wauees FirtHy Ricw she noticed, Epstein ate all the not in investment strategy, and, as everyone who knows Jeffrey - for both of them. She found it knows, his are not in fashion and design. We frequently discuss ysedly brilliant man had left for world trends as each of us sees them.” he Marquis de Sade. And then “I'm on my 20th book,” said Alan Dershowitz, who’d met 1 one of Epstein’s assistants—a Epstein in 1997. “The only person outside of my immediate fam- ho told her, “Jeffrey wanted me | ily that I send dratts to is Jeffrey.” . tty.” But Ward also talked to other sources, who had their own ‘lish features and flowing blond | questions and qualms about Jeffrey Epstein. Some were involved then, with a bad case of morn- | in lawsuits against him. Others had served on prestigious boards sometimes in public, and these j with him. One who had witnessed Epstein’s aborted stint on the rt only added to her ever-present | 4 board of Rockefeller University called him arrogant. rosedly brilliant, he'd struck her, ; One powerful investment manager wondered about Epstein’s 4 conspicuous absence from New York’s trading floors. “The trad- e doesn't let the charm slip into ‘ 7 ing desks don’t seem to know him,” he says. “It’s unusual for e steely and calculating, giving 3 animals that big to not leave any footprints in the snow.” nachinery running behind them. q 4 Ward uncovered legal documents, including Epstein’s inter- , after refusing to give an intern ‘ "view with the SEC, given in the wake of his departure from Bear ite. You get the first move’ It was e 4 Stearns. She visited a federal prison in Massachusetts and spoke aan who seems to feel he can win s 7 at length with Steven Hoffenberg, who told her that Epstein had of the other side. His advantage is Es 4 made a major mistake in taking Bill Clinton to Africa. “I always ow him or his history completely q 4 told him to stay below the radar,” Hoffenberg said. He made other snsists of. He has carefully engi- P. 4 accusation