Senator Wyden Exposes Epstein’s Money Trail as Trump Tries to Distract the Nation

Описание: As Donald Trump attempts to divert public attention by escalating chaos abroad and deploying force at home, one U.S. senator is refusing to look away from one of the darkest financial scandals in modern American history. Senator Ron Wyden, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, has remained laser-focused on Jeffrey Epstein — and, more importantly, on the money that fueled Epstein’s global sex-trafficking operation.

For more than three years, Senator Wyden has been investigating Epstein’s financial transactions under a simple but powerful principle: if you want to expose a criminal enterprise, you follow the money. His latest letter to the CEO of BNY Mellon contains explosive revelations that raise serious questions about bank compliance, institutional negligence, and how Epstein was allowed to operate in plain sight for years.

According to Wyden, Epstein sent exactly $20 million in 2007, broken into 20 separate wire transfers of exactly $1 million each, executed in a repeating and suspicious pattern from January through September of that year. These transactions occurred with striking regularity — almost weekly — and coincided precisely with the period when Epstein was under federal investigation and negotiating his infamous non-prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice.

Under the Bank Secrecy Act, financial institutions are legally required to flag and report suspicious transactions that may involve money laundering, sex trafficking, or other criminal activity. Wyden argues that these repetitive, round-number transfers should have triggered immediate scrutiny. Instead, BNY Mellon failed to file required reports until 2019, after Epstein was already indicted — years too late to prevent ongoing harm.

Even more alarming are the transfers involving Ghislaine Maxwell. In June 2007, Epstein wired $7.4 million to Maxwell, who then moved the funds through multiple accounts before using $7.3 million as a down payment on a helicopter. These transactions occurred during the exact window when Epstein was finalizing his non-prosecution deal — the same agreement Maxwell later claimed she believed would protect her as well. Once again, no suspicious activity reports were filed at the time.

Wyden is now demanding full transparency from BNY Mellon: where the money went, what questions were asked, what answers were accepted, and why the bank failed to act when it mattered most. His investigation underscores how major financial institutions enabled Epstein’s criminal enterprise — not through ignorance, but through inaction.

Meanwhile, Trump’s furious reaction to being confronted with Epstein-related accountability tells its own story. When a factory worker recently called Trump a “pedophile protector,” the former president erupted in rage, offering one of the most unhinged public reactions of his political career. The term clearly struck a nerve — and the public is taking notice.

At a time when powerful interests would prefer distraction, Senator Wyden is forcing the conversation back to accountability, justice, and the systems that failed countless victims. This is not about politics — it is about exposing how money, power, and silence protected one of the most notorious criminal networks in modern history.

Independent media will continue to follow the money, demand answers, and refuse to let this story disappear.
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