Epstein surrounded himself with powerful men and young women, in homes he controlled. When agents searched his New York townhouse in 2019, they reported finding a safe holding CDs with handwritten labels such as “Young [Name] + [Name],” along with cash and diamonds. He had sought leverage over Bill Gates, he discussed blackmail in emails with a Russian official, and he seemed protected for decades. To people across the spectrum, a kompromat operation explains the deal, the friends and the money better than anything else. [1][2][3][4]
2017
Gates
Epstein emails Bill Gates about repaying a Russian bridge player’s coding-school fees, which Gates’s side calls a threat.
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