{"id":1425800,"date":"2023-09-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1425800"},"modified":"2023-09-02T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-02T22:00:00","slug":"hoax-funding-linkedin-founder-introduced-jeffrey-epstein-to-trumps-inner-circle-to-meet-top-russian-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/hoax-funding-linkedin-founder-introduced-jeffrey-epstein-to-trumps-inner-circle-to-meet-top-russian-diplomat\/1425800\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoax-Funding LinkedIn Founder Introduced Jeffrey Epstein To Trump&#8217;s Inner Circle To Meet &#8216;Top Russian Diplomat&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Hoax-Funding LinkedIn Founder Introduced Jeffrey Epstein To Trump&#8217;s Inner Circle To Meet &#8216;Top Russian Diplomat&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Was Jeffrey Epstein involved in a plot to tie the 2016 Trump campaign to Russia?<\/p>\n<p>A disturbing new report in<em> <\/em>the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reveals that <strong>LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman introduced Trump&#8217;s inner circle to Jeffrey Epstein, who then introduced them to a &#8216;top Russian diplomat.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/epstein%20and%20plane1.jpg?itok=4Us33Q1g\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, Hoffman;<\/p>\n<p>Bankrolled an <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-01-09\/linkedin-co-founder-who-bankrolled-russian-bot-false-flag-also-funded-left-wing\">online disinformation hoax<\/a> <\/strong> against Roy Moore, conducted\u00a0by a former Obama administration official &#8211; who also created the &#8220;Hamilton 68&#8221; propaganda website purporting to track Russian bots. Hoffman later apologized when caught.<br \/>\n\tBankrolled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/rape-sexy-trump-accuser-bankrolled-billionaire-hoax-funding-linkedin-founder\">Trump rape accuser<\/a> E. Jean Carroll.<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/04\/13\/donald-trump-rape-trial-jean-carroll-funding-reid-hoffman-linkedin-founder\/\">Gave $600,000<\/a> to a legal defense fund for Fusion GPS &#8211; the opposition research firm <strong>which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/trump-dossier-firm-also-supplied-info-used-meeting-russians-trump-n819526\">prepared documents<\/a> for the infamous &#8216;Trump Tower&#8217; setup meeting <\/strong>with Don. Jr. and facilitated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/durham-clinton-inc-formed-joint-venture-co-conspirators-smear-trump\">Hillary Clinton-funded Steele Dossier<\/a>.<br \/>\n\tWas a major Hillary Clinton supporter during the 2016 US election.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>Journal<\/em>, <strong>Hoffman emailed people in Trump&#8217;s orbit to introduce them to Epstein<\/strong>, who then <em>invited one of them &#8211; Peter Thiel &#8211; <\/em><strong>to meet with Russia&#8217;s ambassador to the UN!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em><strong>In March 2014, fellow billionaire and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman, a major donor to Democrats, emailed Thiel to introduce Epstein<\/strong> and arrange a meeting at Thiel\u2019s San Francisco home.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em>\u201cMeet one of the guys who invented derivatives, Jeffrey Epstein?\u201d Hoffman wrote, echoing an inaccurate claim Epstein sometimes made. Hoffman wrote that Epstein was \u201cmostly fun, very interesting guy, you may find him perverse, but very smart on biology, computation, macro econ.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em>Hoffman said he regrets all his interactions with Epstein and that he made the introduction to help fundraise for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em>&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em><strong>Epstein scheduled lunches with venture capitalist Peter Thiel and real-estate investor Thomas Barrack in 2016<\/strong>, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. At the time, both were high-profile financial backers of Trump\u2019s campaign.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em><strong>Epstein invited Thiel and Barrack to separate meetings with Vitaly Churkin, Russia\u2019s ambassador to the United Nations<\/strong>. Churkin, who died of an apparent heart attack in early 2017, had at least eight meetings scheduled with Epstein between 2015 and Churkin\u2019s death, the documents show. -WSJ<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">So, Epstein &#8211; pal to the Democrats and a prolific pedophile, had extensive dealings with a Russian diplomat that he tried to connect with Trump&#8217;s inner circle?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">The report also notes that &#8220;The documents, which include thousands of pages of emails and schedules from 2013 to 2017, <strong>don\u2019t make reference to any meetings or conversations between Trump and Epstein,<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;don\u2019t specify Epstein\u2019s purpose in scheduling meetings with Trump\u2019s associates or the Russian ambassador.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">Notably, <strong>these Epstein-Russia meetings happened when the Russiagate hoax was in full swing<\/strong> with the FBI&#8217;s involvement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">Yet, according to Thiel, the October 2016 meeting with Epstein and Churkin featured &#8220;nothing memorable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/thjiel2.JPG?itok=hJN_Lz3W\"><em>PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel speaking at the Republican National Convention in July 2016. Photo: JIM WATSON\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">&#8220;I was rather naive,&#8221; Thiel told the outlet, &#8220;and I didn\u2019t think enough about what Epstein\u2019s agenda might have been.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">Meanwhile, a Trump campaign spokesman said: &#8220;None of these people were Trump campaign officials, and in fact <em><strong>President Trump banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.<\/strong><\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">As the <em>Journal<\/em> further notes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em><strong>Epstein met with and donated to Democrats more often than Republicans<\/strong>, according to the documents and campaign donation records. The Journal has reported that his schedules included meeting <a class=\"css-1h1us5y-StyledLink el06won0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/jeffrey-epstein-documents-woody-allen-larry-summers-edb3e9b2?mod=article_inline\">several people who had served in the Clinton and Obama administrations<\/a>. In his townhouse<strong>, Epstein hung a painting that depicted Bill Clinton wearing a blue dress and red heels.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em>In 2019, a spokesman for Bill Clinton said the former president had cut off ties more than a decade before and didn\u2019t know about Epstein\u2019s alleged crimes. The spokesman said then that Bill Clinton took four flights on Epstein\u2019s plane and once visited the townhouse, each time with his Secret Service team and for reasons related to the Clinton Foundation\u2019s work. The spokesman declined to comment for this article.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em><strong>Public records show Epstein donated to Hillary Clinton\u2019s 2000 campaign for the Senate<\/strong>, and tax records indicate he donated $25,000 in 2006 to what is now the Clinton family\u2019s global philanthropic foundation. A spokeswoman for Hillary Clinton declined to comment.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\"><em><strong>After his conviction, Epstein maintained connections with some former members of Bill Clinton\u2019s cabinet, including Lawrence Summers,<\/strong> who served as Treasury secretary, and Bill Richardson, who served as energy secretary. He also met with Clinton alumni leaving the Obama administration, including Ruemmler and the current head of the Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">Which begs the question, was Epstein just another prong in the Democrats&#8217; attempts to tie Trump to Russia in 2016?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-k3zb6l-Paragraph e1e4oisd0\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sat, 09\/02\/2023 &#8211; 14:00<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/hoax-funding-linkedin-founder-introduced-jeffrey-epstein-trumps-inner-circle-meet-top\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/hoax-funding-linkedin-founder-introduced-jeffrey-epstein-trumps-inner-circle-meet-top<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hoax-Funding LinkedIn Founder Introduced Jeffrey Epstein To Trump&#8217;s Inner Circle To Meet &#8216;Top Russian Diplomat&#8217; Was Jeffrey Epstein involved in a plot to tie the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1425800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1425800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425800\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1425800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1425800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1425800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}