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Fri Feb 6, 2026, 02:31 PM Feb 6

Epstein Tracked #MeToo Fallout and Advised Accused Men Behind the Scenes

New files released by the Justice Department show Jeffrey Epstein joking about being in a "pariahs club" and discussing the fate of powerful men who had been accused of wrongdoing.
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TPM (@talkingpointsmemo.com) 2026-02-06T14:04:10.035Z


by Grace Panetta
02.06.26 | 8:57 am



The year was 2018, and Lawrence Krauss, the prominent physicist and scholar of the cosmos, was facing a Title IX investigation at Arizona State University. BuzzFeed News had just reported on allegations of sexual misconduct against him; he denied them. In March, he contacted a lawyer experienced in higher education cases. Krauss and Justin Dillon, the lawyer, exchanged a few friendly emails before speaking on the phone.

Then, Krauss presented him with an “unusual request” — he wanted Dillon to call a disgraced financier who had, 10 years before, pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution of a minor.

“I have been advised through much of the BuzzFeed experience, both before and after, by a friend, who is also somewhat infamous. His name is Jeffrey Epstein, and you may know who he is already,” Krauss wrote.

“Bottom line is that Jeffrey is not only friends with most of the famous people from finance, to business, to Hollywood, who have either been brought down during #metoo and he also speaks regularly with people ranging from the awful white house people, who he is friends with, to ken starr etc.,” added Krauss. He later walked back his request for Dillon to speak to Epstein. But Epstein appeared none too pleased that Krauss had invoked him and his connections.




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Epstein Tracked #MeToo Fallout and Advised Accused Men Behind the Scenes (Original Post) sheshe2 Feb 6 OP
Epstein was a one person predator machine BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 6 #1
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