The Pomp Podcast
#235 David Enrich - Business Investigations Editor, NYT on Deutsche Bank and their Trail of Destruction
- David Enrich's 15+ years covering financial investigations, moving from Wall Street Journal to New York Times Business Investigations Editor role.
- Deutsche Bank's century-long pattern of criminal conduct: financing Nazis and Auschwitz during WWII, manipulating markets, violating sanctions, laundering money for Russian oligarchs, and lending billions to Donald Trump despite repeated defaults.
- Enrich's experience in London being threatened with jail for publishing a story about LIBOR conspirators before a court injunction could stop it—and the broader role of protecting journalistic sources.
- New York Times internal debate over reporter appearances on politically opinionated shows like Rachel Maddow, versus maintaining institutional neutrality and access to massive audiences.
- Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with Deutsche Bank, which remained his primary banking partner until shortly before his 2019 death, facilitating wealth management and offshore shell company services after other major banks severed ties.
- The role of investigative journalism in holding financial institutions accountable and the tension between objectivity, personal bias, and honest reporting in modern media.