{"id":43674,"date":"2025-09-04T12:55:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=43674"},"modified":"2025-09-04T12:55:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T19:55:33","slug":"is-trump-burying-the-epstein-files-to-hide-the-crimes-of-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/is-trump-burying-the-epstein-files-to-hide-the-crimes-of-wall-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Trump Burying the Epstein Files to Hide the Crimes of&#8230;Wall Street?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;The first rule of any investigation is to follow the money,&#8221; Rep. Thomas Massie told Status Coup when asked if Trump is trying to hide potential evidence that JPMorgan Chase enabled Epstein&#8217;s crimes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@jordanchariton\" target=\"_blank\">JORDAN CHARITON<\/a> SEP 3, 2025<\/td><td><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/@jordanchariton\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/4052f06e-a988-4368-bd06-f003027f6a22?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ecp.yusercontent.com\/mail?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstackcdn.com%2Fimage%2Ffetch%2F%24s_%21Ye7t%21%2Cw_1100%2Cc_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cq_auto%3Agood%2Cfl_progressive%3Asteep%2Fhttps%253A%252F%252Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%252Fpublic%252Fimages%252F99b932e3-737a-4cf4-a87e-1a60bcbaf793_1600x900.heic&amp;t=1757015378&amp;ymreqid=d41d8cd9-8f00-b204-1cd8-9f006c018f00&amp;sig=GNC_vxsNhpF4BCh6fguyEw--~D\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s criminal underage sex trafficking ring&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/eac19e49-0d37-4ce1-a18a-ad07d295c276?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">bravely spoke out&nbsp;<\/a>at a Capitol Hill press conference on Wednesday organized by Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie\u2014and most journalists asked feeble horse race questions about possible retaliation by President Trump\u2014<strong>Status Coup asked Massie<\/strong>&nbsp;about the big, corrupt elephant in the room&nbsp;<strong>(clip below).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/9cf81a60-7403-4701-b288-49f4844d8958?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">SUPPORT OUR ON THE GROUND REPORTING<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The type of corrupt rhino that might be the real reason Trump, and his Republican sycophants in Congress, are so hell-bent on preventing the Epstein files from seeing the light of day.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/945ea34f-e5b0-4b6b-a7ca-4dc57aea5c5e?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JPMorgan Chase has held firm for years that the big bank was unaware of Epstein\u2019s heinous crimes\u2014and kept him as one of its most profitable clients\u2014even after:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>He was arrested in 2006 on prostitution charges and pled guilty two years later<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bank&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/41c37244-8eb8-4e95-9b4e-00b0c1ffe8d8?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">ignored internal warnings<\/a>&nbsp;from bank employees to stop doing business with Epstein<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It red-flagged as much as $1 billion in suspicious transactions from Epstein over his 16 years as a client\u2014<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/2466a314-440a-4ae1-a0b7-30cad61387f6?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">but only notified the government after his supposed suicide in prison<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>But could the release of the full Epstein files reveal JPMorgan knew more about Epstein\u2014and some of its other wealthy clients potentially involved in his trafficking ring\u2014but simply looked the other way?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely, the first rule of any investigation is to follow the money,&#8221; Rep. Thomas Massie answered Status Coup\u2019s Jon Farina at the press conference in response to Farina asking if the full release of the Epstein files might reveal that JPMorgan potentially knew more about Epstein\u2019s crimes\u2014yet in order to keep his mega bucks rolling in, ignored his crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Massie went further telling Status Coup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe gotta follow the bank records, and that is one thing the Oversight Committee is doing that I applaud; let\u2019s hope that they get it out of there, they can\u2019t just hold that information in their committee. Follow the money: which accounts did it come from, which accounts did it go to, and that\u2019s the quickest way to figure out who was doing what.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s important to know if any other high-profile politicians, financiers, celebrities, athletes, or other public figures were involved in sexually assaulting and trafficking minors\u2014hence why the full Epstein files should be released to the public (and should have been under President Biden before Trump 2.0).<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/bb0cca69-6367-4eea-ad13-1cbd0c6918d5?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But as Massie suggests, and I have followed my entire journalism career, you should always follow the money first, second, and third. Using common sense, do you really think Trump and his spineless, frightened Republican leeches in Congress, would be fervently trying to keep the files from going public all to protect fairly replaceable big donors?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Status Coup is the ONLY INDEPENDENT OUTLET consistently ON THE GROUND with the people. It is expensive and we have no corporate funding. Support us so we can continue!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/2\/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RhdHVzY291cHN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS9zdWJzY3JpYmU_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.r3HlzS2e4YopZBHYoDFylCCHWw-eKniquwqZg4wbuqs?