Emily Glazer

But some scientists are saying you can't do that with a human life.

I was really sick in bed trying not to work, actually.

And I got a call from Khadija Safdar, who is our lead reporter on all things Epstein.

And she's like, oh, my God, you won't believe it.

And I was like, not really that with it.

I'm like logging into these files, kind of like a little like out of it.

And I was just like, oh, my gosh.

And so I became obsessed.

Every night I'd log in after my son went to sleep and I would spend like hours searching different things to see what I could find.

Okay.

In fairness, my husband was on a work trip.

And so I literally like each night I would stay up for a couple of hours just reading through it and finding new things.

And I started to create a timeline.

And my editor, this poor guy, I'm just constantly messaging him with like this and that and that.

What we are writing about here is how Epstein really collected all this information and tips about stocks and startups, both public companies and private companies, and would oftentimes then invest and sometimes make money and sometimes not make money.

Good question.

Very casually and often not abiding by...

typical rules or guidelines that exist when you're handling confidential information.

Most of Epstein's wealth came from advising billionaires like Leon Black, who ran a private equity juggernaut, Apollo, and Les Wexner, who oversaw L Brands, which owns Victoria's Secret and a number of other retailers.

And he made a lot of money advising them over the years.