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Anonymous ID: b00bed May 16, 2023, 1:51 p.m. No.18857836   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8424

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elon-musk-slams-jeffrey-epstein-jpmorgan-after-virgin/story?id=99359364

Elon Musk subpoenaed in Jeffrey Epstein banking case

Musk called Epstein a "dumb crook" after he was subpoenaed.

Billionaire Elon Musk blasted Jeffrey Epstein, who he referred to as a "dumb crook," after he was subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Virgin Islands against JPMorgan Chase & Co., which officials said "financially profited" from deposits made by Epstein.

In its filing, Virgin Islands officials say they attempted to serve Musk one of the richest men in the world with a subpoena. The subpoena appears to seek information about whether Epstein referred or attempted to refer Musk to JPMorgan, according to the Virgin Islands. Epstein, a financier and convicted sex offender, died in 2019.

"This is idiotic on so many levels," Musk tweeted Monday night. "1. That cretin never advised me on anything whatsoever. 2. The notion that I would need or listen to financial advice from a dumb crook is absurd. 3. JPM let Tesla down ten years ago, despite having Tesla's global commercial banking business, which we then withdrew. I have never forgiven them."

Musk was initially subpoenaed on April 28, but he couldn't be reached, according to the filing.

The Virgin Islands has asserted the bank should have known about Epstein's human trafficking and that the investigation it conducted into the matter yielded significant information about the bank's dealings with Epstein.

"The Government's investigation has revealed that JPMorgan knowingly, recklessly, and unlawfully provided and pulled the levers through which Epstein's recruiters and victims were paid and was indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise," the Monday filing said. "Financial institutions can connect—or choke—human trafficking networks, and enforcement actions filed and injunctive relief obtained by attorneys general are essential to ensure that enterprises like Epstein's cannot flourish in the future."

The Virgin Islands also asserts that "JPMorgan financially profited from the deposits made by Epstein and Epstein- controlled entities located in the Virgin Islands and from the business opportunities referred to JPMorgan by Epstein and his co-conspirators in exchange for its known facilitation of and implicit participation in Epstein's sex trafficking venture," the government added.

Epstein died by suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan in August of 2019, the New York City's medical examiner ruled.

JPMorgan has denied any wrongdoing and in March filed a civil complaint against its former executive Jes Staley, alleging he helped hide Epstein's sex abuse so he would continue as a client. Staley, who left the bank in 2013, said in an April court filing that JPMorgan is attempting to used him as a "public relations shield" and the bank's claims have no factual basis.

Anonymous ID: b00bed May 16, 2023, 1:56 p.m. No.18857874   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://twitter.com/AVindman/status/1658492153188741125

@elonmusk latest attacks on Soros, is grounded in the age-old libel of Jew financiers controlling the world. It's hate against the jewish people that gives license to anti-semitism. His commentary can no longer be dismissed as foolish bluster from an agent provocateur.

 

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1658488899923222533

Elon Musk, who has overseen a rise in antisemitism and other hate speech on Twitter, made a series of attacks on George Soros, tweeting the Jewish-born investor and liberal philanthropist hates humanity and “wants to erode the very fabric of civilization.”

Anonymous ID: b00bed May 16, 2023, 3:29 p.m. No.18858075   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/05/16/george-soros-elon-musk-adl/

Musk says George Soros ‘hates humanity,’ compares him to Jewish supervillain

The CEO of the Anti-Defamation League condemned Elon Musk’s comparison of Soros to Magneto — a Marvel villain who opposes humanity

Elon Musk made a series of attacks on George Soros overnight, tweeting that the Jewish-born investor and liberal philanthropist, who often is subject to virulent antisemitic conspiracy theories, hates humanity and “wants to erode the very fabric of civilization.”

Musk, who has overseen an increase of antisemitism and other hate speech on Twitter since he bought the social media platform last year, did not give a reason for singling out Soros. But he made his comments three days after Soros’s investment fund reported that it had sold all its stock in Tesla, the electric carmaker that Musk also runs.

And Musk seemed to specifically reference the 92-year-old Holocaust survivor’s background by comparing Soros to Magneto — a Jewish supervillain who “fights to help mutants replace humans as the world’s dominant species,” as Marvel’s official character description puts it.

“Soros reminds me of Magneto,” Musk posted at 10 p.m. Monday, apropos of nothing. The tweet triggered a flood of replies comparing Soros to various symbols of evil, recalling long-standing conspiracy theories that paint him as a godlike billionaire Jew who uses his philanthropic foundations to flood Europe with refugees and corrupt American politics.

The left-wing commentator Brian Krassenstein replied to Musk, pointing out that Magneto is a Holocaust survivor in Marvel lore, where the character manipulates magnetic fields to oppose (and occasionally help) the heroes of X-Men films and comics. “[Soros], also a Holocaust survivor, get’s attacked nonstop for his good intentions which some Americans think are bad merely because they disagree with this political affiliations,” he wrote.

Musk replied to Krassenstein five minutes later: “You assume they are good intentions. They are not. He wants to erode the very fabric of civilization. Soros hates humanity.”

His tweets were condemned Tuesday morning by Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, which has catalogued similar conspiracy theories that hold Soros wants to control the world.

“Soros often is held up by the far-right, using antisemitic tropes, as the source of the world’s problems,” Greenblatt wrote on Twitter. “To see Elon Musk, regardless of his intent, feed this segment — comparing him to a Jewish supervillain, claiming Soros ‘hates humanity’ — is not just distressing, it’s dangerous: it will embolden extremists who already contrive anti-Jewish conspiracies and have tried to attack Soros and Jewish communities as a result.”

Musk, who has gutted Twitter’s media relations department, could not immediately be reached for a response.

Soros, who was forced into hiding as a Jewish teenager in Nazi-occupied Hungary, is the focus of international hostility for his wealth, religious background, investments and Open Society Foundations, which spends hundreds of millions of dollars promoting democratic institutions and liberal causes.

Anonymous ID: b00bed May 16, 2023, 4:14 p.m. No.18858277   🗄️.is 🔗kun

https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1658552142670577666

It was great talking to @NateBurleson about our work at the @MBK_Alliance. I'm proud of the hundreds of MBK communities across the country that are identifying barriers and helping young men and boys of color succeed.

Anonymous ID: b00bed May 16, 2023, 4:33 p.m. No.18858390   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>8446

https://twitter.com/alx/status/1658608299430883329

Elon Musk is asked about his Tweet saying George Soros reminds him of Magneto 🤣