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Nicholas Ribis—the man who once ran Donald Trump’s entire Atlantic City casino empire—sat down and wrote out $158,000, payable to Jeffrey Epstein. This was years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for sex crimes with minors, years after the scandals had dominated front pages, and nearly two decades after Ribis had left Trump’s casinos behind. The money […]

The calendar read January 3, 2018—nearly two full decades after Nicholas “Nick” Ribis had walked away from Donald Trump’s glittering but debt-ridden Atlantic City casino empire. Yet on that ordinary winter day, Ribis sat down and wrote a check for $158,000, made payable to Jeffrey Epstein, the man whose name had already become synonymous with […]

The check slid across the desk on January 3, 2018—$158,000, handwritten and signed with steady confidence. Nicholas Ribis, the man who once ran Donald Trump’s sprawling Atlantic City casino empire as President and CEO, was sending the money directly to Jeffrey Epstein. By that date, Epstein was already a registered sex offender, his crimes splashed […]

The pen hovered for a split second, then slashed across the check with cold finality—$158,000, signed and dated January 3, 2018. In that ordinary moment inside a quiet office, Nicholas Ribis, the former CEO of Donald Trump’s glittering Atlantic City casino empire, sent a massive payment straight to Jeffrey Epstein. By then, the world already […]

Late one night in 1995, Maria Farmer sat alone in Jeffrey Epstein’s luxurious Manhattan office, wearing nothing but running shorts after being summoned by her new boss. Suddenly, Donald Trump walked in wearing a suit and stood over her, staring intently at her bare legs in a way that made her feel scared and exposed. […]