Mega Edition:   Leon Black And His Battle For Control At Apollo  After The Epstein Story Broke (12/31/25)

Mega Edition: Leon Black And His Battle For Control At Apollo After The Epstein Story Broke (12/31/25)

Leon Black, the billionaire co-founder of Leon Black and longtime face of Apollo Global Management, was effectively forced out of the firm he helped build after revelations about his extensive financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein became impossible to contain. Reporting revealed that Black paid Epstein roughly $158 million over several years for what was described as tax and estate planning advice—payments that continued even after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. As public scrutiny intensified, investors, limited partners, and regulators began questioning Apollo’s governance, oversight, and judgment, turning Black from an asset into a reputational liability almost overnight.

While Black formally characterized his departure in 2021 as a voluntary step down, the reality was far more coercive. Apollo’s board commissioned an outside review that confirmed the scale of the Epstein payments, and pressure mounted from pension funds and institutional investors who made clear that Black’s continued presence threatened capital commitments and the firm’s standing. Faced with growing backlash and an untenable optics problem, Apollo moved to distance itself from its co-founder, stripping Black of his leadership role and accelerating a governance overhaul. In practical terms, Black wasn’t gently ushered aside—he was pushed out to protect the firm, marking one of the clearest examples of how the Epstein fallout claimed a major Wall Street power player long before any courtroom accountability arrived.


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Deutsche Bank And Their 150 Million Dollar Jeffrey Epstein Mistake

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In July 2020, New York state regulators fined Deutsche Bank $150 million for its failure to properly monitor its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, along with other high-risk clients. The New York Dep...

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MCC Corrections Officer Michael Thomas And His OIG Interview Related To Epstein's Death (Part 1) (2/16/26)

MCC Corrections Officer Michael Thomas And His OIG Interview Related To Epstein's Death (Part 1) (2/16/26)

Michael Thomas was a veteran correctional officer employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan — a federal detention facility — where Jeffrey Epstein ...

16 Helmi 14min

Left vs. Right Is a Distraction: The Cross-Partisan Web Around Epstein  (2/16/26)

Left vs. Right Is a Distraction: The Cross-Partisan Web Around Epstein (2/16/26)

Jeffrey Epstein’s rise, protection, and long run of abuse cannot be honestly framed as a partisan scandal. He cultivated relationships across the political spectrum—courting Democrats and Republicans,...

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Flooding the Zone: How Volume Replaced Clarity in the DOJ's Epstein Document Dump  (2/16/26)

Flooding the Zone: How Volume Replaced Clarity in the DOJ's Epstein Document Dump (2/16/26)

The Department of Justice is trying to sell finality where there is still fog. After a chaotic rollout of Epstein-related materials, officials have framed the release as complete and urged the public ...

16 Helmi 19min

'Uncle Jeffrey’: New DOJ Files Detail Epstein’s Troubling Obsession with Celina Dubin (2/16/26)

'Uncle Jeffrey’: New DOJ Files Detail Epstein’s Troubling Obsession with Celina Dubin (2/16/26)

Newly released United States Department of Justice files, as reported by The New York Post, reveal disturbing details about Jeffrey Epstein’s long-standing and unusually close involvement with Celina ...

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From Wall Street to DEF CON: How Epstein Sought Access to Cybersecurity’s Inner Circle (2/16/26)

From Wall Street to DEF CON: How Epstein Sought Access to Cybersecurity’s Inner Circle (2/16/26)

Documents released by the U.S. Justice Department show that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein spent years corresponding with figures in the cybersecurity community and repeatedly tried to involve...

16 Helmi 19min

Mega Edition:  Why  Not Everyone In Epstein's Orbit  Is The Same And Why That Matters (2/16/26)

Mega Edition: Why Not Everyone In Epstein's Orbit Is The Same And Why That Matters (2/16/26)

One of the biggest mistakes people keep making when they talk about Jeffrey Epstein is flattening everyone in his orbit into the same category. A photo becomes guilt, proximity becomes participation, ...

16 Helmi 32min

Mega Edition:   Why Epstein’s Deal Was “Technically Legal"  According To  The DOJ (2/16/26)

Mega Edition: Why Epstein’s Deal Was “Technically Legal" According To The DOJ (2/16/26)

The Department of Justice has consistently argued that the controversial 2007–2008 Epstein non-prosecution agreement did not violate the Crime Victims’ Rights Act because, in its view, the CVRA’s prot...

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