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Schumer suddenly decides Jeffrey Epstein’s money is tainted

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York has known since 2008 that Jeffrey Epstein was a sex offender, thanks to the plea bargain he reached in Florida that year.  But he was content to hold onto the multiple campaign donations that he received from the very same Jeffrey Epstein, as the New York Post reported:

Federal Election Commission records show that Schumer received seven $1,000 donations from Epstein between 1992 and 1997, first as a US congressman from New York and then when he was vying to be the state’s senator in 1998, an election he won.

But now that Epstein’s alleged sex-trafficking is back in the news, and Democrats want to deflect attention from Epstein’s extensive relationship with horndog-in-chief Bill Clinton, and his status as a major Democrat donor, labor secretary Alex Acosta must be the only people the mainstream media and other Democrats focus on.

So, as BuzzFeed first reported:

Sen. Chuck Schumer said he will donate an amount of money equivalent to contributions made by accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein more than 20 years ago.

Read the full story from American Thinker


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