Speaker 1: What's up everyone, and welcome back to the Epstein chronicles.
Jeffrey Epstein and his buddies were giving money to all
kinds of think tanks, and a lot of those think
tanks were of international renown. One of those think tanks
that they gave money to was a un affiliated think
tank called the IPI. Now that stands for the International
Peace Institute. And we've talked about this group before and
how Jeffrey Epstein was one of the donors. Well, there
was another anonymous donor to this group, and another person
that you're all very familiar with, and that person was
Leon Black. So today we have an article from DN
and this article was originally published on October twenty second
of twoenty twenty headline Leon Black did, like his advisor,
Jeffrey Epstein, gave anonymously to U an affiliated thing tank.
In March of twenty sixteen, the International Peace Institute IPI
was completing a list of donors who received special recognition
in the thing tank's annual report. The foundations of the
billionaires Bill Gates and George Soros were listed, but there
was a major contributor who was not mentioned, and just
right there from Jump Street, Bill Gates and George Soros,
two of the richest dudes out there right, two of
the most powerful men when you're talking about finances. An
IPI employee asked if the donors should be thanked, as
he gave a lot of money to fund several events.
Later that day, she sent a new message referring to
a discussion with the IPI president, Terry Rod Larson. As
discussed with Terry, please do not mention Leon Black, she
wrote in one of several emails the Norwegian Bill Business
Daily as obtained So why wouldn't Leon Black want anyone
to know that he's donating to this group? Oh? Could
it be because of his tie, his ties to Epstein
and all of the ties that bind. The idea was
them to leave as little of a paper trail as
possible when discussing or talking about their relationship with one another.
It wasn't that they were spooked by Epstein because he
was a sick fuck. They were spooked because they didn't
want to get caught up in it. It's not that
they cared about the women or the fact that Epstein
was an animal. They just didn't want that dung covering
them as well. Ruthless nobody makes money like Apollos Ruthless
founder Leon Black was the title of a Bloomberg interview
with the Dollar Billionaire earlier this year. He was called
the most feared man in private equity. There's no doubt
that Leon Black was a heavy hitter for a very
long time and a dude that pretty much could get
away with and do whatever he wanted. There was nobody
that was really standing up to Apollo Global. We're talking
about seriously, seriously heavy hitters here, and Leon Black was
the man. But all good things come to an end,
don't they. And when you live your life shitting on people,
your whole entire life, eventually that catches up to you.
And now that Leon Black is being exposed as somebody
who was very, very intimately involved with Jeffrey Epstein, well
it's like rats jumping off the ship, right. Nobody wants
to be associated with him anymore, not even his own
former company. Black is one of the most powerful figures
on Wall Street, New York's financial center. His fortune is
estimated by Forbes to be around eight billion dollars, making
him the world's two hundred and twenty fourth richest person.
Now imagine there's actually people out there richer than Leon
Black and tells you everything you need to know about
the so called elite. Old boy's worth around eight billion dollars,
and that brings him in at about the two hundred
and twenty fourth richest person. And that was during the
time this article was originally published in twenty twenty, so
I'm sure things have changed by now, but that's an
obscene amount of money, eight billion dollars. He is also
known for his ties to a sex offender. Earlier in October,
The New York Times described Black as the billionaire who
stood by Jeffrey Epstein, with new details about how Black
continued to do business with Epstein after Epstein's two thousand
and eight conviction for solicitation of a minor and not
only just do business, but to be intimately involved, donating,
hanging out, calling them what a bunch of times, emailing
them over fifteen hundred times or whatever. And that's just
what we know about. That's just the relationship that's been
aired out. So if that's what's been aired out, how
much was really going on behind the scenes. The reporting
has led to strong reactions. The board of Black's private
equity firm, Apollo Global Management will examine his relationship with
Epstein at his request. The stock of Apollo has fallen
and one Apollo investor has halted new commitments over Black's
ties to Epstein. Now remember he's gone. Now Leon Black
is no longer part of the company, at least that
we know about what's going on behind the scenes in
that Apollo Global monolith. Who the hell knows, really, But
as far as the public's concerned, Leon Black is no
longer the man over there. Several prominent figures broke ties
with Epstein when it became known that he was under
investigation in two thousand and six. Nevertheless, the financier pedophile
managed to get back among the elite after imprisonment. He
entertained business titans, scientists, and politicians like Microsoft founder Bill
Gates and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barack until he
was arrested by authority. He's in twenty nineteen accused of
human trafficking and abuse. So again, look just another slap home.
