LinkedIn founder says he hired security after Elon Musk linked him to Jeffrey Epstein

Almost two months ago, Elon Musk appeared Tucker Carlson’s podcast and it started to hit on the list of Epstein’s clients – the famous document of people who allegedly visited the island of the dead pedophile. At that time, Donald Trump he had promised to make the list public, must be elected again, and Musk, that was campaign for Trump at the time, he said that some people were “terrified” of what was happening. Specifically, the Tesla CEO pointed the finger at LinkedIn co-founder and tech billionaire Reid Hoffman. “He’s terrified of a Trump victory,” Musk said of Hoffman, who he had a relationship with Epsteinand who was very publicly supporting Kamala Harris at the time.

Now, in an interview with a British newspaper, Hoffman says that he had to control security to deal with the threats of rights since Musk’s comments. “It’s hard when someone is generating completely slanderous lies that end up resulting in crazy MAGAs sending you threats of violence,” Hoffman said as he spoke. with the Sunday Times. “The defamation of Elon makes me angry and sad. Angry because it’s an ugly assault. Sad because it comes from someone whose entrepreneurial achievements I continue to admire,” added Hoffman, before admitting: “I hired security staff because of it.

The rhetorical fight between Musk and Hoffman seems to be an example of the political power struggle that is currently taking place. As Trump returns to the White House, to the winner goes the spoils and Musk, who in particular has thrown his hat in with Trump, can now throw his weight against his enemies, while Hoffman has to hire security guards. It’s yet another example of the politics of the Epstein saga — a scandal that, ironically, was remarkably bipartisan in terms of rich and well-connected people associated with him.

Musk’s conversation with Carlson, in which he cited Hoffman in connection with Epstein, went as follows:

Elon: If Trump wins, Epstein’s client list will become public, and some of those billionaires behind Kamala are horrified by that outcome.

Tucker: You think Reid Hoffman is uncomfortable?

Elon: Yes, and Gates.

Tucker: I’m just asking you because you can look at them, and you’re like a nervous person, and I mean, I guess you know them.

Elon: Yes, Reid Hoffman was my director of business development at PayPal 24 years ago.

Tucker: Do you look nervous?

Elon: Yes, he is terrified of a Trump victory.

Tucker: Because of the disclosures that follow?

Elon: I think he’s certainly not ideologically aligned with Trump in any way, but I think he’s concerned about the Epstein situation.

Hoffman’s relationship with Epstein has been widely reported. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that Hoffman had visited Epstein’s island in 2014. He was also allegedly responsible for Epstein’s introduction to a number of influential figures in the tech industry, including Peter Thiel (according to Thiel himself).

If Musk is looking for Epstein-related targets to badmouth, he need look no further than his new boss, the president-elect of the United States. Trump has a well-documented history of association with the dead pedophile. The two were neighbors in Florida, reported parties togetherand Trump once said, about Epstein: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. A great guy… He’s a lot of fun to be with. He’s also said to like beautiful women as much as I do, and a lot of them are on the smaller side.” Other reports about Trump’s association with Epstein came out in the days before the election. On October 31, journalist Michael Wolff published what he said a recorded interview with Epstein, in which the financier died he stated that he he was Trump’s “best friend” for ten years. There are without public evidence that Trump ever visited Epstein’s island.

Epstein, what died in a prison cell in 2019, he had connections with a large number of rich and influential people. As Musk noted, Microsoft Bill Gates is known to have associated with Epsteinas well make many trips to the island of the pedophile. A number of other high-powered tech executives have been named in connection with ongoing litigation related to Epstein, including the two co-founders of Google, Sergei Brin and Larry Page.