>Dough
https://www.theepochtimes.com/jpmorgan-agrees-to-settle-with-jeffrey-epstein-victims_5327166.html
JPMorgan Agrees to Settle With Jeffrey Epstein Victims
JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement with women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein, the bank and the women said on June 12.
The parties said in a joint statement that they have notified a federal court in New York that they have “reached an agreement in principle” to settle the lawsuit filed in 2022 by the women that accused the bank of facilitating Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.
The settlement is subject to approval by U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, the Clinton appointee overseeing the case.
A spokeswoman for JPMorgan Chase told The Epoch Times via email: “We all now understand that Epstein’s behavior was monstrous, and we believe this settlement is in the best interest of all parties, especially the survivors, who suffered unimaginable abuse at the hands of this man.”
She added: “Any association with him was a mistake and we regret it. We would never have continued to do business with him if we believed he was using our bank in any way to help commit heinous crimes.”
David Boies, a lawyer representing the women, told The Epoch Times in an email: “While the road to justice for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has been too long, and we are not yet at its end, the historic recovery from JP Morgan, individually and in combination with our earlier recovery from Deutsche Bank, is another important step in achieving the vindication, recognition, and compensation they deserve.”
The specifics of the agreement were not disclosed.
“JP Morgan has requested that we not reveal the actual amount of the settlement (which is large), and for the moment we are honoring that request,” Boies said.
Deutsche Bank, sued by the same women, in May agreed to pay $75 million to settle the related suit against it.
Rakoff had ruled this year that the banks could be liable for Epstein’s sex trafficking.
“Plaintiffs have pled sufficient facts to support their allegations that JP Morgan had … knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking venture, either directly or by recklessly disregarding what was plainly to be seen,” Rakoff said. He also said that the plaintiffs had presented facts to support allegations that “Deutsche Bank knew or recklessly disregarded that Jeffrey Epstein ran a sex-trafficking venture.”
Epstein died at age 66 in federal prison in New York while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking minors. His death was ruled a suicide. Epstein was accused of trafficking underage girls for years, including at his residence in the borough of Manhattan.
The woman who brought the suit that is being settled was described as a ballet dancer in New York who was groomed by Epstein and his associates. She said she was abused and trafficked by Epstein from 2006 to 2013.
Cases
The cases against JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank were brought by an unidentified woman dubbed Jane Doe 1 as a class action lawsuit. She said the banks violated federal law that bars sex trafficking conduct and state law that prohibits intentional and negligent acts that lead to injuries as a result of sex offenses.
The suit alleged that the banks knew that Epstein was regularly violating New York laws and “acted in a negligent manner so as to enable Epstein to commit such offenses against countless young women.”
Epstein had accounts at JPMorgan beginning in 2000. After a top executive, Jes Staley, who was close with Epstein, left in 2013, JPMorgan began closing the accounts.
Epstein then turned to Deutsche Bank for his banking needs.
Having accounts at the banks enabled Epstein “to expand his operation to the level it ultimately reached,” according to the complaints.
Epstein benefited from banking at the banks because it let him have easy access to money to pay women he abused and others while the banks were brought new customers by Epstein, the complaints stated.
Before the settlement was reached, JPMorgan had asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing the claims against it were “meritless.”
Don’t Affect Virgin Islands Suit
The settlements do not affect a separate case brought by officials in the U.S. Virgin Islands against JPMorgan.
Virgin Islands officials said JPMorgan helped facilitate Epstein’s sex trafficking by providing banking services, noting that the services remained in place even after Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting a minor for prostitution.
A number of revelations have been uncovered as the case, also lodged in New York, has proceeded to discovery.
A U.S. congresswoman who was deposed as part of discovery, for instance, revealed that she went to Epstein’s home in New York in 2018, just months before he was arrested.
Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.), the congresswoman, also said she sought donations from Epstein despite his being a registered sex offender.
Other materials, described in a filing by JPMorgan, showed that Plaskett and other Virgin Islands officials like former First Lady Cecile de Jongh “actively facilitated” Epstein’s trafficking, the bank alleged.
Among the materials: messages from de Jongh, who worked for Epstein while her husband was governor, talking about opposing legislation that would tighten laws on monitoring sex offenders.
JPMorgan also said that the materials, most of which were entered under seal, showed that Epstein paid for de Jongh’s children to go to private school.
De Jongh did not respond to a request for comment.
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>https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1668280760887902212
Canadian officials say the wildfires last week that sent a massive cloud of smoke into the U.S. and brought record-breaking pollutions to major East Coast cites could continue all summer.
"This is a first in the history of Quebec to fight so many fires, to evacuate so many people," Francois Bonnardel, the province's minister of public security said this past weekend. "We are going to have a fight that we think will last all summer."
Already this year, nearly 17,800 square miles have reportedly burned in Canada, forcing thousands across the country to evacuate and relocate. Right now, reports show 447 active fires in Canada, with 220 of them considered to be "out of control."
More fires are expected because of drought conditions and "long-range forecasts for warm temperatures," according to the Canadian government's natural resources branch.
President Biden met Thursday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the matter and agreed to "deploy all available federal firefighting assets that can rapidly assist in suppressing fires," according to the White House.