All of these people that want to tell you they
had nothing to do with it, that they had no
idea who Jeffrey Epstein was, that they weren't breaking bread
with him, that they weren't at his house, eating and
enjoying his you know, hospitality. Well, they're lying because they were.
And it's even worse for people who were doing it
after the first conviction. IPI president Rod Larson and Black
have one thing in common. According to DNS sources, they
were both frequent guests at Epstein's New York mansion in
the years after the conviction, a description neither Black spokesperson
nor Rod Larson have responded to. And this is really
the rub of it, right, all of these folks who
were still hanging out with them after that first conviction.
I mean, how can you even try and defend that?
How can you even begin to attempt to defend that
nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Internal documents show that
Black supported IPI with nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
initially two hundred thousand dollars received in January of twenty
and fifteen, and then seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars
in May twenty and fifteen. This was over a tenth
of the total that was donated to the think tank
that year. So one man over a tenth of the
total donated to the think tank that year, the same
guy that's pumping at Epstein one hundred and fifty eight
million dollars. Remember, so it must be nice to have
all his money to spread around to help your boy Epstein.
And for what what was Leon Black getting on the
flip side of all of that. That's the real question.
He would like the donation to remain anonymous, it says
in an email sent between IPI employees after they had
been in contact with Black's office about the financial support.
The money went, among other things, to a conference on
pandemics and the forum in Salzburg. Well isn't that funny? Huh?
A bit ironic? A conference and a forum on pandemics
and then we get slapped with this pandemic. Interesting. IPI
thanks major contributors in its annual reports. But it is
also an option to give money anonymously. This is a
common practice within philanthropy. Well, there's no doubt a lot
of people do give money anonymously, But when you're doing
something like this for such a good cause, I don't
really see the need to do that. Then again, I'm
not the one who's donating the money, so I can't
really insert myself into somebody's position. In twenty sixteen, the
head of the philanthropy at the Black company, Elysium Management LLC,
contacted IPI and requested a tax receipt for his donation.
Elysium Management LLC is one of the companies the US
government in the Virgin Islands is investigating because of Black's
relationship with Epstein. And again, look, we have this investigation
that's allegedly going on in the Virgin Islands. But what
has come of it? What have we seen from it?
What have we heard from it? Has there been any movement?
Now we've heard a lot of a good game being
talked by Denise George down there, but what really has happened?
Has she brought anybody in? Has there been depositions? Can
we get an update please? There are several ties between
Black's philanthropy and Epstein, who for a period held positions
associated with Black's family Foundation. A spokesman for Black has
said that Epstein was one of his advisors between twenty
twelve and twenty and seventeen. One of the areas he
helped with was philanthropy. Black paid at least fifty million
dollars to Epstein for his services, According to the New
York Times, and we know it was much more than that.
Now we know that it was over one hundred and
fifty eight million dollars, and that shares a lot of
money to pay somebody for advice. The prestigious University MIT
is one of several organizations that have investigated their own
ties to Epstein. The report from earlier this year states
that Epstein at one point said that he got Black
to donate five million dollars to MIT anonymously. So Black
was just donating a bunch of money around the whole world.
I guess for Jeffrey Epstein, because they're such good friends,
and Black is just such a generous man that he
wanted to spread a little bit of cheese across everybody's cracker.
I mean, since he's donating so much money, I would
think that there's a few causes that could use his help. Right.
Funny how that money only goes to causes that were
important to Epstein or causes that could have moved the
needle for them as far as being power brokers a
little bit more spokesperson, this is why Black donated. DN
has asked a number of questions a Black spokesperson and IPI,
including whether, including whether Epstein was in any way involved
in Black's financial support for the think tank. IPI have
not answered a statement from Black spokesperson did not address
the issue. Well, that's nothing new. They never addressed the issue.
