Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is raising questions about the client list of Jeffrey Epstein, the dead child sex predator, and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell amid an ongoing public feud with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Musk’s comments about Epstein and Maxwell emerged during his response to NBC host Mehdi Hasan calling him a “not so bright billionaire” who “casually bought one of the most influential messaging machines & just handed it to the far-right,” signalling his disapproval over Musk’s successful acquisition of Twitter.
“NBC basically saying Republicans are Nazis …” tweeted Musk.
NBC basically saying Republicans are Nazis …
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 2, 2022
Musk then stated that NBC, as a news organization, buried the Hunter Biden laptop scandal, had early access to information concerning the Harvey Weinstein rape story but refused to report on it, and had also given now-disgraced NBC Host Matt Lauer his “rape office.”
“Same org that covered up Hunter Biden laptop story, had Harvey Weinstein story early & killed it & built Matt Lauer his rape office,” Musk tweeted. “Lovely people.”
Same org that covered up Hunter Biden laptop story, had Harvey Weinstein story early & killed it & built Matt Lauer his rape office. Lovely people.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 2, 2022
In response to his comments concerning NBC, one Twitter user wrote to Musk that “It says it all that we heard more about Will Smith slapping Chris Rock than we heard about Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial. It is also ‘interesting’ that the account tracking the Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial got banned when it gained traction. Lovely people indeed…”
Musk then raised a question about Epstein and Maxwell’s “client” list, appearing to question why none of their affiliates have been named, nor charged, over the widespread sex trafficking.
“Where is their ‘client’ list? Shouldn’t at least one of them go down!?” Musk tweeted.
Where is their “client” list? Shouldn’t at least one of them go down!?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 2, 2022
Another Twitter user attempted to tie Maxwell and Musk together by replying with a photo of the two at a Vanity Fair party with the caption “let’s start with you.” Musk responded, “That’s a Vanity Fair party and she photobombed me in the background, but you know that already, don’t know?”
That’s a Vanity Fair party and she photobombed me in the background, but you know that already, don’t know?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 2, 2022
Another user responded in defense of Musk, noting that “Elon doesn’t know Ghislaine Maxwell at all. She photobombed him once at a Vanity Fair party in 2014. Real question is why Vanity Fair invited her in the first place?!”
“That is exactly the question,” Musk wrote.
That is exactly the question
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 2, 2022
Last week Musk confronted Gates over a $500 million short sale on Tesla stock. When Gates asked Musk to work together on environmentalist causes last month, Musk shot back that he found him to be disingenuous.
Musk later escalated the feud further, mocking Gates by comparing him to the pregnant man emoji on Twitter.
in case u need to lose a boner fast pic.twitter.com/fcHiaXKCJi
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022
Gates, whose relationship with Epstein has been met with widespread speculation, had even appeared to played a role in the billionaire’s divorce from Melinda Gates.
When Gates was questioned on “PBS NewsHour” about having “had a number of meetings” with Epstein after he had been “found guilty of soliciting prostitution from minors,” Gates squirmed and nervously replied “You know, I had dinners with him,” while twiddling his fingers.
“I regret doing that,” Gates said. “He had relationships with people he said, you know, would give to global health, which is an interest I have…”
Gates seemingly attempted to justify his relationship with Epstein because “not nearly enough philanthropy goes in that direction.”
“Those meetings were a mistake. They didn’t result in what he purported and I cut them off,” Gates nervously said.
Previously, it was alleged that Gates maintained his friendship with Epstein because he was convinced the disgraced billionaire would help him receive a Nobel prize.
When asked if Gates had learned any lessons about repeatedly affiliating with a prolific, wealthy, and powerful human trafficking-ring leader, Gates replied, “Well, he’s dead so…”
