Rumor Trump made 4,725 money transfers to Epstein totaling $1.1B doesn't add up
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CLAIM: U.S. President Donald Trump made 4,725 wire transfers to the late, disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein for a total of $1.1 billion.
RATING: False
The rumor stemmed from a misunderstanding. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, said on X that his investigators had found 4,725 transactions to a from one of Epstein's accounts for a total of $1.1 billion, with no mention of Trump.
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