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Stewart was not the editors' first choice to interview Epstein further.  Initially, they had asked Landon Thomas Jr., a veteran financial correspondent who had been at the ''Times'' for 16 years.  Thomas knew Epstein fairly well — having first written about him in 2002. For a 2008 profile, Thomas had traveled to Epstein's private isle in the U.S. [[Virgin Islands]].  The article largely presented Epstein as someone who solicited prostitutes, not committed sex crimes against minors. Federal agents had by then identified several dozen possible victims. The piece ran just before Epstein submitted to authorities in Florida for incarceration.  It included this passage: "As his legal troubles deepened, Mr. Epstein gazed at the azure sea and the lush hills of St. Thomas in the distance, poked at a lunch of crab and rare steak prepared by his personal chef, and tried to explain how his life had taken such a turn," Thomas wrote. "He likened himself to Gulliver shipwrecked among the diminutive denizens of Lilliput."<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/274719/new-york-times-ties-jeffrey-epstein-deepen-daniel-greenfield</ref>

Stewart was not the editors' first choice to interview Epstein further.  Initially, they had asked Landon Thomas Jr., a veteran financial correspondent who had been at the ''Times'' for 16 years.  Thomas knew Epstein fairly well — having first written about him in 2002. For a 2008 profile, Thomas had traveled to Epstein's private isle in the U.S. [[Virgin Islands]].  The article largely presented Epstein as someone who solicited prostitutes, not committed sex crimes against minors. Federal agents had by then identified several dozen possible victims. The piece ran just before Epstein submitted to authorities in Florida for incarceration.  It included this passage: "As his legal troubles deepened, Mr. Epstein gazed at the azure sea and the lush hills of St. Thomas in the distance, poked at a lunch of crab and rare steak prepared by his personal chef, and tried to explain how his life had taken such a turn," Thomas wrote. "He likened himself to Gulliver shipwrecked among the diminutive denizens of Lilliput."<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/274719/new-york-times-ties-jeffrey-epstein-deepen-daniel-greenfield</ref>

 

After Epstein's death the paper reported on a public apology by one of its corporate directors, Joichi Ito, who had landed millions of dollars from Epstein for the institute he leads, the [[MIT]] Media Lab.<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/08/17/new-york-times-board-member-apologizes-for-jeffrey-epstein-ties/</ref>  In a tweet, the paper's media editor, Jim Windolf, said that Ito had sought funds from Epstein "a few years after Epstein got out of the Palm Beach County Jail."

After Epstein's death the paper reported on a public apology by one of its corporate directors, Joichi Ito, who had landed millions of dollars from Epstein for the institute he leads, the [[MIT]] Media Lab.<ref>https://nypost.com/2019/08/17/new-york-times-board-member-apologizes-for-jeffrey-epstein-ties/</ref>  In a tweet, the paper's media editor, Jim Windolf, said that Ito had sought funds from Epstein "a few years after Epstein got out of the Palm Beach County Jail."

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==Comet Ping Pong==

==Comet Ping Pong==

On December 5, 2016, Edgar M. Welch, 28, of Salisbury, N.C., traveled to Comet Ping Pong to rescue the victims imprisoned in the basement of the restaurant.  He entered the restaurant shortly before 3 p.m. with a rifle and fired it at least once inside, the [[police]] said.  Welch demanded access to the basement, which does not exist.  Welch was apprehended by the police and charged.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/pizzagate-comet-ping-pong-edgar-maddison-welch.html?_r=0|title=Man Motivated by ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory Arrested in Washington Gunfire|first=Eric|last=Lipton|work=New York Times|date=Dec. 5, 2016 |accessdate=}}</ref>  On June 22, 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pizzagate-gunman-edgar-maddison-welch-sentenced-four-years-prison-n775621|title=‘Pizzagate’ Gunman Edgar Maddison Welch Sentenced to Four Years in Prison|work=NBC News|date=Jun. 22, 2017|accessdate=}}</ref>

On December 5, 2016, Edgar M. Welch, 28, of Salisbury, N.C., traveled to Comet Ping Pong to rescue the victims imprisoned in the basement of the restaurant.  He entered the restaurant shortly before 3 p.m. with a rifle and fired it at least once inside, the [[police]] said.  Welch demanded access to the basement, which does not exist.  Welch was apprehended by the police and charged.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/us/pizzagate-comet-ping-pong-edgar-maddison-welch.html?_r=0|title=Man Motivated by ‘Pizzagate’ Conspiracy Theory Arrested in Washington Gunfire|first=Eric|last=Lipton|work=New York Times|date=Dec. 5, 2016 |accessdate=}}</ref>  On June 22, 2017, he was sentenced to four years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pizzagate-gunman-edgar-maddison-welch-sentenced-four-years-prison-n775621|title=‘Pizzagate’ Gunman Edgar Maddison Welch Sentenced to Four Years in Prison|work=NBC News|date=Jun. 22, 2017|accessdate=}}</ref>