300 Names Dropped in Epstein Files Bombshell

Attorney General Pam Bondi claims the. DOJ released all the Epstein files and. even listed out 300 names, but we're. seeing blowback saying that is not the. end of the story. So, we're going to go. through some of the notable people named. to understand what exactly [music] their. connection is, if any, to the accused. child sex trafficker. Welcome [music] to. Sidebar, presented by Law & Crime. I'm. Jesse Weber. Well, after Attorney General Pam Bondi's. battle in front of the House Judiciary.

Committee last week, where she was. grilled on all matters Jeffrey Epstein, namely regarding redactions and whether. there were in fact other co-conspirators. or not. In fact, we did a whole Sidebar. on that. Bondi then sent the letter out. to lawmakers over the weekend saying. that all the Epstein files have been. released. And most importantly, she. listed out over 300 high-profile names. Now, at first glance, you might be. saying, "Wait a second. Did she just. release the Epstein list? The list of. Epstein's alleged co-conspirators,

people who allegedly engaged in criminal. activity, the abuse of young girls for. years?" That's why we have to put into. context what this is about, okay? Cuz. I'm going to go over the letter. I'm. going to go over the names and try to. make sense of it. Because a few things. here, as we have previously reported, the DOJ indicated that there is no. central Jeffrey Epstein client list that. he had prepared. There's no little black. book for people who knew about or. participated in criminal activity and. that he kept as a form of blackmail. This is not surprising. I never thought.

that there was anything like this. There's no evidence of that. There is an. address book that we've talked about. here on Sidebar before. It's not the. same thing. And to be clear, I'm going. to say this over and over again, just. because someone is mentioned in the. files or mentioned in an address book. doesn't mean that they knew about or. engaged in criminal activity. So, let me. briefly summarize the letter and then. I'll get into the names, okay? So, in a. letter that was dated this past. Saturday, February 14th, this is. addressed to the Senate Judiciary. Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member Dick Durbin, House.

Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin. The. letter explains that under the newly. passed Epstein Files Transparency Act, the DOJ has to explain everything that. was released. And remember, this was an. act that said, you know, you got to turn. over everything in your possession. So, one of the things they have to do under. the law is they have to explain what was. released, they have to explain a summary. of all the redactions, and the legal. basis for them. And this is the key. Quote, "A list of all government. officials and politically exposed. persons named or referenced in the.

released materials." Okay, they had to. list this out. So, first, some context. here. Pam Bondi explained that they. released all the files in their. possession regarding nine categories. Basically, anything about Epstein, anything about Ghislaine Maxwell, flight. logs or travel records, associated. government officials and entities, immunity deals, internal Department of. Justice communications regarding not. charging someone or prosecuting someone, anything about destroying Epstein data.

and materials, and any materials. surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's death. That's basically a summary of what they. had to release. Now, in terms of what. was withheld from public disclosure, the. letter explains that there are those. records that were subject to certain. privileges, like attorney-client. privilege. But, the letter made clear. that no records were withheld that were. merely just embarrassing to someone. And. that they tried to remove personally. identifiable information about victims. Although, as I'm sure you heard from.

various reporting, there were. allegations that the DOJ failed to 100%. do that. And then we get this. Quote, "Below is a list of all government. officials and politically exposed. persons named or referenced in the. released materials." Although, the. letter explains that politically exposed. person not really well defined. But, there was a footnote of the list that. says, "Any omissions from the list are. unintentional, and as explained in the. previous letters to Congress a result of. the volume and speed with which the. department complied with the act. Individuals whose names were redacted.

for law enforcement sensitive purposes. are not included, meaning if there's an. ongoing investigation. Now, I'm not. going to read you all 300 names, we're. going to put it up on the screen here, but this is an example of some names. Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Steve Bannon, George W. Bush, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George. Clooney, Ron DeSantis, Richard Branson, Fidel Castro, Kurt Cobain, Mick Jagger, Cory Booker, Jeff Bezos, Joe and Jill. Biden, Michael Cohen, James Comey, David. Copperfield, Robert De Niro, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jared Kushner, Janis.