Over 600 firefighters from the U.S. are expected to sent north of the border to assist Canada in suppressing the wildfires.
https://twitter.com/Megatron_ron
https://twitter.com/Megatron_ron/status/1666128269215760384
Fattah hypersonic Iranian missile test
>there should be monster
The enemy has been trying to attack us from many directions. The purpose of the attacks was to break through the defenses in several points and force our command to lengthen the reserves. Then build your success with powerful strikes in one or two areas.
However, the enemy was unsuccessful. Not deception, not surprise. He ran into the first line of defense. This situation calls into question the success of the second phase of Ukropov's counteroffensive plan, which the West is counting on.
To push back the main forces for which favorable conditions have not been created, we have reserved and have not yet activated powerful reserves. Entering which for the enemy will be catastrophic.
>The opening of the first four Seals releases the Four Horsemen, each with his own specific mission.
Army aviation has been destroying columns and places of accumulation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the early hours of the morning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seal_of_Solomon
the legendary signet ring attributed to the Israelite king Solomon in medieval mystical traditions, from which it developed in parallel within Jewish mysticism, Islamic mysticism and Western occultism.
It is often depicted in the shape of either a pentagram or a hexagram. In religious lore, the ring is variously described as having given Solomon the power to command the supernatural, including shedim and jinn, and also the ability to speak with animals. Due to the proverbial wisdom of Solomon, it came to be seen as an amulet or talisman, or a symbol or character in medieval magic and Renaissance magic, occultism, and alchemy.
The seal is the predecessor to the Star of David, a Jewish symbol, and in modern vexillology, it features on the Flag of Israel. The pentagram on the Flag of Morocco also represents the seal. The Seal of Solomon was also depicted on the flag of Nigeria during British colonial rule.
The seal is the predecessor to the Star of David
>Israelite king Solomon
https://nypost.com/2021/02/20/at-least-800-ethiopians-killed-after-defending-ark-of-the-covenant/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ethiopian-worshippers-risked-lives-to-save-ark-of-the-covenant-from-soldiers-ztl36pcfh
Ethiopian worshippers risked lives to save Ark of the Covenant from soldiers
Panic that occupying troops would plunder their most sacred treasure pushed the devout in Ethiopia’s holiest city to race into harm’s way to defend it, according to a witness to atrocities committed in the country’s civil war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_of_the_Covenant#Ethiopia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabot
Tabot is a Ge'ez word referring to a replica of the Tablets of Law, onto which the Biblical Ten Commandments were inscribed, used in the practices of Orthodox Tewahedo Christians in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and Eritrean Orthodox Church. Tabot can also refer to a replica of the Ark of the Covenant.
Although Ethiopia was never colonised by the British, many tabots were looted by British soldiers during the 1868 Expedition to Abyssinia, also known as the Battle of Magdala, and is a cause of anger among Ethiopians.
https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/manhattan-street-brawl-murder-is-a-surreal-sign-of-whats-to-come/
https://nypost.com/2023/06/10/man-stabbed-to-death-in-nyc-street-brawl-was-wanted-for-murder-sources/
Man stabbed to death in NYC street brawl was wanted for murder
>https://nypost.com/2023/06/10/man-stabbed-to-death-in-nyc-street-brawl-was-wanted-for-murder-sources/
Graves and the victim fought for several minutes before he allegedly pulled a knife, prosecutors alleged.
The victim, who had no weapon, “threw a kick’ at Graves, who simultaneously swung his blade and stabbed the victim in the chest.
Graves, who is homeless, walked away as the mortally wounded man “collapsed to the ground, while holding his chest with both hands,” Yonan told Judge Stephen Antignani.
The Baltimore Police Department confirmed the stabbing victim — who has not been publicly identified by the NYPD — is the same individual sought in connection for a slaying there of a homeless man.
The victim has been wanted in Baltimore since Oct. 28, authorities said.
>https://www.vice.com/en/article/qvgpm3/epstein-truthers-are-obsessed-with-a-sci-fi-book-about-child-sex-slavery-written-by-bill-barrs-dad
Epstein Truthers Are Obsessed With a Sci-Fi Book About Child Sex Slavery Written by Bill Barr’s Dad
>Miami TOMORROW morning
>Did the Saudis just refuse to put up a US flag when meeting with Blinken?
Now that is interesting, and Posobiec has it all.
Human Sacrifice, Human Slavery are instances of great intuitions of religion and of civilized purposes expressing themselves by means of inherited brutalities of instinctive behaviour.
Alfred North Whitehead
>Trump Force One headed for Miami
>Where does it say if elected?
>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12186555/Tour-boat-capsizes-cave-upstate-NY-sparking-major-emergency-response.html
A tour boat has capsized inside a cave in upstate New York plunging 36 people into frigid waters in Lockport County, 20 miles east of Niagara Falls.
Police confirmed that they are responding to a capsized boat at the Lockport Caves - a popular tourist attraction beneath the city in Niagara County. The incident occurred at 11:25 am, according to the Lockport Police Department.
Social media posts from emergency services have said that 'several people' have been rescued from the water. Streets around the caves have been closed off by emergency personnel.
The caves have been open to boat tours since 1977. The water in the area is round six feet deep.
Boring
>openly unvaccinated
>doesn't composting produce methane?