In August 2018, reporters at ''[[The New York Times]]'' and other publications received word Tesla founder [[Elon Musk]] was relying on Epstein to advise him on whom to consider hiring as board chair or chief executive. Editors at the ''Times'' sent business columnist James Stewart to talk to Epstein. "I wondered why would Musk, if this is true, be using a registered sex offender to recruit new members to the board," Stewart told ''The Kicker'', a podcast from the Columbia Journalism Review. | In August 2018, reporters at ''[[The New York Times]]'' and other publications received word Tesla founder [[Elon Musk]] was relying on Epstein to advise him on whom to consider hiring as board chair or chief executive. Editors at the ''Times'' sent business columnist James Stewart to talk to Epstein. "I wondered why would Musk, if this is true, be using a registered sex offender to recruit new members to the board," Stewart told ''The Kicker'', a podcast from the Columbia Journalism Review. |