It's always you know, oh, well there's an investigation or
we can't talk about that currently, blah blah, blah blah.
In a letter to Apollo investors sent last year, Black
wrote that on a few occasions, I donated money to
certain charitable organizations which mister Epstein was affiliated. The spokesperson
has not answered if IPI was one of those organizations.
At this point, You notice how he tries to downplay
it too, right, Oh, I donated to a few foundations
that Epstein's affiliated with. He doesn't say that he did
it at Epstein's behest. He doesn't say that he was
a partner of Epstein's, just that it was just a coincidence.
Consistent with his long standing support of organizations focused on
foreign affairs and world peace. Mister Black donated to the
International Peace Institute because he was impressed with the organization's
mission and charitable work. The donation was made with full transparency,
similar to his generous support for many other philanthropic organizations.
The statement from black spokesperson provided to d N said
mister Black continues to be appalled by the conduct that
led to the criminal charges against mister Epstein, and he
deeply regrets having any involvement with him. A spokesperson told
The New York Times earlier this month. Oh, I'm sure
you know. The regret is just eating away at him,
just eating away at him. That's why mister Black has
found it within his heart to come out and open
up a retreat for people who have been abused. Eight
billion dollars sure does go a long way to fix
and shit, doesn't it? Folks? How much of that eight
million dollars has mister Black spent to try and fix
situations such as these? Oh, that's right. Nothing close connections IPI,
like Black has close ties to Epstein. Deann reported earlier
in October that the President Terry Rod Larson was both
in debt to Epstein at one point and later authorized
a payment to him through the think tank. IPI denies
that Epstein received any payment. You know, it's such a joke.
There's no accountability here. There's no one doing the real work,
and when you look at the overall situation that we're
facing and all of the power players that are on
the stage, it's going to take some people with some
real courage in positions of power to finally say enough
is enough. And unfortunately, in the real world, we don't
have too many heroes. Epstein also donated money to IPI
in secret. In the annual report from twenty eleven, IPI
praises an anonymous donor who helped start a fund with
a generous, generous contribution. But the following year and Epstein
Foundation took credit. And that's the thing. With all of
this secrecy and privacy and LLCs and all of the
rest of it, at what point do you take a
look at what's going on and realize that we've been duped.
And I don't just mean people in America, I'm talking
about all of us. DN reported last year that IPI
received at least three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars
from the Epstein Foundation Gratitude America. This was the sum
that was listed in the foundation's tax documents for twenty seventeen.
Now it turns out that Epstein's donation was larger than
three hundred and seventy five thousand dollars. Look all of
these foundations, I have to look at them sideways at
this point. How many of these people were putting this
money in their pocket instead of putting it towards whatever
their cause is. Now, I'm not saying they all were
doing it, for sure, but it doesn't garner more of
an investigation. The fact that these dudes were running around
with Epstein in the first place, the fact that they
were taking is money. How is it not a bigger issue?
IPI sent out a release last year after DN had
reported the support from Gratitude America. The statement said that
a similar sum as the one received from the foundation
would be donated to programs that support victims of human
trafficking and abuse. All of these groups that say that
that's fine and well, but where's your money really going?
Are you really donating it to people who need it?
Or are you'd giving it to your buddy's charity and
your buddy's going to piece off eighty percent of that
money and pay it out to fees and salaries, right,
because we all know there's a hustle going on with
these charitable groups as well. Look, everybody has a hustle,
and everybody has a lick, and these charitable groups certainly
are no different. In IPI's recent financial statements for twenty nineteen,
it appears that total sum is five hundred in twenty
five thousand, one hundred and fifty thousand, more than what
was previously reported. So where did that one hundred and
fifty thousand racks go? Was that shit split up between
you and the homies? Or what I mean? Am I
completely off base to ask that question, considering what we
know about these people and considering how long they've been
drifting Another foundation, IPI also received money from another Epstein foundation.
