The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Attorney General Denise George has been terminated just four days after filing a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over the Jeffrey Epstein human trafficking ring.
QUICK FACTS:
- USVI Governor Albert Bryan has fired the territory’s Attorney General Denise George just four days after she filed a lawsuit against banking giant JPMorgan Chase for not releasing details surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking operation.
- Bryan confirmed in a statement that he had “relieved Denise George of her duties as attorney general this weekend,” without providing further information.
- According to individuals “with knowledge” about the ordeal, Gov. Bryan had been at odds with George for a period of time and the “action against the bank was the final straw.”
- “I thank her for her service to the people of the Territory during the past four years as Attorney General and wish her the best in her future endeavors,” Bryan said.
- The governor’s spokesman, Richard Motta Jr, did not provide further comments, claiming in a statement that ‘I am not at liberty to discuss details on personnel matters.’
FORMER USVI ATTORNEY GENERAL DENISE GEORGE LAWSUIT AGAINST JPMORGAN CHASE DAYS BEFORE BEING LET GO:
“The investigation revealed that JP Morgan knowingly, negligently, and unlawfully provided and pulled the levers through which recruiters and victims were paid and was indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise,” the lawsuit READ.
BACKGROUND:
- George sued JPMorgan last week after claiming that the banking giant ignored evidence of Jeffery Epstein’s alleged human trafficking operation.
- “Upon information and belief, JP Morgan turned a blind eye to evidence of human trafficking over more than a decade because of Epstein’s own financial footprint,” George’s lawsuit said.
- The lawsuit claimed that JPMorgan Chase benefited from the operation and assisted in hiding evidence from activities that happened on the millionaire’s property by failing to disclose records and reporting.
- “Financial institutions can connect — or choke — human trafficking networks, and enforcement actions filed and injunctive relief obtained by attorneys general are essential to ensure that enterprises like Epstein’s cannot flourish in the future,” George wrote.
