LinkedIn Founder Says He Hired Security After Elon Musk Tied Him to Jeffrey Epstein

Some 2 months ago, Elon Musk appeared connected Tucker Carlson’s podcast and began blabbing astir the Epstein lawsuit list—the notorious docket of radical who person allegedly visited the dormant pedophile’s island. At the time, Donald Trump had vowed to marque the database public, should helium beryllium elected again, and Musk, who was campaigning for Trump astatine the time, claimed that definite radical were “terrified” of that happening. Most notably, the Tesla CEO pointed the digit astatine LinkedIn co-founder and tech billionaire Reid Hoffman. “He’s terrified of a Trump victory,” Musk said of Hoffman, who had a narration with Epstein, and who was precise publically supporting Kamala Harris astatine the time.

Now, successful an interrogation with a British newspaper, Hoffman claims he’s had to prosecute information to woody with threats from rightwingers ever since Musk’s comments. “It’s hard erstwhile idiosyncratic is generating wholly slanderous lies that extremity up resulting successful brainsick MAGA radical sending you threats of violence,” Hoffman said, portion speaking with The Sunday Times. “Elon’s defamation makes maine aggravated and sad. Angry due to the fact that it is an disfigured assault. Sad due to the fact that it comes from idiosyncratic whose entrepreneurial achievements I proceed to admire,” Hoffman added, earlier admitting: “I’ve hired information unit arsenic a result.”

The rhetorical tussle betwixt Musk and Hoffman would look to beryllium an illustration of the governmental powerfulness wrangling presently taking place. As Trump heads backmost to the White House, to the victor goes the spoils and Musk, who notably threw his chapeau successful with Trump, tin present propulsion his value astir against his enemies, portion Hoffman has to prosecute information guards. It’s besides yet different illustration of the politicization of the Epstein saga—a ungraded that, ironically, was notably bipartisan successful presumption of the wealthy and well-connected people associated with it.

Musk’s conversation with Carlson, successful which helium mentioned Hoffman successful transportation with Epstein, went similar this:

Elon: If Trump wins, that Epstein lawsuit database is going to go public, and immoderate of those billionaires down Kamala are terrified of that outcome.

Tucker: Do you deliberation Reid Hoffman is uncomfortable?

Elon: Yes, and Gates.

Tucker: I lone inquire that due to the fact that you tin benignant of look astatine them, and you’re like, that is simply a tense person, and I mean, I presume you cognize them.

Elon: Yeah, Reid Hoffman was my manager of concern improvement astatine PayPal 24 years ago.

Tucker: Does helium look tense to you?

Elon: Yeah, he’s terrified of a Trump victory.

Tucker: Because of the disclosures that would follow?

Elon: I deliberation helium is surely ideologically not aligned with Trump anyway, but I deliberation helium is acrophobic astir the Epstein situation.

Hoffman’s narration with Epstein has already been extensively reported on. The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Hoffman had visited Epstein’s land successful 2014. He was besides allegedly liable for introducing Epstein to a fig of influential tech manufacture figures, including Peter Thiel (according to Thiel himself).

If Musk is looking for Epstein-connected targets to badmouth, helium request look nary further than his caller boss, the president-elect of the United States. Trump has a well-documented past of relation with the dormant pedophile. The 2 were neighbors successful Florida, reportedly partied together, and Trump erstwhile said, of Epstein: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy…He’s a batch of amusive to beryllium with. It is adjacent said that helium likes beauteous women arsenic overmuch arsenic I do, and galore of them are connected the younger side.” Other reports astir Trump’s relation with Epstein came retired successful the days earlier the election. On Oct. 31st, writer Michael Wolff released what helium said was a taped interview with Epstein, successful which the dormant financier claimed that he had been Trump’s “best friend” for 10 years. There is no nationalist evidence that Trump ever visited Epstein’s island.

Epstein, who died successful a situation cell successful 2019, had ties to a immense fig of affluent and influential people. As Musk noted, Microsoft’s Bill Gates is known to person associated with Epstein, adjacent making respective trips to the pedophile’s island. A fig of different almighty tech executives person been subpoenaed successful transportation to ongoing Epstein-related litigation, including the 2 co-founders of Google, Sergei Brin and Larry Page.