Joplin, Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Ivanka Trump, J.D. Vance, Chris Tucker, Rupert Murdoch, Gavin. Newsom, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elvis. Presley, Brett Ratner, Alyssa Milano, Elon Musk, Larry Nassar, Barack Obama, Tucker Carlson, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill. Gates, Rudy Giuliani, Nikki Haley, Leon. Black, Woody Allen, Alex Jones, Michael. Jackson. Okay, so that's just a sampling. of the names. Obviously, there are a lot. more. Now, I'm going to get to what this. means. But before I do that, real quick, got to give a shout-out to today's.

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seeing a lot of pushback from lawmakers. Someone who has been particularly vocal. in response to this letter is. Representative Nancy Mace. She went on. X, said, quote, "Despite the memo. released by DOJ last night, not all the. Epstein files have been released. And. the excuses provided for not releasing. all the files will not hold up in a. court of law. This isn't going away. until people go to jail." There's. another one. "Where are all the logs. from the reception and station at. Epstein's New York home? They kept track.

of underage children and people in power. coming and going." Here's another one. "Where is all the audio and video from. the Lolita Express?" Meaning Jeffrey. Epstein's jet. Then you had. Representative Ro Khanna, quote, "The. DOJ is once again purposely muddying the. waters on who was a predator and who was. mentioned in an email. To have Janis. Joplin, who died when Epstein was 17, in. the same list as Larry Nassar, who went. to prison for the sexual abuse of. hundreds of young women and child. pornography, with no clarification of. how either was mentioned in the files,

is absurd. Release the full file. Stop. protecting predators. Redact only the. survivors' names." So, why are all of. these people listed? And I really want. to focus more on names we haven't talked. about as much. Like we've already. discussed in previous episodes of. Sidebar, the Clintons, President Trump, Director Woody Allen's connection to. Epstein, Elon Musk's back and forth with. Epstein or his people regarding meeting. up. Actually, I'll tell you what, before. I even get to other names, one more. thing about Musk that I thought was. interesting, and this was outlined in a. Fortune article. The files allegedly.

reveal a scheme by Epstein to get close. to Musk's brother, Kimball. And even. tried to handpick a woman for him. Like. you have this email from an Epstein. associate, Boris Nikolic, to Epstein in. 2012 that says, "Just talk to Kimball. His actual birthday is on Thursday. night, although his party is on. Saturday. Kimball, Elon, and few of. their closest friends will go out that. night. I told him that you will join us. as well. Also, I told him that you were. coming with redacted and that he might. want to ditch his ex or current to be.

He said yes and is looking so much. forward. So, please prepare redacted. She might like Elon as well." And then. you see how Epstein even tried to. seemingly leverage that to get close to. Elon Musk, where Epstein wrote Musk in. one message, "I will be in New York for. next week. We'll see your brother and. his new romance.". And of course you have people like Bill. Gates, Microsoft's founder, already well. established that he had a connection to. Epstein. There are photos of him in. connection to Epstein. I talked about. this in a previous sidebar. It was. reported that there was this bizarre. email where Epstein alleged that Gates.

needed medication to treat an STI from. having sex with Russian girls. Bill. Gates has denied all of this. But. anyway, giving you an idea about the big. names. So, what about the other names? Now, I'm going to give you the caveat. that is laid out by Pam Bondi in her. letter. It says, quote, "Names appear in. the files released under the acts in a. wide variety of contexts. For example, some individuals had extensive direct. email contact with Epstein or Maxwell, while other individuals are mentioned. only in a portion of a document, including press reporting that on its.

face is unrelated to the Epstein and. Maxwell matters." Like for example, you. might have somebody like Elvis Presley, obviously no connection to Jeffrey. Epstein. But then you get a Prince. Andrew, who we've by the way talked. about extensively in another episode of. Sidebar, where we talked about the. royals' connection to Epstein. So, that. is what I want to provide context and. explanation for, because listing these. out, people might jump to conclusions, but let me try to explain it. So, for. example, a name like rock singer Janis. Joplin. You know why she's in there? She. was referenced in a mass email that.

