Deposition‑style questioning of a high‑net‑worth advisor linking Bill Gates, Qatar, Bitcoin, and senior U.S. officials to alleged bribery, financial deals, and policy influence

-during U.N. Week in late September, did you host a Sunday night discussion with Bill Gates, Mort Zuckerman, and Peter Thiel? Was anyone else in attendance? Were you discussing a possible Gates Foundation donor advised fund? -Did you host Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim and several others from Qatar? Do you know if the Sheikh has ahome across the street from you in Manhattan? Did they talk to you about bribery compromising their bid for the World Cup? When was this? Did they bring a gift of chocolate made with pistachios grown on the Sheikh's farm? -The morning after the Qataris came over, did you have a9 AM breakfast with the attorney Reid Weingarten? Did you discuss his defense of CT governor John Rowland, the Qatari visit, and who controls ISIS? Did Weingarten believe Turkey was using ISIS as a proxy against the Kurds? -After this, did you meet with Brock Pierce to discuss bitcoin? Did Larry Summers join this meeting? -That evening, did you host Australian PM Kevin Rudd and Thorborn Jagland for acocktail party? Did Jagland critique US foreign policy? Did you offer to fly him back to Europe on your jet? -The following morning, did Enud Barack come over for breakfast? Did he have an omelet? Did he defend both Putin and Obama? -Was this followed by a senior White House official, whose name you don't want mentioned? -Did you then meet with Elisa New to discuss supporting a poetry series and other sources of funding? Did you forcefully critique her proposed budget? -After meeting with New, did you meet with the following: Hardeep Purie, Kairat Kelimbetov, Nathan Myhrvold, Martin Nowak, Richard Axel, Ron Baron, Josh Harris? Have you funded Nowak's program at Harvard with $30 million? -did Michael join alunch at your home with Bill Richardson? -do you believe powerful people seek your advice because you're not affiliated with any institution, so you have no ulterior motives when giving them advice? -is your Paris home a 10,000 sq ft apartment on Avenue Foch? Does it have a stuffed baby elephant in its living room? Is it meant as a reminder that elephants have 23 copies of tumor suppressor genes? -Is the only book on your bedside table Lolita? Are you a fan of Nabokov? -Did you tell Michael that he should make a particular $100k investment in early September? What was it? -Were you born on 1953 in Coney Island? Was your father a Parks dept employee? Was your mother a housewife? -were you the captain of the math team at Lafayette High School? -did you study at Cooper Union for two years before beginning classes at NYU's Courant classes? After this, did you teach math at Dalton? Was this your first exposure to wealthy people? Did this teach you the rich had just as many problems as the working class, only theirs were caused by too much money rather than too little? -Did Punch Sulzberger try to convince you to join the NYT from Dalton? Did you once drive with Sulzberger to his country estate ina wood paneled station wagon, while he talked on a phone to his chaffeur? -did you meet Ace Greenberg through his children at Dalton? -Did he say that given your reputation for intelligence and Jewish heritage, you should be working at Bear Stearns? Was this in the late 70s? -Did you soon move to a penthouse at 66th St. and 2nd Avenue? -During this time did you regularly attend Studio 54? -Have you ever drank or taken drugs? -Do you believe that in the 50's, finance was governed by personal relationships, but in the 70's, with the rise of derivatives trading, math began to dominate the field? -Did you never want to get married to maintain your freedom? -Did you become close to Jimmy Cayne? -Did you leave Bear Stearns in 1982? Why? Did you take clients including Marvin Davis and Herb Siegel? -Were you then dating Morgan Fairchild? -During the 80s, did you frequently go to England where you befriended Robin Reach and attended country shooting parties and black tie dinners? -Were you mainly interested in meeting smart people rather than amassing a personal fortune? -do you think that billionaire-level worth creates worries that millionaires don't face? Does traditional wealth management not work for billionaires? -Did you help governments that came after corrupt dictators reclaim stolen assets? Which governments? -Did you begin advising and representing wealthy people and families regarding philanthropy during this period? -Did you advise Steven Hoffenberg? -Did you attend the 1994 Serpentine Gallery gala? Did you socialize with Princess Diana at that event? -Did you meet Bill Clinton after he left the White House? Did this change the arc of your life? -did you buy your Manhattan home from Les Wexner? -Did you meet with Larry Page and Sergey Brin during your 2002 trip to the TED conference? Did they describe a plan to market HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026352