3 million pages of evidence, thousands of unsealed flight logs,

millions of data points, names, themes and timelines connected.

You are listening to the Epstein files, the world's first AI-native investigation into the case that traditional journalism simply could not handle.

Welcome to the Epstein Files.

Last time we examined Epstein's 13-month county jail sentence, the work release schedule that let him leave for 16 hours a day, six days a week, to an unsupervised private office.

Today we are looking at Leon Black, co-founder of Apollo Global Management, who paid Jeffrey Epstein $158 million between 2012 and 2017 years after Epstein's conviction and called it tax advice

as part of our ongoing investigation.

As always, every document and source we reference is available at Epsteinfiles.fm.

So let us start with a document.

The Senate Finance Committee letter to Leon Black released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act,

asking why $158 million went to a convicted sex offender and whether the IRS ever examined

those transactions.

To really understand the sheer scale of those transactions, we first need to establish the

baseline of who we are dealing with here.

We need to look at the power dynamics at play.

Right. Because by 2012, Jeffrey Epstein was entirely a known entity to the criminal justice system. I mean,

there was absolutely no ambiguity about his status. Not at all. He had pleaded guilty in 2008 to

state prostitution charges down in Florida, which included soliciting a minor. He served his 13 months.

And he emerged as a registered sex offender. That is the established public record. It is etched in stone. Yeah, he was radioactive to traditional corporate institutions.

Completely radioactive. And then on the other side of the ledger, we have Leon Black. To fully grasp the narrative, you have to understand the magnitude of his influence.

He is the co-founder and during the period we are examining, the CEO of Apollo Global Management.

A literal titan of Wall Street.

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