The money ultimately came from spy agencies and rich people who were being extorted. In Andrew's case, he paid up by giving up top secret documents. Trump did all of that, plus Trump sold the documents directly. He didn't have to entrap Andrew or others to get the US classified documents.
This is all so freaking obvious, it is maddening that the media has had to act like they can't see it.
The sex, the classified documents, the attempted extortion of Zelenskyy (remember the first impeachment?) ... It is all the same story
Trump and Epstein were partners. Of course, they didn't form a corporate agree with a board of directors, bylaws, tax returns and such. But obviously they were in the same business, serving the same masters, getting paid by the same people and partying with the same people.
It is one story. And it includes the genocide in Gaza, which is also directly connected with the threatened attack on Iran. Different aspects of the story have different players, such as Manafort, Kushner, Netanyahu. There is one and only one person that is at the heart of ALL of this and it is not Epstein. Trump is the common element in all of this.
And BTW, there is no way the UK Royals would turn on one of their own if they didn't know that the story was so big as to damage all of the Windsors. It isn't like the Royals have been squeaky clean over the years. Elizabeth was pretty clean, but the lower royals are an entitled lot that are always getting into trouble. The family naturally covers it up. For them to go after Andrew this way, you know this is a huge story.and they know much more than has been reported.