Epstein Secrets

45,000-acre ranch. He had it built because of the month or so he found himself spending there, talking elementary particle physics with his friend Murray Gell-Man, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist and co- chair of the science board at the Santa Fe Institute. Epstein also owned a grand house (he has since sold i

Summers and Donald Trump, and has lavish homes in Manhattan, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands. He has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to Democratic Party candidates and organizations, including Sen. John Kerry's presidential bid, and the Senate campaigns of Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christopher

and a gaggle of distinguished scientists, most of whom Epstein has helped fund in recent years. They include Nobel Prize winners Gerald Edelman and Murray Gell-Mann, and mathematical biologist Martin Nowak. When these men describe Epstein, they talk about "energy" and "curiosity," as well as a love for theoreti

In addition to mansions in Palm Beach and Manhat- tan, Epstein owns homes in New Mexico and the Virgin. Islande. He% a frequent con- tributor to Democratic Party candidates. He also donated $30 million to Harvard in 2003, Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer returned a $50,000 campaign contribu- tion from

x-president Bill Clinton, pictured last month, but was never ‘lent out' Epstein, who has donated more than £75,000 over the years to candidates from the Democratic Party, also flew with Mr Clinton in November 2003 to destinations including Russia, Oslo, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. Yet Virginia Roberts stresses t

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