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

About two months ago, Elon Musk showed up Tucker Carlson Podcast and He started chattering About Epstein’s client list – a list of notorious people who allegedly visited the island of the dead pedophile. At the time, Donald Trump He pledged To make the list public, should he be elected again, and Musk, who was Trump’s election campaign At the time, he claimed some people were “terrified” it would happen. Notably, Tesla CEO pointed the finger at LinkedIn co-founder and tech billionaire Reid Hoffman. “He’s terrified that Trump will win,” Musk said of Hoffman, who won. Relationship with Epsteinwho was publicly supporting Kamala Harris at the time.

Now, in an interview with a British newspaper, Hoffman claims he has had to hire security to deal with right-wing threats since Musk’s comments. “It’s hard to have someone generate completely slanderous lies that end up with crazy MAGA people sending you threats of violence,” Huffman said during his speech. With the Sunday Times. “Elon’s slander makes me angry and sad. Angry because it’s an ugly assault. It’s sad that it’s coming from someone whose entrepreneurial accomplishments I still admire,” Hoffman added, before admitting: “I hired security staff as a result.”

The rhetorical conflict between Musk and Hoffman appears to be an example of the political power struggles currently underway. With Trump back in the White House, the spoils go to the victor, and Musk, who has noticeably thrown his hat in with Trump, can now throw his weight against his enemies, while Hoffman must hire security guards. It’s also another example of the politicization of the Epstein saga, a scandal that, ironically, has been remarkably bipartisan on the issue. Wealthy and well-connected people associated with it.

Musk conversation With Carlson, in which Hoffman was mentioned in relation to Epstein, it went as follows:

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

Tucker: Do you think Reid Hoffman is uncomfortable?

Elon: Yes, and so is Gates.

TUCKER: I’m just asking that because you can kind of look at them and see this is a nervous person, and I mean I’m assuming you know him.

Elon: Yes, Reid Hoffman has been a business development director at PayPal for 24 years.

Tucker: Does he look nervous to you?

Elon: Yes, he’s terrified that Trump will win.

TUCKER: Because of the disclosures that will follow?

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

Hoffman’s relationship with Epstein has already been widely reported. The Wall Street Journal I mentioned previously Which Hoffman visited Epstein’s island in 2014. He is also allegedly responsible for it Introducing Epstein To a number of influential figures in the technology industry, including Peter Thiel (According to Thiel himself).

If Musk is looking for targets linked to Epstein, 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 a dead pedophile. The two were reportedly neighbors in Florida We celebrated togetherand Trump once said about Epstein: “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. A wonderful man…He’s so much fun to be around. He’s said to love beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.” Other reports of Trump’s association with Epstein surfaced in the days leading up to the election. On October 31, journalist Michael Wolff published what he said Recorded interview With Epstein, in which the financier is dead He claimed it He was Trump’s “best friend” for ten years. there There is no general guide That Trump visited Epstein’s island at all.

Epstein who He died in a prison cell In 2019, he had relationships with a large number of rich and influential people. As Musk pointed out, Microsoft It is known that Bill Gates was associated with Epsteinuntil Make several trips To the island of child sexual exploitation. A number of influential tech executives have been subpoenaed in connection with ongoing lawsuits related to Epstein, including the two Google co-founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page.