BCC'd Jeffrey Epstein. And in the email. listed music of the week, quote, "Janis. Joplin, Big Brother and the Holding. Company, Piece of My Heart. Seemingly. innocuous, although interesting cuz. there appears to be a redacted line. underneath the sentence. What about. Nirvana's Kurt Cobain? Why is he in. there? So, in an informational email. that was sent to Epstein from popular in. your network info@twitter.com, one of the things it seems to recommend. for him is an article remembering Kurt. Cobain on the 22nd anniversary of his.

death. So, as you can see, it's not like. Joplin or Cobain were somehow connected. to Epstein. Again, wouldn't even make. sense given the time frame. And then you. have somebody like former President. Barack Obama, where from what I could. see, it was just a lot of articles about. Obama in the files released, like news. articles. I didn't find any direct ties. between Epstein and the former. president. Same kind of thing with Bruce. Springsteen. Mentions of him are about. tickets and concerts and email blasts. So, as you go through this list, and. maybe you're going to go on the DOJ's. library yourself, just keep that in. mind. But what about somebody like actor.

George Clooney? Now, this is interesting. because on one hand, you have Clooney. mentioned in certain aspects. Like there. was an email sent to Jeffrey Epstein in. 2011 saying, quote, Minder, today is the. day Peggy was hoping you could be in. Venice with her for the Clooney opening. Pacino to be there. Seemingly in. reference to Al Pacino. Now, Peggy seems. to be in reference to Peggy Siegel, big-time publicist, frequent. communication with or about Epstein. We. mentioned this before, but there was an. allegation that she even tried to do. damage control for Epstein when all. these allegations were coming out. But.

then you have this email titled Toronto. Film Festival. This is back in 2009 from. Peggy Siegel to Epstein where it says, Had a great time in Toronto, saw. everyone, George Clooney, Michael. Douglas, Geoffrey Rush, Drew Barrymore, etc. Saw all studio execs, more. important. How about this one from. Siegel to Epstein from 2011? This email. to George Clooney gives you an idea how. successful my Venice trip was. Accomplished so much. Hung and discussed. their work with George Clooney, Kate. Winslet, Keira Knightley, Colin [snorts].

Firth, Al Pacino, on and on. We have. working on all the hot films. Have to. write my story now. Miss you. Want to. see you when in New York City. XOXO, Peggy. So, not really sure what to make. of that unless of course she's just. sharing with him her exploits or you. know, he likes being involved or. connected to the rich and powerful and. wants to make connections and she might. be the conduit. I don't know. But then. there's this one we got to talk about. So, someone writes Epstein in 2010, quote, "Can I have a muse same as George. Clooney? In fact, what about George.

Clooney?" Epstein writing back, "In your. present position, it should be George. Clowny." Now, at the bottom of the email. string it says Peter Mandelson, somebody. we've talked about before, the British. politician who came under a lot of fire. for emails that surfaced with him and. Epstein, particularly celebrating and. congratulating him when he was released. from prison after his conviction on. Florida state charges of solicitation of. prostituting a minor. That's a little. weird. Then you have this email too from. Epstein to someone back in 2014 with the.

subject line, "Clooney in Copenhagen.". Quote, "Now I know Copenhagen has. interesting girls. Ask Gianni if you. should see agencies on his behalf." This. is what Epstein writes back. So, I don't. know what to make of these Clooney. emails per se, but the actor has never. been accused or implicated in wrongdoing. in connection with Jeffrey Epstein, but. obviously I got to mention this. And. then you got these notable people that. have a more direct connection with. Epstein like actor Chris Tucker, okay? You have this email from 2013 that. reads, "Chris Tucker will be stopping by. to see JE sometime before his show.

tonight. No exact time was given." And. we already know there were photos of. Tucker in connection with Epstein. Like. there's one with him and Ghislaine. Maxwell that has been circulated quite a. bit. What about Jay-Z? So, Jay-Z. presents an interesting one to follow. There is a 2019 FBI crisis intake memo. where someone back in July of 2019. apparently called the FBI operations. center to identify herself as a victim. of sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein and. others. And later on it says quote, in. approximately 1996, redacted resided.

with redacted in redacted. An unknown. man abducted redacted from her home when. she later awoke in the presence of. Harvey Weinstein and Shawn Carter Jay-Z. while Weinstein had, and I'm not going. to be too graphic here, sexually abused. her. Redacted believed she was in. Epstein's mansion in Florida. Weinstein. of course is the disgraced movie. producer who was convicted of sex. crimes. But I will tell you this is very. similar to a range of tips that.

