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DOJ EFTA Release - Palo Alto Dinner Photo and Emails (August 2015)

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August 2, 2015
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Dept. of Justice
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DOJ-released documents showing Epstein attended a private dinner at Baume restaurant in Palo Alto on August 2, 2015, hosted by Reid Hoffman and ostensibly honoring MIT neuroscientist Ed Boyden. Confirmed attendees included Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, and Joi Ito. Epstein took a photograph of Musk and Zuckerberg at the dinner table and emailed it to himself on August 3. In an August 20 email to billionaire Tom Pritzker, Epstein described the dinner as 'wild.'

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