by Paul Serran at The Gateway Pundit
A lawsuit is raging in Federal Court in New York, pitting the government of the US Virgin Islands territory against America’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase.
But while the bank has agreed to settle a parallel suit by Epstein trafficking victims for a value said to reach $290 million, it has stood its ground and put forward ‘affirmative defenses’ stating that the USVI has ‘unclean hands’ because of its own ties to Epstein, and therefore could not seek damages in court.
On his lastest decision, judge Jed Rakoff denied the USVI request to block JPMorgan Chase’s ‘unclean hands’ defense.
The St. Thomas Source reported:
“JPMorgan Chase may employ affirmative defenses against the V.I. government’s lawsuit that alleges it aided and abetted Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking scheme, a judge has ruled, while also expressing skepticism that the bank’s strategy will succeed.”
The V.I. Justice Department asked the court to strike this line of defense that alleges the USVI is equally culpable in Epstein’s crimes, having given his companies millionaire tax breaks and ‘actively facilitating and benefitting’ from his activities.
The Judge Jed Rakoff ruled against the USVI government but also expressed some overall skepticism about JPMorgan’s defense:…
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