authorities were receiving in the wake. of Epstein's allegations that were. potentially never corroborated. I mean, we discussed the same thing multiple. times on previous episodes of Sidebar. regarding the unsubstantiated sexual. abuse allegations against President. Trump, too. Just something to keep in. mind. But names like Harvey Weinstein, not a great connection. Neither is Bill. Cosby, okay? He, too, is mentioned in. the Epstein files. Like this email to. Epstein from 2013, quote, Rich Barnett. ran into Mr. Cosby's houseman on 71st. Street. The houseman said,

"Unfortunately, Mr. Cosby will be out. west somewhere in California when you're. holding the dinner on the 23rd, otherwise he would have loved to come.". So this idea that Epstein just loved to. be affiliated and associated with the. rich and famous. And as we know, Cosby. would later be accused and go to trial. on sexual assault claims. This one was. surprising. Former TV show personality. Dr. Oz, who's an official in the current. Trump administration. So there was an. email from 2016 from Mehmet and Lisa Oz, that's his wife. And now remember, this. is after Epstein's conviction on.

solicitation of prostitution charges of. a minor. And this email is to Epstein. and it is actually an invite to Mehmet. and Lisa Oz's Valentine's celebration. How about this one? Sent to Epstein in. 2010, "Rudy Giuliani could see you. tomorrow either at 12:00 or at 4:45. I'm. not sure what time you arrive tomorrow, but I am thinking the 4:45 is better. Again, have to make the caveat. Just. because he was invited places or had. meetings with places doesn't mean these. people are guilty of anything, okay? Why.

is Robert De Niro listed? Well, Epstein. receives an email in 2013 that reads, "Hi Jeffrey, called redacted, but she. never called back. Have been seeing. redacted once in a while. Have lots to. tell you. Call me when you" I think it. says "set up coffee deal with De Niro. launched in Whole Foods under Grace of. Rwanda. Best, John F." So, maybe trying. to meet Robert De Niro, possibly another. De Niro. They're more about the actor. though, too. So, you go back to Peggy. Siegel. How about this one? 2017, when. she wrote, "Dear Jeffrey, I'm. volunteering to help the New York Film.

Society of Lincoln Center with their. spring gala called the 44th Annual. Chaplin Awards honoring Robert De Niro. on May 8th. The presenters include. Whoopi Goldberg, Meryl Streep, Martin. Scorsese, Ben Stiller, and Harvey. Keitel. See attached invite. I need to. talk to you about the possibility of you. buying a table that I can fill with. movie stars and hopefully you can. attend." Now, Epstein was also on an. email blast from an account that was set. up for Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro. back in 2015 regarding the Tribeca Film.

Festival, which the actor helped to. found. But, as you'll see, it's just an. example of his connections to powerful. people. And while I couldn't find, let's. say, a direct email between Robert De. Niro and Jeffrey Epstein, let's talk. about Mark Zuckerberg for a second, okay? Facebook. How about this message? Quote, "Leslie, thanks. The things I. discussed with Jeffrey were for he and. Woody" seemingly Woody Allen to visit. Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook or for Mark. to join them at dinner. I've sent Mark. the options and I'm waiting to hear. back. How about this? "Andrea, could you. also please pass along the below link to.

Mark from Jeffrey? Thanks." Again, this. is Leslie, uh Jeffrey Epstein's. assistant. How about this one? "Here are. the details for the Sunday dinner. Attendees are" and it lists out Mark. Zuckerberg, Peter Thiel, Jeffrey. Epstein. There are more names on there, too. I mentioned Hakeem Jeffries. So, getting. into the political space, seems at the. very least Epstein was kind of keeping. careful eye on the Democratic politician. out of New York. He was forwarded an. article about the rising star in 2013. Epstein also received an email, could be. an email blast. Says, "Dear Jeffries, I.

hope you received an invite to the party. that Congressman Hakeem Jeffries this. Wednesday night in Manhattan. Comptroller-elect Scott Stringer will be. leading the celebrations in what. promises to be a great night." Again, didn't find any direct connection or. direct email between Hakeem Jeffries and. Jeffrey Epstein. What about George. Soros, the investor? Email sent to Epstein in 2011. "Thank. you, just landed in New York. Was. terrific. Flew over your island coming. back from Necker to Saint Thomas. George. Soros and Richard Branson loved your.

