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Jeffrey Epstein has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates’ campaigns, including John Kerry’s presidential bid, the reelection campaign of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the Senate bids WINGED GARGOYLES guarded the gate at Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion. Inside, hidden cameras trolled two rooms, while the girls came and went. For the police detectives who sifted through the gar- bage outside and kept records of visitors, it was the lair of a troubling target. Epstein, one of the most mysterious of the country’s megarich, was known as much for his secrecy as for his love of fine things: mag- nificent homes, private jets, eautiful women, friendships with the world’s elite. But at Palm Beach police headquarters, he was be coming known for something else: the regular arrival of teenage girls he hired to give him massages and, police say, perform sexual favors. Epstein was different from most sexual abuse sus- pects; he was far more pow- erful. He counted among his friends former President Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Frince Andrew, along with some of the most prominent legal, scientific and business minds in the country. When detectives started See EPSTEIN, 6A > Epstein’s mysterious lifestyle began to unravel after claims of sexual! activity with minors. 03956-81 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019376