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☆ Fact Check-Bloomberg report did not name Obama as Epstein’s ‘middle man’
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A Bloomberg report did not say former U.S. President Barack Obama was late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein’s “middle man,” despite online posts that misrepresent the article on revelations from court filings by JPMorgan Chase and the U.S. Virgin Islands. A post on messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, said: “BREAKING: President Obama has been named as Jeffrey Epstein’s middle man to JP Morgan according to Bloomberg” (here). Some posts link to an Aug. 16 Bloomberg report with the headline, “Epstein Tapped JPMorgan to Help Goldman Lawyer Open Account” (here). The report mentions a “former Obama White House lawyer,” but it does not name Obama as Epstein’s so-called “middle man” to JPMorgan. A Bloomberg report did not name former U.S. President Barack Obama as Jeffrey Epstein’s “middle man” to JPMorgan.

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☆ How Jeffrey Epstein turned the US Virgin Islands into a pedophile's playground and helped elect a sitting member of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Court filings show how Jeffrey Epstein exerted power in the US Virgin Islands, two of which he owned. A financier worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Epstein owned two islands in the US Virgin Islands (there are roughly 50 islands overall). He had donated generously to Democratic politicians from the US Virgin Islands for years. With the assistance of the US Virgin Islands' first lady, Epstein navigated the territory's political waters unscathed. The court records show that, at least in the US Virgin Islands, he exerted influence with little friction.

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☆ Jeffrey Epstein had dinner scheduled with legendary talk show host Dick Cavett, email records show
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dick Cavett was scheduled to dine with Jeffrey Epstein in February 2012. Their mutual friend Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn, and a Bill Gates advisor were also listed as attendees. Woody Allen, his wife Soon-Yi Previn, and Bill Gates advisor Boris Nikolic were also scheduled to be present, according to the email. At the time of the scheduled dinner, Epstein had registered as a sex offender following his guilty plea, in 2007, on prostitution solicitation charges in Florida. Nikolic had numerous scheduled meetings with Epstein between 2012 and 2015, the email records show.

Persons: Dick Cavett, Jeffrey Epstein, Woody Allen, Yi Previn, Bill Gates, Epstein, —, Lesley Groff, Boris Nikolic, Groff, Morgan Chase, It's, Cavett, Allen, Epstein's, Annie Hall, Dylan Farrow, Allen's, lowlifes, Nikolic, JP Morgan Organizations: Service, Virgin Islands, Virgin, ABC, Twitter, Hachette Book Locations: Virgin, Manhattan, Florida

☆ Jeffrey Epstein was invited to editorial meetings with Scientific American's top editor, email records show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Jeffrey Epstein was invited to editorial meetings with Scientific American's editor-in-chief. Jeffrey Epstein was invited to editorial meetings with Mariette DiChristina when she was the top editor of Scientific American magazine, according to scheduling emails obtained by Insider. Epstein had the opportunity to attend editorial meetings on September 22 and 29. "10:30-11:30am Mariette DiChristina to hold her Editorial Meeting to discuss story ideas (DO YOU WANT TO ATTEND? She will be at this meeting)," Groff wrote in one such email.

Persons: Jeffrey Epstein, Mariette DiChristina, Epstein, Lesley Groff, Groff, didn't, Stephen Kosslyn, Larry Summers, Denzel Washington, Little Saint James, Eva Andersson, Dubin, JP Morgan Chase, Ghislaine Maxwell, Maxwell, DiChristina Organizations: Morning, Scientific, College of Communication, Boston University, Harvard University, Islands, Dubin, Tisch Cancer Institute, Virgin Islands, New York Times, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: New York, Paris, Little Saint, Midtown Manhattan, Virgin, Manhattan

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