In April twenty fourteen, the un affiliated think tank received
a check for fourteen thousand, one hundred and fifty eight dollars.
The money came from Enhanced Education and Epstein Foundation. After
the check arrived, an accountant contacted the assistant to IPI's president,
Rob Larson. The check is for a reimbursement of Larry
Summers flight, she wrote. And now remember Larry Summers is
the big time you know economics guy, always running around
on TV talking about, you know, the economy. This that
the other thing worked for Obama worked with Clinton and
worked with Biden for quite some time as well. Well,
this is another guy who has ties to all of
these clowns, and another man who was running around with Epstein. Now, again,
like I always say, I don't have any proof that
the dude was engaging in any abuse, but he certainly
was friendly with Epstein, certainly running around and breaking bread
with Epstein. Summers has long been a powerful figure in
American politics, including as Treasury Secretary. He has several links
to Epstein and is one of many profiled names in
the logs of Epstein's jet. DN reported earlier in October
that it was Epstein's office that sent IPI instructions for
payment of one hundred thousand dollars to Summers for a
peace project in Mongolia. A peace project in Mongolia for
one hundred thousand racks, Yo, where does your boys sign up?
Because that sounds like a good gig to me. One
hundred thousand for what? What are you gonna go give
a quick talk to some peace tank over in Mongolia Kazakhstan?
Why did Epstein pay for the flight and what was
the purpose of it? Neither IPI, Larry Summer's office, nor
attorneys for Epstein's estate have responded, you don't call me directly,
Summers said when DN contacted him in September. You see,
this is how they feel. They feel like they're above reproach.
All these people, all of these people that think they're
smarter than you, all these people that are running around
on TV telling you to hate your neighbor. These are
the kind of people that they are. This is their
true character when you pull back the curtain. So I'd
be very very cautious about which one of these dUtu
roots you're listening to on TV and then taking that
information seriously and then running with it, because all of
these people have motivations, right, Remember that there's always ulterior
motives for these people. And when we're talking about knuckleheads
like Summers, definitely these guys. That's a power player, there
is no doubt about it. But when a journalist calls
you and you're a public figure, you probably shouldn't be saying, oh,
you don't call me directly? What are you the aristocracy?
What are you one of the tutors? Give me a break, dude,
answer the email. Okay, you put your pants on in
the morning, just like that reporter. But an email sent
from Epstein to Rod Larsen earlier the same month, April sixth,
twenty fourteen, may provide some of the explanation. The email
concerned summers with kaz In the subject field, Epstein outlined
how summers could help with challenges in Kazakhstan, pointing to
five issues. Among them was how the country could remain
attractive to foreign investors in the face of political instability
in the region. Now remember, keep this in mind, Prince
Andrew Goga Ashkenazi all of his other buddies from the
Kazakhstan region. Now you have Epstein over here conducting business
in Kazakhstan. Well you don't think you think all of
that's just a coincidence as well? Absolutely not so. The
question is what was Andrew involved in here? As far
as being a powerbroker. Succeeding would require an approach that
melds a broad and high level political perspective with technical
economic expertise, Epstein wrote. According to IPI's website, Rod Larson
was in the country meeting several senior officials one month
before Epstein sent the email. The purpose was to further
develop the department's close relations with Kazakhstan. Terry Rod Larson, IPI,
Summer's office, and Epstein's estate lawyers have not answered questions
for this story, so like usual, they just denied it
or refused to answer questions. But that doesn't mean the
questions are going away. As you can probably imagine considering
where what almost three years away from this article and
we're still talking about it. You see, these questions aren't
just gonna go away. And all of these people that
are trying to avoid these questions, well they're not gonna
be able to do that because there's way too many
people now who are hip to what went on, and
there's way too many people who want answers. So when
you have people like you know, Larry Summers and Larsen
and the un and all these other groups that were
engaging in these shadowy business deals with Epstein, and then
they refuse to answer any questions about it, well what
do you think the populace is going to think? And
if you think people are just gonna shrug their shoulders
and move on, well, my friend, you have not been
paying attention for the past three years. All right, folks,
that's gonna do it for this one. If you'd like
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