Judge in Epstein Case Targeted by Hitman

This almost certainly wasn't a random act of violence:

NORTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A gunman shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a federal judge in New Jersey and shot and injured her husband Sunday at the family home, the state's chief district judge said.

The shootings occurred at the North Brunswick home of U.S. District Judge Esther Salas, and killed her son, Daniel, Chief District Judge Freda Wolfson told The Associated Press. Her husband, defense lawyer Mark Anderl, was injured, Wolfson said.

The gunman posed as a delivery driver, according to a judiciary official who wasn't authorized to comment and spoke anonymously to the AP. They said Salas was in the basement at the time and wasn't injured and her husband is recovering from surgery.

The perpetrator, believed to be a lone gunman, was not in custody, the official said. The FBI tweeted Sunday night that it's looking for one suspect in the shootings.

Although the AP isn't saying it directly, this is almost certainly the reason for the shooting:

More recently, Salas has presided over an ongoing lawsuit brought by Deutsche Bank investors who claim the company made false and misleading statements about its anti-money laundering policies and failed to monitor "high-risk" customers including convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

And where Deutsche Bank and Epstein are involved, there's another name that inevitably appears:

Deutsche Bank has a long history of regulatory troubles.

In 2017, the bank was hit with $630 million in penalties from New York State over a $10 billion Russian money-laundering scandal in which it allegedly failed to deal with a stock-trading scheme that allowed clients in Russia to move massive amounts of money into offshore accounts.

The company also reached a $7.2 billion settlement in late 2016 with the US Justice Department over toxic mortgage assets, about a year after it agreed to pay $2.5 billion in penalties over interest rate manipulation.

Deutsche Bank also has a long and complicated relationship with President Donald Trump. Over the past two decades, Deutsche Bank has lent Trump more than $2 billion, making the bank the president's largest lender at the time of his election, according to The New York Times.

Trump has sued to block subpoenas compelling Deutsche Bank to turn over the president's financial records. The Supreme Court is debating Trump's ability to shield his documents, including tax records, from authorities.

Somehow, it seems that whenever law enforcement starts looking too closely at Epstein and Deutsche Bank, people die.

All just a coincidence, I'm sure.