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gfarber

(267 posts)
13. The Compliance Conundrum
Thu Nov 27, 2025, 02:04 PM
Nov 2025


There once was a senator—Wyden—
Who said Treasury’s files were lyin’ in
A vault locked up tight,
With Bessent saying “No—quite
A lot more than I care to confide in.”

Wyden shouted, “Now here’s what I’ve found:
Epstein’s cash flowed unbound underground.
The bank kept it hush—
Not a bureaucrat’s blush—
’Cause his business was simply too sound.”

J.P. Morgan, said Wyden, did stash
Epstein snug in a “Wall of Cash.”
They saw red flags wave,
Yet they’d quietly behave—
For a client whose wealth couldn’t crash.

Suspicious reports trickled slow—
Just millions while Epstein lay low.
But the moment he died,
That dam broke wide—
And a billion-and-change came in tow.

A compliance employee once wrote,
“Cash for jet fuel?”—a dubious note.
But they let it proceed,
Though the flags all agreed
This was not how one fuels up a boat.

Now subpoenas are starting to rain;
Both committees are turning the chain.
“Hand the documents here—
Every transfer made clear—
Till the money map fully explains.”

Wyden charted the transfers, in line,
That went Maxwell’s way through the pipeline.
Not a side-plot or whim—
But part of the dim
Financial machinery’s design.

So the message from Wyden rings sunny:
“Don’t get lost in the spin or the funny.
Ignore all the noise,
The distractions, the ploys—
If you want the truth: follow the money.”

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Where Trump is involved, the answer is *always* going to be, follow the money. Ocelot II Nov 2025 #1
Ditto. Then there is the Russia connection. Amaryllis Nov 2025 #2
Scott Pissant?? LOVE IT vapor2 Nov 2025 #5
I think a number of the big names in the "files" have to do with potential financial misconduct as opposed to sexual ToxMarz Nov 2025 #9
That's very likely. But where did the money come from in the first place? Ocelot II Nov 2025 #10
Epstein didn't get his start in sex trafficking, he has had a long "illustrious" life of fraud ToxMarz Nov 2025 #14
Epstein cultivated wealthy people and held himself out as a financial advisor. Ocelot II Nov 2025 #22
Yes, I was thinking the same thing PatSeg Nov 2025 #19
Scott "Pissant" brakester Nov 2025 #25
Go Wyden! That's what I want to see. Epstein's financial network. travelingthrulife Nov 2025 #3
Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2025 #4
Holy Shit malaise Nov 2025 #6
FOLLOW THE MONEY usonian Nov 2025 #7
REcommend you make this post a separate OP Amaryllis Nov 2025 #15
Done. Nov 16th. Give it a kick. usonian Nov 2025 #17
I did. But will that make the post active again given that it's 8 days old? I was thinking of just reposting the whole Amaryllis Nov 2025 #21
I've been known to do that. Will do. usonian Nov 2025 #23
Great info flamingdem Nov 2025 #26
Thank you, Senator Wyden. Thanks to all our Democratic leaders. ancianita Nov 2025 #8
A Noose on every lamp post up and down Pennsylvania Avenue. BurnDoubt Nov 2025 #11
It's a world wide network of wealthy that pay to rape children. How many on Wall St. paid? Hotler Nov 2025 #12
The Compliance Conundrum gfarber Nov 2025 #13
Wyden is an absolute bulldog duckworth969 Nov 2025 #16
I also have often referred to him as a bulldog. He is a wonderful senator and a wonderful human being. Amaryllis Nov 2025 #18
K&R spanone Nov 2025 #20
Popok and Mistrial brakester Nov 2025 #24
Bessent is protecting his buddies. Old Crank Nov 2025 #27
Money Laundering Roy Rolling Nov 2025 #28
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