Leon Black paid >$50 million to pedophile Jeffrey #Epstein AFTER his conviction.
“It was not clear what kind of ‘services’ #Epstein provided to Black, whose $9 billion fortune can buy him access to the best lawyers and accountants in the world.”🧐 nytimes.com/2020/10/12/bus…
Black’s payments included $10 million to a foundation started by #Epstein and “consulting” fees that were sufficiently unusual to draw scrutiny from Deutsche Bank(!), where #Epstein kept his accounts. The total amount sent by Black to Epstein could be as high as $75 million.🧐
#Epstein—a self-styled“financial doctor” to wealthy clients—was a college dropout who had worked on Wall Street for just a few years, had no great skill as an investor, and had no formal training in tax and estate planning.
Why would a billionaire keep paying him MILLIONS?🤢🤮
#Epstein was NOT making his money as a savvy investor.
Wealthy men, including Black and Les Wexler, paid Epstein MILLIONS for “services” that have not been disclosed.
What on earth did #Epstein provide these billionaire men, who could buy anything?🧐
🚨BREAKING: Eli @LillyPad's Phase 3 trial of its monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatment (in combination with #remdesivir) for #COVID19 has been paused after an independent data safety monitoring board (DSMB) noted "potential safety concerns."
Lilly's mAb for #coronavirus is similar to @Regeneron's mAb cocktail (mixture of 2 mAb's) that Trump received for his #COVID19 and then falsely touted as a “cure.” Trump also touted Lilly’s treatment and others: “We have these drugs, Eli Lilly and the others that are so good.”
Such a "pause" in large clinical trials is not uncommon and may be due to a safety issue NOT related to the mAb (e.g., participant had a stroke). The *independent* (not beholden to the company) DSMB will review all of the safety data before any new participants are enrolled.
🚨BREAKING: huge clinical trial of Johnson & Johnson’s #coronavirus vaccine has been paused with enrollment of new participants stopped due to an "unexplained illness" in a study participant.
This comes a month after a study of another #coronavirus vaccine by AstraZeneca and @UniofOxford was paused due to a suspected adverse reaction in a UK patient (transverse myelitis). The study resumed in the UK and other countries, but still NOT in the US.
The current pause in JNJ's trial was due to a pre-set “pausing rule” and now, an independent committee (not affiliated with the company) that watches over the safety of patients in the clinical trial will be convened to review all of the safety info.
‼️Trump's #TaxReturns reveal how he engineered a sudden financial windfall: >$21 million in "highly unusual" one-off payments from the Las Vegas hotel he owns with his casino-mogul friend, Phil Ruffin.
Why did Trump's company with ZERO employees have >$20 million in fees for the first time. And all of this money is going to a man who just happens to be running for president, might not have a lot of cash on hand, and NEEDED cash to float his campaign?🧐
🔥WHOA. In an unprecedented move, the editors of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine condemn the Trump administration for its FAILED response to the #coronavirus pandemic.
“The magnitude of this failure is astonishing. The US leads the world in #COVID19 cases and in deaths. The death rate in this country is more than double that of #Canada, exceeds that of #Japan, a country with a vulnerable and elderly population, by a factor of almost 50.”💥
We have FAILED at almost every step. We had ample warning, but when the disease 1st arrived, we were incapable of testing effectively & couldn’t provide even the most basic #PPE to health care workers and the general public. And we continue to be way behind the curve in testing.
🚨BREAKING: Eli @LillyPad has requested emergency-use authorization from FDA of its antibody-based treatment LY-CoV555—a drug similar to the Regeneron antibody drug given to Trump—for people with recently diagnosed, mild-to-moderate #COVID19. wsj.com/articles/eli-l…
Lilly’s antibody therapy mimics human antibodies that can neutralize the new #coronavirus, similar to the experimental antibody-based treatment from Regeneron (mixture of 2 antibodies) that was given to @realDonaldTrump. 🧬🦠
LY-CoV555, a manufactured antibody based on an antibody found in one of the earliest US survivors of #COVID19, reportedly reduced viral loads and the rate of hospitalization/ER visits of #COVID19 patients to 1.7%, compared to 6% for placebo. investor.lilly.com/news-releases/…
🚨BREAKING: Trump didn’t disclose a POSITIVE rapid #COVID19 test result he received *on Thursday* before appearing on Fox News when he didn’t reveal it either, instead claiming he was awaiting results.
Trump's 1st positive was a "rapid antigen" #coronavirus test (quick, not as sensitive as PCR). His 2nd, confirmatory test used PCR–amplifies genetic material from the virus (more sensitive, not as quick).
😱As the #coronavirus spread among the people closest to him, Trump asked an adviser NOT to disclose results of their own positive test. “Don’t tell anyone,” he said.