question about dictators hiding money.". Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. You have this. email from 2018 to Jeffrey Epstein where. it reads, "Jeff Bezos at SMU Friday. Worth seeing if I'm not still sick.". Epstein replies, "Yes, you can say hello. from me." So, was there a connection. between Bezos and Epstein? Also, this. one from Peggy Siegel to Epstein in. 2009. "Just left Ghislaine's townhouse. after party for film. Bill Clinton and. Jeff Bezos were there. Jean Pigozzi,

director, Mira Nair, etc." So, you can. see his connections in some way, but I. will say the names that really prove to. be pivotal and come up a lot are people. like Leon Black, the investor and former. CEO of Apollo Global Management. So, for. example, there's an email from May 26, 2023. The names are redacted, but the. subject line is "E-notes Trafficking. Leon Black Call." And this apparently is. a call with G.N. Christensen from Wigdor.

LLP. This is a law firm. And this firm. actually at one point represented a. woman who claimed she was raped by Leon. Black, but they eventually wanted to. withdraw from the case. And anyway, the. email states, quote, "Leon Black, Wall. Street person, 72 or 71 years old now, founded largest private equity global. fund that exists today that's publicly. traded, one of Epstein's friends, very. powerful. Got a call from victim woman. who said that she heard about lawsuit. against Black. Victim said Black raped. her around 20 years ago, 2001 or 2002,

in Epstein's townhouse. Victim described. it, felt pain on massage table with head. on floor and legs on his shoulders, excruciating. Spoke with redacted in. Manhattan DA's office. Substance abuse. problems in 1990s, preyed on by Epstein, gave massages to Epstein and Black for. money. Another claim. Minor victim at. Epstein's townhouse and was told to give. Leon Black a massage. Violently raped by. Black. 16 years old when raped by Black. Epstein and Black used to talk about.

victim and described her as being 10. They knew about her. Redacted. And when. you couple those allegations with emails. apparently showing Epstein associates. arranging meetings between him and. Black. I mean, there's one, Leon Black. will come see J.E. tomorrow at 10:00. a.m. He may want breakfast, please be. prepared. It doesn't look good. And. while Black's lawyer, Susan Estrich, previously denied the allegations, for. example, saying in a statement, "Mr. Black asked for an independent. investigation of his relationship with. Epstein. The Dechert law firm. investigated and reviewed more than.

60,000 documents, interviewed more than. 20 people, and concluded that Mr. Black. paid Epstein for estate planning and tax. advice, and that he had no awareness of. Epstein's criminal activities." There. was still fallout. Black reportedly left. Apollo in 2021 after a lot of questions. came up about his relationship with. Epstein, although he said it was for. health reasons. But how about this? You had a school photography company. known as Lifetouch came under a lot of. scrutiny recently because it turns out. its parent company, Shutterfly, was. owned by Apollo. Again, where Black.

worked. So, the concern is you're. storing all these photos of kids. They put out a a. on their website on February 10th. saying, LifeTouch is not named in the. Epstein files. The The documents contain. no allegations that LifeTouch itself was. involved in or that student photos were. used in any illicit activities. And it. also should be noted that Apollo wasn't. linked to Shutterfly and LifeTouch until. September of 2019. So, this is 1 month. after Epstein died. By the way, Black. has never been charged with a crime in. connection with these allegations. But. also another person I got to talk about, Richard Branson, okay, the billionaire.

founder of Virgin Group. Now, his. association with Epstein was already. quite known considering the two were. photographed together. But let me just. expand upon that because you can see so. many emails exchanged between the two or. trying to connect the two. Like you have. this one from 2013 to Jeffrey Epstein. that reads, "Richard Branson is unable. to come to your island because he has. guests, but he wants to extend an. invitation to you for lunch on Sunday. Dean Kamen and Greg Wyler will be going. as well to this lunch." Or how about. this one from November 2013 where. Epstein writes to Branson's assistant,

"I can send heli or meet anywhere." And. Branson's assistant replies, "Hi. Jeffrey, if Richard comes to you for. lunch, would he have to go through. immigration and customs on St. Thomas? Is there a quick way of getting. through?" And then you have direct. communications like this one from. Branson to Epstein in September of 2013. "Dear Jeffrey, it was really nice seeing. you yesterday. The boys in water sports. can't stop speaking about it. Anytime. you're in the area, would love to see. you as long as you bring your harem. I. think if Bill Gates was willing to say. that you've been a brilliant advisor to.

