Thomas Massie's Epstein Discharge Petition Inches Closer To The Finish Line (9/5/25)

In recent days a campaign group called Republic has announced it has instructed lawyers to investigate Prince Andrew for potential legal action over allegations of sexual assault, corruption and misconduct in public office connected to his past ties with Jeffrey Epstein and the claims made by his accuser Virginia Giuffre. The group says if sufficient evidence is found, it may proceed with a private prosecution in the UK — an “unprecedented step,” they say, given that traditional criminal investigation avenues have repeatedly declined further action.Alongside the legal moves, Prince Andrew is also under institutional pressure: a parliamentary watchdog has publicly queried his use of the Windsor-Estate property known as Royal Lodge, pointing to concerns about value-for-money and privileges of his tenancy under the Crown Estate lease. This signals a broader erosion of the informal protections he once enjoyed. While Andrew continues to deny all wrongdoing, the renewed scrutiny from both public bodies and private campaigners suggests that the legal and reputational stakes for him have risen significantly.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Prince Andrew 'faces private prosecution' over allegations of sexual assault, corruption and misconduct in public office | Daily Mail OnlineBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s unpublished memoir The Billionaire’s Playboy Club recounts her recruitment into Jeffrey Epstein’s world as a 16-year-old working at Mar-a-Lago, where she says Ghislaine Maxwell lured her in with promises of opportunity and travel. The manuscript describes how she became trapped in Epstein’s orbit, allegedly forced into sexual encounters with powerful men, including Prince Andrew, and ferried across his properties in New York, Florida, and the Virgin Islands. Giuffre paints a detailed picture of coercion, psychological manipulation, and the disturbing normalization of exploitation within Epstein’s high-society circle.In this episode, we begin our journey through that memoir.   to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:Virgina Giuffre Billionaire's Playboy Club | DocumentCloudBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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The Jeffrey Epstein non-prosecution agreement (NPA) of 2007-08, reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), detailed how federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida negotiated a deal that effectively ended an active federal investigation into Epstein’s alleged trafficking and abuse of underage girls. The agreement granted broad immunity to Epstein and unnamed “potential co-conspirators,” allowed him to plead guilty to state charges instead of facing major federal sex-trafficking counts, and did so without informing or consulting the victims before the deal was executed. The OPR found that while no evidence of corruption or impermissible influence was uncovered, the decision represented “poor judgment” by the prosecutors.Further, the report underscored significant procedural deficiencies: victims were not made aware of the NPA, the USAO did not meaningfully engage with them in accordance with the Crime Victims’ Rights Act’s principles, and the immunity granted in the NPA curtailed future federal prosecution of Epstein’s associates—even as investigation into other victims and broader criminal conduct may have persisted. In short, the OPR concluded that the case resolution was legally within the prosecutors’ discretion, but deeply flawed in its execution and fairness to those harmed.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:dl (justice.gov)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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The Jeffrey Epstein non-prosecution agreement (NPA) of 2007-08, reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), detailed how federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida negotiated a deal that effectively ended an active federal investigation into Epstein’s alleged trafficking and abuse of underage girls. The agreement granted broad immunity to Epstein and unnamed “potential co-conspirators,” allowed him to plead guilty to state charges instead of facing major federal sex-trafficking counts, and did so without informing or consulting the victims before the deal was executed. The OPR found that while no evidence of corruption or impermissible influence was uncovered, the decision represented “poor judgment” by the prosecutors.Further, the report underscored significant procedural deficiencies: victims were not made aware of the NPA, the USAO did not meaningfully engage with them in accordance with the Crime Victims’ Rights Act’s principles, and the immunity granted in the NPA curtailed future federal prosecution of Epstein’s associates—even as investigation into other victims and broader criminal conduct may have persisted. In short, the OPR concluded that the case resolution was legally within the prosecutors’ discretion, but deeply flawed in its execution and fairness to those harmed.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:dl (justice.gov)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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The Jeffrey Epstein non-prosecution agreement (NPA) of 2007-08, reviewed by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), detailed how federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida negotiated a deal that effectively ended an active federal investigation into Epstein’s alleged trafficking and abuse of underage girls. The agreement granted broad immunity to Epstein and unnamed “potential co-conspirators,” allowed him to plead guilty to state charges instead of facing major federal sex-trafficking counts, and did so without informing or consulting the victims before the deal was executed. The OPR found that while no evidence of corruption or impermissible influence was uncovered, the decision represented “poor judgment” by the prosecutors.Further, the report underscored significant procedural deficiencies: victims were not made aware of the NPA, the USAO did not meaningfully engage with them in accordance with the Crime Victims’ Rights Act’s principles, and the immunity granted in the NPA curtailed future federal prosecution of Epstein’s associates—even as investigation into other victims and broader criminal conduct may have persisted. In short, the OPR concluded that the case resolution was legally within the prosecutors’ discretion, but deeply flawed in its execution and fairness to those harmed.