{"id":1924339,"date":"2023-05-04T14:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T18:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linkedin-co-founder-admits-to-visiting-epsteins-private-island\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T14:44:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T18:44:49","slug":"linkedin-co-founder-admits-to-visiting-epsteins-private-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linkedin-co-founder-admits-to-visiting-epsteins-private-island\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn co-founder visited Epstein&#8217;s private island, admits."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flinkedin-co-founder-admits-to-visiting-epsteins-private-island%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924339&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman Admits to Visiting Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s Private Island<\/h2>\n<p>Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn and a wealthy venture capitalist, has admitted to visiting Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s private residence on Little Saint James Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The admission came after documents reviewed by The Wall Street Journal showed plans for Hoffman to visit the island twice in 2014 with former MIT Media Lab research center director Joi Ito. <\/p>\n<h3>Hoffman&#8217;s Regret<\/h3>\n<p>Hoffman, who reportedly boasts a net worth of $2 billion and has been helping to fund writer E. Jean Carroll\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clinton-lawyer-gloats-epstein-judge-approved-fbi-raid-could-ban-trump-from-re-election\/\" title=\"Clinton Lawyer Gloats: Epstein Judge Approved FBI Raid Could Ban Trump from Re-election\">civil suit accusing<\/a> former President Donald Trump of rape, claimed he visited the island residence just once during a fundraising trip with Ito and cut off contact with Epstein in 2015. &#8220;It gnaws at me that, by lending my association, I helped his reputation, and thus delayed justice for his survivors,&#8221; Hoffman told the news outlet. &#8220;While I relied on MIT\u2019s endorsement, ultimately I made the mistake, and I am sorry for my personal misjudgment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Epstein&#8217;s Connections<\/h3>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal disclosed other plans with Hoffman, including Epstein traveling with Hoffman and Ito from Palm Beach, Florida, to Little St. James for a weekend during the planned November 2014 visit, and then flying to Boston. The documents also discussed Epstein making plans for Hoffman to stay at his Manhattan townhouse overnight in December 2014 and scheduling Hoffman to appear at a &#8220;breakfast party&#8221; with Epstein, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and others the next morning.<\/p>\n<h3>Epstein&#8217;s Controversial Past<\/h3>\n<p>In 2008, Epstein was accused of sexually abusing female minors in Florida and reached a deal with federal prosecutors. He pleaded guilty to state-level prostitution charges, registered as a sex offender, and served roughly 13 months in jail and in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candle-factory-destroyed-by-tornadoes-in-kentucky-trapping-more-than-100-people-inside\/\" title=\"Candle Factory Destroyed By Tornadoes In Kentucky, Trapping More Than 100 People Inside\">work-release program<\/a>. Epstein died at the age of 66 in his New York City jail cell in August 2019 after being arrested on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/linkedin-co-founder-admits-to-visiting-epsteins-private-island\/\" title=\"LinkedIn co-founder visited Epstein's private island, admits.\">sex trafficking charges involving young girls<\/a> and pleading not guilty.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the new reporting, Ito told the Wall Street Journal that Hoffman &#8220;attended a few fundraising events at my request, including one trip to Little St. James, after I confirmed to Reid that Mr. Epstein had been an approved donor target for MIT in accordance with university rules and regulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Epstein&#8217;s longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, is serving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-pushing-trans-surgery-ban-for-minors-black-democrats-much-more-conservative-than-white-democrats\/\" title=\"Democrat Pushing Trans Surgery Ban For Minors: Black Democrats \u2018Much More Conservative\u2019 Than White Democrats\">20-year prison sentence<\/a> after being found guilty of conspiring with Epstein to traffic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/charges-against-jeffrey-epsteins-jail-guards-dropped-during-ghislaine-maxwells-trial\/\" title=\"Charges Against Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s Jail Guards Dropped During Ghislaine Maxwell\u2019s Trial\">sexually abuse underage girls<\/a>. She has since appealed the conviction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn co-founder and wealthy venture capitalist Reid Hoffman says he visited the private residence in the U.S. Virgins Islands where the\u00a0late Jeffrey Epstein\u00a0allegedly hid away a sex trafficking enterprise. 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