The Epstein scandal isn't the first time a country has been consumed by a saga of wealth, criminality and political connections. Consider Alexandre Stavisky. |
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- "JPMorgan pulled together a team to decide what to do about their indicted but lucrative client. Around this time, the Justice Department charged another bank customer, the actor Wesley Snipes, with tax fraud. JPMorgan quickly kicked Snipes out of the bank, according to sealed court records we reviewed. (Snipes was later convicted on tax-related misdemeanors but acquitted of more serious fraud charges.)
But the Florida sex-crime charge against Epstein — even when coupled with news that the Justice Department had opened its own investigation into his activities — didn't lead to a similar result."
How JPMorgan Enabled the Crimes of Jeffrey Epstein
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- DOJ says names of two associates Epstein wired $100K and $250K should stay secret
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- "If Trump has created a 'hot' economy, why has American job growth slowed to a 16-year low?"
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(MaddowBlog) - "If we exclude 2020, when the pandemic wreaked havoc on the economy, the first eight months of this year show the slowest job growth in the U.S. since 2009, when the economy was still hemorrhaging jobs from the Great Recession..."
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- blue = biden
red = trump
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(Chris Hayes reacting to Aaron Rupar) - "Seem to recall when the Biden admin was (misleadingly) accused of putting pressure on social media companies to change their editorial policies (most of which were rejected) we were told by a large segment of the population (and a few judges) that it was the worst violation of the 1st Amendment ever"
- "New: CBS News has changed its interview format in reaction to complaints from DHS. According to a statement from a network spokesperson, Face The Nation will now only broadcast live or live to tape interviews"
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