him, that you slipped up many years ago. by sleeping with a 17 and 1/2 year-old. woman and were punished for it, that. you've more than learnt your lesson and. have done nothing that's against the law. since. And yes, as a single man, you. seem to have a pension for women, but. there's nothing wrong with that. Anyway, something along those lines." So, I have. to make the argument is that seemingly. relation to his conviction, right? A way. to rehabilitate his image to get more. business. Maybe. Now, Branson's company. came out denied that he had any. involvement in Epstein's wrongdoing, that his meetings with him were limited. to group or business settings, and that.

he cut off ties with Jeffrey Epstein. after they quote uncovered serious. allegations. And by the way, in a. statement, Branson's company says, "Had. they had the full picture and. information, there would have been no. contact whatsoever." Richard believes. that Epstein's actions were abhorrent. and supports the right to justice for. his many victims. What about United. States Secretary of Commerce, Howard. Lutnick? I'm sure you heard his name in. the news recently. So, this is Epstein's. former neighbor. He has been taking a. lot of heat recently over his connection. to Epstein. See, the problem for Lutnick. is the files seem to show he was in.

contact with the convicted felon years. after he claimed he cut off contact with. him. Like, you have this one from. Lutnick where he writes Jeffrey Epstein, I believe in 2018, "Are you aware as to. them building to block our park views? What should we do about it? Time is of. the essence." There appears to be an. invitation to Epstein from Lutnick. asking him to attend a Hillary Clinton. fundraiser in 2015. You have this email. from Epstein's assistant in 2017. Hello, Amanda. "Jeffrey Epstein will be. contributing to the UJA Wall Street.

dinner honoring Howard Lutnick. Can you. please provide an address to where we. can FedEx a check to? Whose attention? Anything else we should know?" And how. about these from 2012? An email from. Lutnick to Epstein. "Hi, Jeff. We're. landing in Saint Thomas early Saturday. afternoon and planning to head over to. Saint Barts and Gulla on Monday at some. point. Where are you located? What's the. exact location for my captain? Does. Sunday evening for dinner sound good? I. have another couple, Michael and Marcy. Learman, with me on my boat, and each of. us has four children, two 16s, two 14s,

a 13, a 12, an 11, and a 7-year-old. Thanks, Howard." The response back, quote, "Below from Jeffrey, comes. Saturday or Sunday lunch? Little Saint. James on the map behind Chrisman's. Cove." By the way, there are currently. calls for Lutnick to resign, but nothing. has come of it yet. But, the fallout for. others not so great. Like, you have. Larry Summers, former head of Harvard, Treasury Secretary. The friendship. between Summers and Epstein's was well. reported. You have the Harvard paper, the Crimson revealing a lot that Summers. had apparently visited Epstein's Island.

in 2005. There were flight records as. part of a lawsuit that revealed he had. traveled on Epstein's plane multiple. times. But then you get these emails. that come forward and you see all these. communications between the men like. where Summers was looking for Epstein. for seemingly romantic advice with. Epstein saying, quote, "He's a pretty. good wingman. I didn't want to be in a. gift-giving competition while being the. friend without benefits." You have this. exchange from just months before Epstein. was arrested in 2019 where Summers. writes about some woman, "I said, what.

are you up to?" She said, "I'm busy." I. said, "Awfully coy you are.". Epstein responds, "She's smart. Making. you pay for past errors. Ignore the. daddy, I'm going to go out with the. motorcycle guy." You reacted well. Annoyed shows caring. No whining showed. strength. Now, Summers released a. statement that said, "I'm deeply ashamed. of my actions and recognize the pain. they have caused. I take full. responsibility for my misguided decision. to continue communicating with Mr. Epstein." But he ended up stepping back.

from his duties at Harvard. He resigned. from his board position at OpenAI. Now, again, to be clear, just a mere. association or mention or emails or. correspondence doesn't mean that anyone. had knowledge of criminal wrongdoing or. participated in criminal wrongdoing. And. just to be clear as well, no one has. been charged other than Maxwell and. Epstein. But again, that is just a. sampling of some of the things we're. seeing as the names were released. You. can go and do your own research and see. what you find. That's all we have for. you right now here on Sidebar, everybody. Thank you so much for joining. us and as always, please subscribe.

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