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[[Fusion GPS]] and the [[2016 Clinton campaign]] tried unsuccessfully to link Donald Trump to Epstein's sex crimes as part of their opposition research and campaign strategy.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-12/fusion-gps-tried-and-failed-link-trump-jeffrey-epstein</ref> When that failed they focused instead on the manufactured [[Russia collusion hoax]]. After Epstein's death, [[David Brock]]'s organization again through [[mainstream media]] tried to link Epstein to Russia and Trump.
[[Fusion GPS]] and the [[2016 Clinton campaign]] tried unsuccessfully to link Donald Trump to Epstein's sex crimes as part of their opposition research and campaign strategy.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-12-12/fusion-gps-tried-and-failed-link-trump-jeffrey-epstein</ref> When that failed they focused instead on the manufactured [[Russia collusion hoax]]. After Epstein's death, [[David Brock]]'s organization again through [[mainstream media]] tried to link Epstein to Russia and Trump.
[[File:Andrew and Epstein (2).jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[UK]]'s Prince Andrew with Epstein. Andrew, who was not a client of Epstein in any legal business relationship, struggled to explain his longterm relationship with Epstein which extended past Epstein's 2008 conviction as a sex offender. Andrew had several extended stays at Epstein properties throughout the world.]]
==Mainstream media coverage==
==Mainstream media coverage==
In March 2014, a photographer captured a picture of Maxwell hugging Graydon Carter at a party sponsored by ''Vanity Fair'' and hosted by Carter after the Motion Picture Academy Awards in Hollywood.
In March 2014, a photographer captured a picture of Maxwell hugging Graydon Carter at a party sponsored by ''Vanity Fair'' and hosted by Carter after the Motion Picture Academy Awards in Hollywood.
[[File:Ghislaine-maxwell-clinton-wedding (1).jpg|250px|thumb|right|Bill Clinton leads Chelsea down the isle. Right (red circle) is Ghislaine Maxwell who procured minor teenage girls for convicted pedophile [[Jeffrey Epstein]].<ref>[https://archive.fo/f0qpz An appeals court seemed poised to unseal Jeffrey Epstein records. So where are they?], BY JULIE K. BROWN, ''Miami Herald'', JULY 02, 2019.</ref>]]
===ABC News===
===ABC News===
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>
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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.<ref>[https://rumble.com/v67og71-pizzagate-gunman-fatally-shot-during-traffic-stop-in-north-carolina.html Pizzagate Gunman Fatally Shot During Traffic Stop in North Carolina]</ref> 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>
Michael G. Flynn, the 33-year-old son of the former National Security Advisor, had been working as a scheduler with his father on the Trump transition team. However, the younger Flynn had wrote some controversial tweets about the shooting at Comet Ping Pong. He was dismissed from the Trump transition team staff on December 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.breitbart.com/news/son-of-trump-advisor-booted-after-pizzagate/|title=Son of Trump advisor booted after ‘Pizzagate’|work=breitbart.com|date=December 6, 2017|accessdate=}}</ref>
Michael G. Flynn, the 33-year-old son of the former National Security Advisor [[Gen. Michael Flynn]], had been working as a scheduler with his father on the [[Trump transition]] team. However, the younger Flynn had wrote some controversial tweets about the shooting at Comet Ping Pong. He was dismissed from the Trump transition team staff on December 6, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.breitbart.com/news/son-of-trump-advisor-booted-after-pizzagate/|title=Son of Trump advisor booted after ‘Pizzagate’|work=breitbart.com|date=December 6, 2017|accessdate=}}</ref> The [[Mueller team]] threatened to prosecute Flynn Jr., [[blackmail]]ing Gen. Flynn to plead guilty to offenses for which the Mueller team and [[Comey]] [[FBI]] had no evidence of committing.<ref>https://truepundit.com/gen-flynn-signed-guilty-plea-after-mueller-threatened-his-family-son-thug-tactics-coerced-plea-deal/</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Pedophilia]]
* [[Pedophilia]]
* [[Spirit cooking]]
* [[Spirit cooking]]
*[[Grooming gang]]
*[[Epstein Files]]
== References ==
== References ==