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27 Former Windows 8 boss recruited Epstein to help negotiate his messy Microsoft exit

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Tom Warren @ The Verge · today 13:09 EDT

Former Windows 8 boss recruited Epstein to help negotiate his messy Microsoft exit

Emails between former Windows boss Steven Sinofsky and Jeffrey Epstein, published by the Justice department on Friday, appear to show that Sinofsky constantly sought Epstein's advice as he negotiated his surprise exit from Microsoft in November 2012, forwarding emails to him in nearly real time as talks progressed. Sinofsky also appears to have paid Epstein […]

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