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:dl (justice.gov)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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If the IRS Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) were targeting someone like Jeffrey Epstein, the case would start with forensic financial analysis designed to trace unreported income, hidden assets, and offshore structures. Epstein’s wealth—largely private, complex, and tied to shell companies and foreign accounts—would trigger red flags for potential violations of tax evasion statutes (26 U.S.C. § 7201). Agents would begin with data analytics, subpoenas to banks and trust administrators, and whistleblower information to uncover discrepancies between reported income and actual financial activity. They would examine private jets, properties, and luxury assets as potential laundering channels or under-reported business expenses, often using the “net worth” method to compare lifestyle against declared earnings. IRS-CI would also coordinate with agencies such as FinCEN and the Department of Justice’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section to investigate any violations of Title 31—such as failure to report large transactions or suspicious activity involving foreign financial institutions.If the evidence suggested intentional concealment or laundering, IRS-CI would elevate the case to a full criminal investigation. Epstein’s network of offshore accounts, charitable foundations, and LLCs would be scrutinized for the use of nominee owners, false invoices, and circular transfers to disguise the origin of funds. Agents would rely on Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) to obtain foreign banking records, coordinate with Treasury to trace wire transfers, and reconstruct income streams through forensic accounting. Once they established willful intent to defraud the government, the IRS could refer the case to the Department of Justice for prosecution, pursuing charges of tax evasion, money laundering, and conspiracy. In short, an IRS agent targeting someone like Epstein wouldn’t just look for missing tax filings—they’d dismantle the entire financial infrastructure that enabled his empire of secrecy.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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If the IRS Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) were targeting someone like Jeffrey Epstein, the case would start with forensic financial analysis designed to trace unreported income, hidden assets, and offshore structures. Epstein’s wealth—largely private, complex, and tied to shell companies and foreign accounts—would trigger red flags for potential violations of tax evasion statutes (26 U.S.C. § 7201). Agents would begin with data analytics, subpoenas to banks and trust administrators, and whistleblower information to uncover discrepancies between reported income and actual financial activity. They would examine private jets, properties, and luxury assets as potential laundering channels or under-reported business expenses, often using the “net worth” method to compare lifestyle against declared earnings. IRS-CI would also coordinate with agencies such as FinCEN and the Department of Justice’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section to investigate any violations of Title 31—such as failure to report large transactions or suspicious activity involving foreign financial institutions.If the evidence suggested intentional concealment or laundering, IRS-CI would elevate the case to a full criminal investigation. Epstein’s network of offshore accounts, charitable foundations, and LLCs would be scrutinized for the use of nominee owners, false invoices, and circular transfers to disguise the origin of funds. Agents would rely on Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) to obtain foreign banking records, coordinate with Treasury to trace wire transfers, and reconstruct income streams through forensic accounting. Once they established willful intent to defraud the government, the IRS could refer the case to the Department of Justice for prosecution, pursuing charges of tax evasion, money laundering, and conspiracy. In short, an IRS agent targeting someone like Epstein wouldn’t just look for missing tax filings—they’d dismantle the entire financial infrastructure that enabled his empire of secrecy.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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The allegations surrounding Mary Erdoes, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase’s Asset and Wealth Management division, focus on what she knew—and when—about Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal conduct while the bank continued doing business with him. Epstein remained a JPMorgan client from the late 1990s until 2013, despite his 2008 sex crime conviction and repeated internal warnings about his activities. Internal compliance emails revealed that by 2006, Epstein’s accounts were already raising red flags for suspicious activity, and by 2011, Erdoes was directly alerted to legal developments confirming his sex-offender status—she reportedly responded with a short “Oh boy.” Testimony and internal records suggest that Erdoes and then–general counsel Stephen Cutler held the authority to terminate Epstein’s banking relationship but did not exercise it, even as other staff raised serious concerns. Multiple reports indicate she continued corresponding about Epstein’s status and compliance reviews, demonstrating a level of awareness inconsistent with the bank’s later public claims that knowledge of his misconduct was confined to lower levels.Critics argue this places Erdoes near the center of JPMorgan’s failure to cut ties sooner, implying that the decision to keep Epstein as a client was not a mere oversight but a conscious choice by top management to preserve a lucrative relationship. During litigation brought by the U.S. Virgin Islands and Epstein’s survivors, JPMorgan’s internal communications were unsealed, showing that Epstein’s financial activity had been reviewed annually and still cleared for continuation under Erdoes’s division. Jes Staley, Epstein’s primary contact within the bank, later testified that Erdoes “had full authority” to drop him but chose not to. Erdoes herself has denied any knowledge of Epstein’s sex-trafficking operations, stating that her involvement was limited to compliance oversight and that Epstein was eventually off-boarded once risk assessments changed. Nevertheless, the accumulated evidence—from internal memos to executive testimony—has left a troubling picture of institutional willful blindness at the highest level of the world’s largest bank.to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

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