Discovery Threatens Epstein Money Trail

A judge allowed a key claim under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act to proceed.

The suit alleges FirstBank ran more than 30 Epstein-linked accounts from 1998 to 2020.

A reported $10.9 million transfer into Ghislaine Maxwell’s FirstBank account is cited.

The court kept the case in New York and preserved discovery; one claim was dismissed.

Judge’s Ruling Keeps Core Trafficking Claim Alive

Judge Jed Rakoff ruled on September 25, 2026, that the plaintiff’s main claim can proceed under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The decision denies FirstBank’s bid to dismiss that count and keeps the case in the Southern District of New York for discovery. The order also let a New York City gender-motivated-violence claim go forward. The judge dismissed a separate obstruction theory, narrowing the case but leaving the central participation claim intact at this early stage.

The complaint, as described in reports, alleges FirstBank provided banking services linked to Jeffrey Epstein and his network from at least 1998 through 2020. Reporting states the bank maintained more than 30 accounts tied to Epstein, his firms, and associates. American Banker reported that a $10.9 million transfer flowed into an account held by Ghislaine Maxwell at FirstBank, a concrete transaction that will likely draw scrutiny in discovery. These are allegations, not proven facts, but the court found them legally sufficient to test.

Discovery can seek account-opening files, monitoring records, and internal emails. These materials could show whether staff saw red flags that matched federal guidance on trafficking patterns. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has warned banks for years about signs like unusual wires, third-party control of accounts, and payments that do not match a customer’s profile. The judge’s ruling keeps the path open to request those records and depose relevant personnel about account oversight.

The class-action path faces a fight. FirstBank argues the claims need person-by-person proof and are not fit for class treatment. If a court agrees, the case could shrink to individual stories rather than a broad pattern. That would limit how much evidence about other alleged victims reaches a jury at once. Law outlets report the bank will press this point hard, which could shape how much of the full financial picture the public ever sees.

https://deepstatetribunal.com/discovery-threatens-epstein-money-trail/

Artificial intelligence finds that a quarter million cancer research papers have been faked

https://twitter.com/i/status/2110865289323893127

THIS aired on NBC in 1994:

"The Dangers of Immunization"…

How things have changed

https://twitter.com/i/status/2110829543217037791

Israeli Internet Advertiser Attacked Pentagon, NATO, Atomic Energy Agency by Exploiting Online News

Citizen Lab says Discover-Tech used targeted ads to profile sensitive networks and infect 45 Al Jazeera devices with Candiru spywa

An Israeli online advertising company turned ordinary web ads into a surveillance pipeline, reaching networks tied to the Pentagon, NATO, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the International Criminal Court.

Citizen Lab says Discover-Tech’s Controlium platform profiled devices by advertising ID, IP address, cookies, and browser data. It could then send malicious code through a targeted ad — no click required.

Citizen Lab said it linked Discover-Tech infrastructure, with high confidence, to Candiru infections at at least 45 Al Jazeera devices in 2024 and 2025. Network logs showed the route from a Discover-Tech ad to a Candiru validator and then command-and-control server.

Confliant found Discover-Tech ad traffic in Pentagon, IAEA, and ICC networks; Citizen Lab identified NATO and United Nations networks. The impressions gave the platform identifiers for profiling but did not prove every network was selected for infection.

Candiru joined the U.S. Commerce Department’s Entity List in 2021. Citizen Lab says the government cited spyware used against officials, journalists, activists, academics, businesspeople, and embassy workers.

Reuters reported that Discover-Tech ads reached more than 120,000 websites and 75,000 apps. Google banned the firm; IAB Europe and Beeswax also cut access.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNpqIMSGkqw

https://nationalfile.com/israel/israeli-internet-advertiser-attacked-pentagon-nato-atomic-energy-agency-by-explo

Israeli settlers attack US photojournalist covering West Bank violence

Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer, was hospitalized, with doctors saying she had suffered from 'lacerations.' The Israeli police said it opened an investigation into the incident.

Israeli settlers on Friday, October 16, attacked an American photojournalist working for The Washington Post while she was covering violence against Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank. Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer, was taken to the hospital in Ramallah following the attack, with AFP photos showing her lying on a gurney with injuries to her leg and hand.

The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days ahead of elections in which he is seeking settlers' support, insisted the circumstances behind the incident were unclear, in contrast to the full-throated condemnation offered by his chief rival. The attack comes 10 days after settlers beat an AFP photographer covering the West Bank olive harvest, Jaafar Ashtiyeh, leaving him also requiring hospital treatment.

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Speaking to journalists from her hospital bed, Levine said that "more than 50" masked settlers holding sticks suddenly attacked her while she was working near the Palestinian villages of Abu Falah and Turmus Ayya in the central West Bank. "All of a sudden they jumped me and I luckily had my helmet and flak jacket on and I… kept my face to the ground to try to protect my face," she said. "They just kept kicking me and kicking me," she added.

After receiving initial care in Ramallah, Levine was transferred to Israel's Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, with doctors there saying she suffered "lacerations."

The Washington Post said Levine had been wearing a flak jacket clearly marked "Press." "We are outraged by this unwarranted attack on a journalist doing her job and urge a thorough investigation and follow-through from authorities," Matt Murray, the paper's executive editor, said in a statement.

'No mercy'

Netanyahu's office said Levine had been "allegedly assaulted," adding that the circumstances were "unclear and are under investigation." "Those responsible will be held accountable," it said in an X post, giving a version of events in which "some 200 Arabs and far-left activists confronted approximately 40 Israeli youths," with both sides throwing objects at the other.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/16/israeli-settlers-attack-us-photojournalist-covering-west-bank-violence_6758685_4.html