OLD AND BUSTED: Gambling Going On in Rick’s Café.
The New Hotness? Ron Wydon’s son investing in Rick’s Cabaret!
BEASTMODE:
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent turned the tables on Sen. Ron Wyden after the Oregon Democrat accused Bessent of blocking an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's financials.
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— Washington Free Beacon (@FreeBeacon) June 3, 2026
“I had hoped to keep this in terms of the economy — Senator Wyden has mendaciously slandered the Treasury building in an attempt to cover up his son having an investment meeting with Jeffrey Epstein to ask for funding,” Bessent said.
Recently-unsealed DOJ documents showed that Wyden’s son, Adam Wyden, met Epstein through a mutual fund and later sought to pitch him an investment opportunity.
“I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and hope my passion and dedication for my business came through in the meeting,” Adam Wyden told Epstein in a 2016 email.
“Let’s be clear here. Nobody is interested in the ramblings of a capo in the most corrupt regime in American history. We want to get some facts about this deal. That’s what we’re here for,” Sen. Wyden shot back at Bessent.
“And we would like to hear what Adam Wyden and Jeffrey Epstein talked about. Your son’s largest investment position was Rick’s Cabaret. So did your son and Jeffrey Epstein talk about pole dancing as he begged him for money using your limited credibility?” Bessent threw back.
From Forbes in 2021: How This Democratic Senator’s Son Made $100 Million In Stocks And Why He Fled To Low Tax Florida.
[Adam] Wyden is no shrinking violet when it comes to making big bets. His fund is the single largest shareholder in Houston’s RCI Hospitality, operator of over 40 gentlemen’s clubs and parent company of Rick’s Cabaret. Wyden built his 10% position beginning in late April 2020, when the coronavirus led investors to believe that in a world of masks and social distancing, a company built on drunken bachelor parties and lap dances was toast. But Wyden reckoned that as the pandemic ebbed there would be pent-up demand for RCI’s clubs, many located in Florida and Texas, and that they would reopen fast. Another plus: It’s exceedingly difficult to obtain a strip club license, meaning the company has a deep moat around its business.
And from the New York Post this past April: Ron Wyden’s son had business meeting with Epstein.
Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon has bashed the Trump administration over its handling of Epstein files, but documents released last month reveal his own son arranged a business meeting with the convicted pedo.
Seven years after Epstein was released from a Florida prison after pleading guilty to solicitation of prostitution from a minor, Adam Wyden, who founded his own private investment fund, ADW Capital, in 2010, was introduced to the disgraced financier through mutual friend Jonathan Farkas.
“Adam my friend jeffery Epstein who manages 5 billion said to call his office he wants to see your record and would consider investing with you,” Farkas wrote on April 27, 2016.
A message from a redacted email address also helped arrange the meeting, according to a trove of emails released by the Justice Department.
The men decided to huddle the following day at Epstein’s Upper East Side townhouse at 10 a.m., according to the documents.
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.
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.
As Leon Trotsky never said, you may not be interested in Rick’s Cabaret, but Rick’s Cabaret is interested in you.