Red Flags Ignored: JPMorgan’s Long Shadow with Jeffrey Epstein

This episode looks at how JPMorgan continued banking Jeffrey Epstein long after his 2008 conviction, ignored compliance warnings, and now faces congressional scrutiny and massive settlements for enabling a predator through profit-driven negligence.

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Episode Transcript

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Hello and welcome to the
Vlogging Pod.
On September 10th, 2025,
the Washington Post reported that the Senate
Republicans narrowly blocked an effort to
force the public release of Jeffrey
Epstein case files. The
vote came as scrutiny intensified
over how the financial system and JP

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Morgan in particular handled
Epstein's money flows with Senate Democrats
pushing new transparency
measures and
hearings. The public record
shows JPMorgan kept Epstein as a
client for years after
his 2008conviction and didn't cut
ties until
2013. In

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2023, the bank
agreed to two major payouts
tied to its relationship
with him. 290
million to survivors in a
class actionand 75 million
to the US Virgin Islands. While
admitting no wrong doing, Washington
Post reporting and court filings

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indicate bank executives were alerted
to suspicious activities as
early as 2006,and
depositions detailed all how those
warnings moved up the chain before the
relationship ended this
month's. Push for more disclosure
zeros in on the underlying
money trail. The Produce

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Epstein Treasury Records Act will compel
Treasury to release Epstein related
suspicious activity reports to
Congress while Banking Committee
Democrats are pressing for
testimony from JP Morgan leadership.
The aim is to determine how red flags were
handled inside a major bank

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and whether profit incentives.
And deference to high value clients.
Blunted compliance systems designed to
catch exactly this kind of
risk. And today's
podcast sources come from Senate Republicans
block effort to release Jeffrey Epstein files
Washington Post JP Morgan settles

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Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit with
290 million payout Washington
Post's new Wyden bill would force
Treasury to turn over Epstein files
Senate Finance Committee.
Senators call for hearings about JP
Morgan ties to Jeffrey
Epstein, Wall Street
Journal. Thank you for listening.
Until next time, bye bye for now.