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<blockquote data-quote="ThxOne" data-source="post: 8923049" data-attributes="member: 675210"><p>[ATTACH=full]71486[/ATTACH]</p><p>Jeffrey Epstein (Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)</p><p>Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire hedge fund manager, <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article222597265.html" target="_blank">settled</a> in court Tuesday more than a decade after his saga of ****** exploitation of underage girls was revealed by the Palm Beach police in 2005.</p><p>According to an <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html" target="_blank">investigation</a> by the Miami Herald, from at least 2001 to 2005, Epstein lured underage girls to his Palm Beach mansion to partake in a network of ****** exploitation.</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rU9q5vU0x2c7zfd7VaUVW5lA-AZu8Xpg4fEALuitteI/edit#gid=649570569" target="_blank">From 1989 up until 2003</a>, <strong>Epstein donated more than $139,000 to Democratic federal candidates and committees</strong> and over $18,000 to Republican candidates and groups, according to data from OpenSecrets. <strong>Notable recipients include former President Bill Clinton </strong>and former Senator <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00001769&cycle=Career" target="_blank">Bob Packwood</a>, a Republican. In 2003, a couple of years before a full-scale investigation into the allegations of ****** exploitation of underage girls, his political giving abruptly stopped.</p><p><strong>From 1999 to 2003, Epstein donated $77,000 to Democrats</strong> <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00000245" target="_blank">John Kerry</a>, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00005037&cycle=CAREER" target="_blank">Richard Gephardt</a>, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00000581&cycle=2008" target="_blank">Chris Dodd</a>, and other high-profile politicians and committees. Dodd received a $1,000 contribution from Epstein during his reelection campaign in 2003, however, the contribution was returned in 2006.</p><p>After a hiatus in political giving during the investigations into his ****** abuse, Epstein gave to independent Connecticut House candidate <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2014&id=VA08" target="_blank">Gwendolyn Beck</a> in 2014 and U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Delegate <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035000" target="_blank">Stacey Plaskett</a> both in 2016 and the most recent midterms (Epstein owns a private island in the Virgin Islands called Little Saint James).</p><p><strong>Most recently, Epstein contributed $10,000 to the </strong><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021957" target="_blank"><strong>Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</strong></a> in October 2018. It was swiftly returned by the committee four days later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ThxOne, post: 8923049, member: 675210"] [ATTACH type="full" alt="Jeffrey Epstein"]71486[/ATTACH] Jeffrey Epstein (Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images) Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire hedge fund manager, [URL='https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article222597265.html']settled[/URL] in court Tuesday more than a decade after his saga of ****** exploitation of underage girls was revealed by the Palm Beach police in 2005. According to an [URL='https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article220097825.html']investigation[/URL] by the Miami Herald, from at least 2001 to 2005, Epstein lured underage girls to his Palm Beach mansion to partake in a network of ****** exploitation. [URL='https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rU9q5vU0x2c7zfd7VaUVW5lA-AZu8Xpg4fEALuitteI/edit#gid=649570569']From 1989 up until 2003[/URL], [B]Epstein donated more than $139,000 to Democratic federal candidates and committees[/B] and over $18,000 to Republican candidates and groups, according to data from OpenSecrets. [B]Notable recipients include former President Bill Clinton [/B]and former Senator [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00001769&cycle=Career']Bob Packwood[/URL], a Republican. In 2003, a couple of years before a full-scale investigation into the allegations of ****** exploitation of underage girls, his political giving abruptly stopped. [B]From 1999 to 2003, Epstein donated $77,000 to Democrats[/B] [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00000245']John Kerry[/URL], [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00005037&cycle=CAREER']Richard Gephardt[/URL], [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00000581&cycle=2008']Chris Dodd[/URL], and other high-profile politicians and committees. Dodd received a $1,000 contribution from Epstein during his reelection campaign in 2003, however, the contribution was returned in 2006. After a hiatus in political giving during the investigations into his ****** abuse, Epstein gave to independent Connecticut House candidate [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary?cycle=2014&id=VA08']Gwendolyn Beck[/URL] in 2014 and U.S. Virgin Islands Democratic Delegate [URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00035000']Stacey Plaskett[/URL] both in 2016 and the most recent midterms (Epstein owns a private island in the Virgin Islands called Little Saint James). [B]Most recently, Epstein contributed $10,000 to the [/B][URL='https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summary.php?id=D000021957'][B]Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee[/B][/URL] in October 2018. It was swiftly returned by the committee four days later. [/QUOTE]
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