Jeffrey Epstein, Treasury Officials, and the Early Cryptocurrency Questions Around Iran (Part 1)

Murder In Moscow: Bryan Kohberger Claims Innocence After Pleading Guilty (7/28/26)

Almost 13 months after pleading guilty to murdering University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin, Bryan Kohberger filed a handwritten petition seeking to withdraw his plea and obtain post-conviction relief. Kohberger now claims he is innocent and alleges that his defense attorneys pressured him into “falsely confessing” through coercion, false promises, misleading information about the death penalty and the withholding of potentially exculpatory evidence. He specifically claimed his attorneys failed to tell him about unknown hair reportedly found in Ethan Chapin’s hands, advised him that actual guilt was not important to the plea decision and exaggerated the conditions he would face on Idaho’s death row. Kohberger’s new claims directly conflict with what he told Judge Steven Hippler under oath in July 2025, when he said he was satisfied with his attorneys, was pleading guilty voluntarily and admitted committing the burglary and four murders. His plea agreement spared him a possible death sentence in exchange for four consecutive life sentences without parole and a waiver of most appeal rights, although he can still pursue certain claims of ineffective legal representation through post-conviction proceedings. Idaho defense attorneys said overturning the plea would require Kohberger to clear a difficult legal threshold, and reopening the case could jeopardize the agreement that saved his life and potentially restore the possibility of capital prosecution. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Idaho murderer Bryan Kohberger seeks post-conviction relief | Idaho Statesman [https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/crime/article316675205.html]

Ted Waitt And The Transcript From His Epstein Related Trip To Congress (Part 2) (7/28/26)

Ted Waitt told the House Oversight Committee that he met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein at a Hong Kong dinner in November 2003 and began dating Maxwell the following year, remaining in a relationship with her until September 2010. Waitt portrayed his own contact with Epstein as extremely limited, saying he had only a brief introduction at the dinner, one arranged meeting at Maxwell’s New York residence and two later chance encounters. He said he never communicated with Epstein by phone or email and had no business or financial relationship with him. Waitt testified that Maxwell described Epstein positively as a brilliant investor and money manager and told him that, after their romantic relationship ended, she continued working as an estate manager overseeing his properties and staff. Waitt said he wanted Maxwell to stop working for Epstein because Epstein was her former boyfriend, but claimed he had no knowledge at the time of their criminal conduct and never witnessed abuse, coercion or trafficking. He repeatedly said he could not confirm how much work Maxwell continued doing for Epstein while they dated, despite their seven-year relationship, and he denied knowing whether Epstein manipulated or abused her. Waitt also acknowledged that Maxwell had been around his four children, three of whom were girls, and said that had he known then what he knows now, he never would have befriended her or allowed her near them. His testimony largely presented him as someone who was intimately involved with Maxwell for years while remaining unaware of the reality of her relationship with Epstein and the crimes for which she was later convicted. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: GO120551 [https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/05/Waitt-Transcript.pdf]

Ted Waitt And The Transcript From His Epstein Related Trip To Congress (Part 1) (7/28/26)

Ted Waitt told the House Oversight Committee that he met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein at a Hong Kong dinner in November 2003 and began dating Maxwell the following year, remaining in a relationship with her until September 2010. Waitt portrayed his own contact with Epstein as extremely limited, saying he had only a brief introduction at the dinner, one arranged meeting at Maxwell’s New York residence and two later chance encounters. He said he never communicated with Epstein by phone or email and had no business or financial relationship with him. Waitt testified that Maxwell described Epstein positively as a brilliant investor and money manager and told him that, after their romantic relationship ended, she continued working as an estate manager overseeing his properties and staff. Waitt said he wanted Maxwell to stop working for Epstein because Epstein was her former boyfriend, but claimed he had no knowledge at the time of their criminal conduct and never witnessed abuse, coercion or trafficking. He repeatedly said he could not confirm how much work Maxwell continued doing for Epstein while they dated, despite their seven-year relationship, and he denied knowing whether Epstein manipulated or abused her. Waitt also acknowledged that Maxwell had been around his four children, three of whom were girls, and said that had he known then what he knows now, he never would have befriended her or allowed her near them. His testimony largely presented him as someone who was intimately involved with Maxwell for years while remaining unaware of the reality of her relationship with Epstein and the crimes for which she was later convicted. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: GO120551 [https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2026/05/Waitt-Transcript.pdf]

Jes Staley Contradicts Jamie Dimon’s Epstein Testimony (7/28/26)

Jes Staley told Congress that he warned JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon about Jeffrey Epstein’s legal troubles in both 2006 and 2008, directly contradicting Dimon’s sworn claim that he did not learn Epstein was a bank client until 2019. Staley said the two men discussed the investigations into Epstein and his continued relationship with JPMorgan, placing Dimon much closer to the bank’s handling of the disgraced financier than Dimon has acknowledged. JPMorgan denied that the conversations occurred, leaving Congress with two irreconcilable accounts from former senior executives and raising the question of which man gave false or misleading testimony. Staley’s credibility was also under heavy scrutiny because of the extensive evidence showing how close he was to Epstein. The two exchanged more than 1,200 emails, Staley visited Epstein’s properties and regulators concluded that he had misrepresented their relationship, leading to a £1.1 million fine and a ban from Britain’s financial industry. Staley continued to deny wrongdoing, but lawmakers challenged his attempts to portray Epstein as merely a professional contact. JPMorgan has paid roughly $375 million to settle Epstein-related claims and previously accused Staley of concealing information, meaning the dispute between Staley and Dimon now goes to the heart of what the bank’s senior leadership knew, when it knew it and why Epstein remained a client for years after his criminal conduct became public. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Jes Staley v Jamie Dimon: who’s telling the truth about Epstein warnings? [https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/jes-staley-jamie-dimon-jeffrey-epstein-pz5s7ct07]

Epstein’s Dead Associates and the Questions Left Behind (7/28/26)

The deaths surrounding Jeffrey Epstein have become a persistent source of suspicion because several figures who possessed potentially important knowledge died before they could be fully questioned or brought to trial. Epstein himself was found dead in a federal jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting prosecution on sex-trafficking charges. His death was officially ruled a suicide, and federal investigators said they found no evidence of homicide, but the extraordinary failures surrounding his detention, including missed guard rounds, falsified records, his lack of a cellmate and malfunctioning or inadequate camera coverage, ensured that doubts would endure. In 2022, French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in a Paris prison while awaiting trial on rape charges and under investigation for allegedly helping supply girls and young women to Epstein. His death eliminated another central figure who might have provided information about the international modeling pipeline connected to Epstein’s operation. The pattern drew renewed attention in July 2026 when Daniel Siad, a modeling scout repeatedly named in Epstein-related records, was found dead at his home near Paris before French investigators had interviewed him. Siad had denied wrongdoing, but he was being investigated over allegations that he helped recruit or introduce women to Epstein, and several women had accused him of rape or trafficking-related conduct. French authorities opened an investigation into his death, while early reporting suggested a possible cardiac event; there was no established evidence that his death was connected to Epstein or that foul play occurred. Still, Siad’s death meant that, like Epstein and Brunel before him, another person who may have held firsthand information about the network died before investigators and alleged victims could obtain complete answers, deepening the sense that critical pieces of the story continue disappearing before they can be tested in court. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com