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Epstein Arrest Leaves Top Technology Figures Racing to Distance Themselves

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132 points AndrewBissell | 4 comments | 31 Jul 19 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.724s | source
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camjohnson26 ◴[31 Jul 19 17:04 UTC] No.20576121[source]▶
According to the article the list of prominent tech figures who socialized with Epstein includes:

Sergey Brin

Richard Branson

Jason Calacanis

Bill Gates

Reid Hoffman

Elon Musk

Nathan Myhrvold

Mark Zuckerberg

That’s an impressive list.

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1. anbop ◴[31 Jul 19 17:39 UTC] No.20576485[source]▶
Bill Gates is not a nice person, but I will believe almost everything before believing that he was raping underaged girls on a secret island.
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2. nradov ◴[31 Jul 19 18:21 UTC] No.20576855[source]▶
His deeds in the Gates Foundation count as "nice" by any reasonable definition.
3. AndrewBissell ◴[31 Jul 19 18:24 UTC] No.20576887[source]▶
Even if none of them were involved in Epstein's worst crimes, their willingness to even give the time of day to a convicted sex trafficker reveals a disgusting toleration for predatory behavior. The overall picture it paints is, "hey, as long as he could buy his way out of any real trouble it's safe for me to associate with him."
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4. JudgeWapner ◴[01 Aug 19 00:09 UTC] No.20580015[source]▶
Is it not possible that some of them only knew him before his conviction?