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Times
6 days ago
- Business
- Times
White House has files on $1.5bn Epstein money trail, says senator
A top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee claims to have seen confidential Jeffrey Epstein files held by the Trump administration which show more than a billion dollars being wired to and from his account, to undisclosed associates. Ron Wyden, the senator of Oregon, made the claim on Thursday as Republicans faced down a petition that would force a vote to release the findings of an investigation into the late sex offender. 'The Treasury's Epstein file details 4,725 wire transfers … adding up to nearly $1.5 billion, flowing in and out of just one of Mr Epstein's banks,' Wyden said on the floor of the Senate. Wyden, who spent the past three years digging into Epstein's financial network, questioned whether the transaction had been properly examined by authorities in light of the Justice Department decision to close the case on Epstein last week.
The National
15-07-2025
- Politics
- The National
Jordan arrests 11 on suspicion of Muslim Brotherhood financing
Jordan has arrested 11 people on suspicion that they were involved in illegally raising $42 million for the Muslim Brotherhood over the past several years. The move comes amid a crackdown against the Muslim Brotherhood, which Jordanian authorities banned in April after revealing an alleged armed plot against the kingdom. The 11 suspects were not identified. The Brotherhood used the money in Jordan to finance cells, election campaigns, including for student unions, and as salaries to politicians loyal to the group, Jordan's state news agency reported, without naming the politicians. 'The Brotherhood was running a huge financial network,' the agency said. It listed sources for the money as illegal donations, including some supposedly raised to help the Palestinians in Gaza, rental properties outside Jordan, masked investments, as well as membership subscriptions. In April, the authorities seized $5.6 million in Brotherhood cash stashed a compound near Amman that was raided by security forces, the agency said. The same month, Jordan banned the activities of the Brotherhood, a week after a dozen of its members were implicated in the alleged plot against the country. The suspects were charged with terrorism-related crimes over an alleged plan to manufacture weapons and drones and use them to destabilise Jordan. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood is an affiliate of the group founded and outlawed in Egypt. Membership is now illegal in Jordan and all its offices have been closed. Even before the ban, the Brotherhood had been considered officially dissolved in Jordan, but outlawing it has further limited its room for manoeuvre. Earlier this month, Jordan launched legal action against organisations 'operating under the influence' of the Brotherhood.
