Event Description

Jesse Kornbluth discloses the thesis and content of his New York Times piece to Peggy Siegal under a condition of confidentiality. He explains his article focuses on whether the rich and powerful can shame and shun bad actors at their social/economic level, using Jeffrey Epstein as one example of someone who has not been shunned despite his crimes. Kornbluth then poses two direct questions to Siegal: (1) why she continued to be friends with Epstein after his crimes, and (2) what would it take for her to shun him.

Quoted Evidence

“Obviously, I'm sharing what follows on the assumption that everything here is just between us... One of the people I deal with --- there are several others. --- is Jeffrey Epstein... Why was your reaction to his crimes to continue being his friend --- and not in a covert way? What would he have had to do for you to shun him --- to cut him out of your life?”

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