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2016 story – The Daily Mail [UK] –

Billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once claimed he helped found Clinton Foundation as he touted close relationship with former president during plea bargain negotiations

• Financier Jeffrey Epstein spent just 13 months in jail for soliciting an underage girl for prostitution in 2008 in a plea bargain
• During plea negotiations, his lawyers had emphasized his close relationship with Bill Clinton
• A 2007 letter to the Florida State Attorney’s office claims that Epstein helped set up the Clinton Foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative
• But the former president credited longtime assistant and Foundation director Doug Band with the idea for the Initiative
• Epstein is not listed as a director or founder on the non-profit’s documents but did give $25,000 through his Swiss bank account
• The convicted sex offender’s lawyers also mentioned Clinton had been a guest on his jet during a charitable trip to Africa
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