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JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Citibank ignored red flags on Epstein's suspicious transfers but didn't report them until after his arrest. A 60 Minutes investigation documenting the same story was shelved after Bari Weiss took over at CBS.
JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Citibank all noticed suspicious patterns in Epstein's accounts—transfers that should have triggered anti-money laundering alerts—but didn't report them until after his 2019 arrest. A CBS 60 Minutes investigation documenting the same banking failures was shelved after Bari Weiss took over as editorial leadership.
Banks have legal obligations to report suspicious activity. These three didn't, even after seeing patterns. The Senate report's value is in naming the specific institutions and showing the gap between what they knew and when they acted. The suppression of the 60 Minutes segment adds another layer: editorial leadership at a major news outlet decided not to air a story about financial institutions failing to police a serial offender. The two events together—bank negligence and editorial silence—suggest a pattern of institutions protecting each other rather than enforcing accountability.
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