&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=subscribe-widget-preamble&amp;utm_content=172706771\">Upgrade to paid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think Trump, obsessed with attention, adoration, and being viewed as a strongman, would turn down the opportunity to be viewed as a hero for exposing an actual deep state apparatus\u2014all to protect donors and other politicians he no longer has political use for given that he can\u2019t run for president again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>***Of course, given Trump\u2019s growing fascism, that pesky constitution doesn\u2019t mean he won\u2019t run again in 2028 or try to cancel the election***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given my nearly decade of on-the-ground reporting around the country\u2014often on corruption that is directly connected to Wall Street\u2014I find it downright impossibly that a megalomaniac, textbook narcissist like Trump would work this hard to bury a sprawling criminals sex trafficking ring to simply help out a few donors and pals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/app-link\/post?publication_id=10151&amp;post_id=172706771&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=share&amp;utm_campaign=email-share&amp;action=share&amp;triggerShare=true&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=e0iq&amp;token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo2NTM4NTgsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE3MjcwNjc3MSwiaWF0IjoxNzU2OTI4Nzk4LCJleHAiOjE3NTk1MjA3OTgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xMDE1MSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.RXP41nN5kf4SLuDgi8oB9k50nIV03yHwAAEmNUITtR4\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Especially given that loyalty with Trump is a one-way street; he has routinely thrown those loyal to him under a mega bus when it benefited him.<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/919a4205-6dec-4d15-87a9-f2b3eb962cfb?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, it definitely is plausible that Trump would care, A LOT, to keep hidden any potentially incriminating information about JPMorgan, given he has direct financial ties to the Wall Street behemoth (as does the entire Republican Party).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/2\/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc3RhdHVzY291cHN1YnN0YWNrLmNvbS8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1zdWJzdGFjayZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jb250ZW50PXNoYXJlJmFjdGlvbj1zaGFyZSIsInAiOjE3MjcwNjc3MSwicyI6MTAxNTEsImYiOnRydWUsInUiOjY1Mzg1OCwiaWF0IjoxNzU2OTI4Nzk4LCJleHAiOjIwNzI1MDQ3OTgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0wIiwic3ViIjoibGluay1yZWRpcmVjdCJ9.EulY0OaUBxsC8zP6uheE2VFo_ggr7xVle9l0lrkLmmc?\">Share Status Coup News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s just one example: a San Francisco skyscraper that Trump co-owns with mega corporate realtor Vornado is<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/3f89fb5a-d660-4e27-a513-af366b83b838?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">&nbsp;available for sale<\/a>\u2026and guess who&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/6f3b20bc-a49c-479a-a56e-c9a4e8f02cfc?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">refinanced the building\u2019s debt<\/a>&nbsp;in 2021 through a $1.2 billion loan?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>JPMorgan Chase.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the time, JPMorgan\u2019s move helped Trump\u2019s struggling business\u2014who had been shunned and rejected by other banks after Trump helped spark the attempted coup of the U.S. government on January 6th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there\u2019s Trump\u2019s<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/6739efcd-2205-45d0-b9a0-0ea253701d90?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">&nbsp;rekindling of his political romance with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon<\/a>\u2014who said he is&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/09c59825-fae1-4809-83b0-b057907c297c?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">\u201cso sad\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;that the Wall Street bank had any relationship with Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m guessing his $39 million compensation last year\u2014and get-out-of-jail-free-card for his role in the fraud that helped tank the global economy in 2008\u2014helps alleviate his sadness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/6739efcd-2205-45d0-b9a0-0ea253701d90?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">two met several times over the last few months<\/a>&nbsp;in the White House as Trump apparently sought Dimon\u2019s advise on the economy&nbsp;<strong>(translated: how to accelerate stealing from the poor to build taller castles for themselves).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, of course, Trump is already planning for his post-presidency\u2014if he agrees to leave office after his second term\u2014and selfishly doesn\u2019t want to get on Wall Street\u2019s bad side if and when he needs help from big banks again\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Either for further business loans or a mountain of cash to defend against future criminal cases against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, for those who\u2019ve followed my reporting for awhile, never forget: government officials poisoned Flint, Michigan and,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/1989b644-1ac5-4ff4-a92b-63d20e502e13?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">as my book<\/a>&nbsp;\u201c<strong>We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans<\/strong>\u201d meticulously exposed, those same government officials\u2014from both political parties\u2014helped to cover it up and sweep it under the rug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>***In large part to protect the involvement of Wall Street mega banks, JPMorgan and Wells Fargo, in orchestrating a privatization scheme that poisoned Flint residents***<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So\u2026if the federal, state, city, and county government worked together to protect JPMorgan\u2014<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/redirect\/75d01f22-ba97-476c-b223-1e332047be93?j=eyJ1IjoiZTBpcSJ9.bWAl25BLPe62fl7RlezMOITuH1P4z_cuwPSwD9m_3WI\">who was sued on behalf of 2,600 Flint kids<\/a>\u2014from accountability for poisoning Americans, you think they wouldn\u2019t stop at its potential role in enabling a sex trafficking ring of underage girls?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The first rule of any investigation is to follow the money,&#8221; Rep. Thomas Massie told Status Coup when asked if Trump is trying to hide potential evidence that JPMorgan Chase enabled Epstein&#8217;s crimes JORDAN CHARITON SEP 3, 2025 As victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s criminal underage sex trafficking&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/is-trump-burying-the-epstein-files-to-hide-the-crimes-of-wall-street\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43674"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43675,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43674\/revisions\/43675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}