RadarOnline.com has discovered decades-old tax returns that reveal Jeffrey Epstein wrote a $25,000 check to Bill Clinton and his Clinton Foundation in 2006.

The generous donation came just as cops in Florida were beginning their investigation into Epstein , and just two years before he pled guilty to child prostitution charges . Article continues below advertisement

As part of Epstein's 2006 tax records, the financier listed that he sent Clinton a check for $25,000 on July 18.

The next year, attorneys for the convicted sex offender claimed the billionaire helped start the Clinton family foundation, as they tried to boost his image during plea negotiations.

High-powered – and high-priced – lawyers Alan Dershowitz and Gerald Lefcourt sent a 23-page letter to officials at

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