It begins, as so many Jeffrey Epstein stories do, in a room where power recognised power. In this case, the room was reportedly the Plaza Hotel in New York in the early 1990s.

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Dr. Melanie S. Walker started working for Gates's foundation in 2006 after striking up a relationship with Microsoft exec Steven Sinofsky.

It begins, as so many Jeffrey Epstein stories do, in a room where power recognised power. In this case, the room was reportedly the Plaza Hotel in New York in the early 1990s.