Firtuy Ricu Goldberger said. “There are no pending civil lawsuits. There are not and should not be any pending investigations, given Mr. | Epstein’s complete fulfillment of all the terms of his non-prosecution agreement with the federal government.” ‘ If there was an investigation, nothing had come of it yet. For 7 4 the moment, Epstein was free—free to turn his attention, again, 4 ' to intellectual pursuits. He launched a website, JeffreyEpstein- CHAPTER 60 f 4 Science.com, that featured blog posts such as “Conversations i 4 with Jeffrey Epstein,” “The Value of Quantum Computation to 4 4 Jeffrey Epstein,” “Why Evolutionary Biology Intrigues Jeffrey a 4 Epstein,” and “An Understanding of Theoretical Physics from a 4 Jeffrey Epstein.” The latter post began: “This is where Jeffrey oa _ Epstein takes you to the very cutting edge of the frontiers of BT q knowledge to explore and discuss our basic understanding of Be _ the subtle, simple, and hidden [qualities] that lie beneath... our th jail, but he wasn't done settling 3 : : universe.” ms. Under the conditions of his : q it, he’s even paid for the victims 3 4 semed to ensure that he would not 4 | ‘Jeffrey doesn’t know shit about science,” says Stuart Pivar, the imes. Double jeopardy was work- [ art collector who has known Epstein for more than three decades. tly of 2010, reports began to appear q “Does he like to act like he does? Yes. But he doesn’t. But as far as tors were following other leads— these academic scientists— without people like him they wouldn’t child-trafficking charges and 7 have any money.” a _ Other friends of Epstein’s say that he truly did have a bril- sral’s office refused to comment. It { lant mind for science. And in any case, Epstein had done more 1 or deny the existence of an ongo- a sponsor individual scientists. He'd also sponsored confer- stein’s lawyers told the Daily Be 1 pres on Little Saint Jeff’s. On his website, he announced a con- of such an investigation. “Jeffr ) 3 ence called Mi