[glaucon]

> He needs to either _completely_ own up to it

I'm not advocating on BG's behalf but your suggestion pre-supposes that his activities exceeded those he has already admitted to. I don't know whether they did or not, but I think it's worth noting that Epstein was very keen to make contacts with influential people and then boast of those contacts. It's at least worth considering what while boasting he made up some stuff about the nature of his activities with those people. For that reason I'm not willing to assume that everyone who ever had contact with Epstein was involved in child sex crimes.

[willio58]

It’s not a presupposition based on nothing. It’s been all over the news. Here’s an NPR article from last month where they interviewed Melinda. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/03/nx-s1-5697080/melinda-french-...

> In emails, Epstein wrote that Bill Gates had come to him to facilitate trysts with married women and to get medication to treat an STI from "sex with Russian girls."

> Epstein also claimed that Bill Gates wanted to try to give that STI medication to Melinda French Gates in secret.

> "To add insult to the injury you then implore me to please delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda and the description of your penis," outlined one angry email from Epstein.

Bill has done nothing but attempt to minimize his connection to Epstein, and done so poorly.

[gosub100]

why shouldn't we all be as ruthless with Gates' Epstein connections as he was with all his competitors in tech? After all, he was a fierce competitor.