Was Leon Black Paying Jeffrey Epstein For?

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All of which is to say that it was also a crowd with a particular interest in the life of Epstein, whose notorious town house sits about 20 blocks south of 92nd Street Y, and whose financial dealings have captivated Wall Street for the better part of a decade. “Yes, we’ll get to the Epstein of it all,” Sorkin said as he took the stage to some laughs. “We’ll go there very quickly.” As for the “$158-million question,” as Cohan put it, Black has said that he was paying Epstein for tax advice and estate planning. Money to Burn doesn’t propose a more sinister relationship between the two men, though it acknowledges that the sum was exorbitant for such services. The Times reported in March that Epstein helped Black structure about $20 million in payments to a dozen women, at least some of whom had been in sexual relationships with Black. (Black’s attorneys told the paper that Black wasn’t aware that Epstein paid any women on his behalf. Semafor recently reported that two of the …