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Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democrat, has been vocal in criticizing the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. However, recently disclosed documents have brought to light that Wyden’s own son had arranged a business meeting with Epstein, a convicted sex offender.
Seven years after Epstein’s release from a Florida prison, where he served time for soliciting prostitution from a minor, Adam Wyden, who established his private investment firm ADW Capital in 2010, was introduced to the fallen financier. This introduction was facilitated by a mutual acquaintance, Jonathan Farkas.
On April 27, 2016, Farkas reached out to Adam Wyden, stating, “Adam my friend Jeffrey Epstein who manages 5 billion said to call his office he wants to see your record and would consider investing with you.” Further communication from a redacted email address helped coordinate this meeting, as revealed in emails made public by the Justice Department.
The documents indicate that the meeting was set for the next day at 10 a.m. at Epstein’s townhouse on the Upper East Side. Following their encounter, Adam Wyden expressed his enthusiasm in a message to Epstein, highlighting his “passion and dedication for my business” in hopes of securing Epstein as a client.
Wyden gushed in a follow-up message to Epstein after the meeting about his “passion and dedication for my business” while seeking to reel him in as a client.
“I live and breathe this business and take my returns, integrity and reputation quite seriously,” he wrote in the April 2016 message. He also called them “like minded individuals” and said he ‘would very much look forward to having you join us at the fund.” There are no indications Wyden knew about any illegal Epstein activity or that Epstein became a client.
When contacted by The Post, Adam Wyden, 41, said, “No comment – I’m not interested,” and hung up.
Jonathan Farkas turns up separately in an embarrassing 2017 email exchange asking Epstein to tell him whether a woman he was seeing was “a hooker.”
Farkas’ wife Somers is serving currently as the US ambassador to Malta.
Sen. Wyden has made Epstein an issue for the past four years. The top Democrat on the Finance Committee, Wyden in a July floor speech called to “follow the money” to track the “ultra rich well-connected sex trafficker serial rapist.” He wants Treasury to hand over “a big Epstein file that’s full of actionable information” on Epstein’s financial transactions that the agency is holding back.
“I don’t speak to my kids about their business activities,” Sen. Wyden told The Post. “My investigation began four years ago and continues unchanged. I want transparency and accountability across the board.”
“For months Ron Wyden has been telling lies about President Trump, and now we know it’s because he is desperate to cover up that following Epstein’s money leads right back to his family,” said Republican National Committee Spokesperson Nick Poche. He called on Wyden to “come clean right now about how much his family gained financially from Jeffrey Epstein and his connections.”