The articles gloss over Epstein’s early career. Let’s begin at the beginning. How did Epstein get hired as a Math teacher at the prestigious Dalton School without a college degree? Epstein was fired from the Dalton School a couple of years later for “poor performance”. With the benefit of hindsight and now knowing this guy’s history, was he really fired for being involved with female students? That question has to be asked.
Having failed at his first job and with no credentials, still without a college degree, how did Epstein get hired at Bear Stearns? And why? How did Epstein make partner in just 4 years, a rare accomplishment? There are reports that there are no records of his transactions. How does that happen?
By 1987, Epstein had hooked up with Towers Financal. There he was one of the principles in the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history up to that time. In 1993, Towers was busted for fraud. That didn’t take long. Three of the principles were sentenced to long prison terms in 1995 and a fourth was disbarred. Epstein walked. Skated. How did that happen?
In 1987, the same year that he joined Towers, Epstein became Wexner’s financial manager. Busy boy. That relationship was what it was and Epstein made a lot of money there. In 1989, Wexner acquired a palatial NYC townhouse and invested millions renovating it but never moved in. But Epstein did in 1995, the same year that his Towers associates were sentenced in court. And then acquired ownership of it in 1998. Epstein used the townhouse as a brothel. What the heck was that all about?
We have to again ask the sex question. Pedophiles and procurers don’t suddenly appear out of nowhere in there 40s when they start operating a brothel. So what was Epstein doing about his predilection for young girls between the time that he left the Dalton School and the time that he moved into the NYC mansion at 9 East 71 Street? Was he procuring for others in that period? If so, for whom? In 2002, Trump famously made the much quoted comment about Epstein, “Great guy. He loves beautiful women almost as much as I do. But he prefers them on the young side.” In retrospect, we know now what the Donald was talking about even if he today denies the obvious implications of that comment. So, Epstein’s behaviour with women - especially young women - was well known.
Epstein’s activities at JP Morgan have been well documented at this point. I’m more interested in his rise during the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s which is murkier and about which less is known. I think that the answers to who and what he became lie there.