Rajeev Misra

Paul Barrett (Alpha Group Capital LLC, 142 W 57th St NYC) pitched Epstein on a Grab Taxi investment on Nov 13, 2017, explicitly noting 'Softbank is leading the round' at a $3.7B pre-money valuation. Barrett CC'd Richard Kahn (Epstein's financial manager). Barrett and Epstein had in-person meetings (Oct 23, 2018 confirmed). This shows Epstein's financial advisors were tracking SoftBank deal flow and positioning him for SoftBank-adjacent investments, further explaining his intelligence interest in Misra.

Misra's career path creates multiple Epstein network intersections: (1) Deutsche Bank 1996-2008 as Global Head of Credit Trading — DB was Epstein's primary bank with 40+ accounts and .65M in co-conspirator payments. (2) Fortress Investment Group May 2014 — Epstein was an investor in Fortress VRF (Value Recovery Fund), which was the successor to DB Zwirn, and Fortress distributed funds to Epstein's Jeepers LLC entity. (3) SoftBank Vision Fund — Saudi Arabia's PIF is anchor investor; Epstein had deep Gulf connections via Jabor Al Thani, Alahmadi, Alrasheed, and Sulayem.

Epstein directly inquired about Rajeev Misra in a January 26, 2019 email exchange with Brad Karp (Chairman of Paul Weiss). EFTA02627134 shows Epstein asking Karp 'Rajeev misra do you represent?' -- this indicates Epstein was interested in Misra and potentially aware of the SoftBank power dynamics. The same document contains a reference to 'ghosen' (likely Carlos Ghosn, arrested Nov 2018). Misra also appears on a private event attendee list as 'CEO, SB Investment Advisers' (EFTA02603142, Oct 2018).

The SoftBank smear campaign used Boies Schiller Flexner LLP to send the anonymous shareholder letter against Arora in January 2016. This is the SAME Boies Schiller that represented Virginia Giuffre in her lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell (Giuffre v. Maxwell, SDNY 15-cv-7433). David Boies personally represented both victims of Epstein AND was used as a vehicle in the SoftBank dark arts campaign. Benedetti approached Boies Schiller, and Giannakopoulos was the nominal shareholder behind the claims. The firm also represented Harvey Weinstein victims while simultaneously having Weinstein as a client — a pattern of serving on multiple sides of intelligence/legal conflicts.

Paul Weiss, which represented Misra in the WSJ smear campaign story, was simultaneously Epstein's primary legal/intelligence firm. Epstein used Karp and Paul Weiss to run Nardello & Co. surveillance operations: 'probably a good idea for your nardello guy to be at the restaurant' (Aug 2015), 'I would like to review the people on the ground in london and new york with you and nardello' (Sept 2015), and Nardello sent 'Draft Transcript' of a Four Seasons meeting to Karp (Oct 2015). This means the SAME law firm managing Misra's defense against smear campaign allegations was running Epstein's intelligence/surveillance operations through the same chairman (Brad Karp).

Jabor Yousuf Jassim Al Thani (Qatari businessman, United Group for Projects, Doha) sent Epstein a SoftBank news link on Oct 14, 2016 about MBS/Saudi sovereign wealth fund's $100B SoftBank investment. Epstein replied: 'im aware, but its too much money. returns are generated on small amounts. otherwise its merely portfolio mgmt.' Landon Thomas Jr. (NYT) independently sent the same SoftBank/MBS story to Epstein on Jan 3, 2017. Epstein introduced Jabor to Steve Bannon on Nov 11, 2018: 'Steve jabor - jabor - steve.' This triangulates Epstein's SoftBank intelligence network: Gulf source (Jabor/Qatar), media source (Thomas/NYT), political source (Bannon), legal sources (Karp/Weingarten).

The FII (Future Investment Initiative) 2018 speaker list in Riyadh was forwarded to Epstein by Aziza Alahmadi on Aug 12, 2018. This list includes both Rajeev Misra (CEO, SB Investment Advisers, UK) and Michael Klein (Managing Partner, M Klein and Company) — both figures central to the SoftBank operation. Klein received $6M in fees from Misra and introduced Benedetti to deals. Other notable speakers on the same list: Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan), Larry Fink (BlackRock), Stephen Schwarzman (Blackstone), Christian Sewing (Deutsche Bank CEO), Arianna Huffington, Simon Segars (ARM), Marcelo Claure (SoftBank), and Lynn Forester de Rothschild.

FII 2018 speakers list sent by Aziza Alahmadi to Epstein (Aug 12, 2018) includes both Marcelo Claure (SoftBank COO) and Rajeev Misra (SB Investment Advisers CEO) as confirmed speakers at the Riyadh conference (Oct 23-25, 2018). Also includes Christian Sewing (Deutsche Bank CEO). This establishes that Epstein had the complete FII guest list containing all key SoftBank executives 2 months before the Ghosn arrest.

The Karp-Misra inquiry sits within a broader Carlos Ghosn intelligence thread. Epstein asked Karp about Ghosn ('a very very not good guy') who was arrested Nov 19, 2018 in Tokyo and held incommunicado. Separately, Epstein asked Tom Pritzker to 'ask around re why' Ghosn was being held (EFTA02613108). The Ghosn connection is significant because: (1) Both Ghosn and the SoftBank honey trap involved Tokyo operations. (2) Ghosn was a major figure at Nissan/Renault — French-Japanese corporate intrigue. (3) Epstein was simultaneously tracking both Japanese corporate scandals through his legal/intelligence network. (4) Misra's former employer Deutsche Bank had significant Nissan/Renault banking relationships.

Weingarten asked Epstein about Misra on Jan 25, 2019: 'Rajeev misra....softbank vision fund...any special jeffrey insights here?' Epstein replied 'If he wants you to rep him. YES.' On Jan 26, Weingarten said 'He wants me to hire him....thinking about using him on the Softbank caper.' Epstein advised 'go slow.' Weingarten replied: 'As is often (but not always) the case you are correct....see if you can get the book on him.' This confirms Epstein had direct intelligence interest in the SoftBank operation and was actively advising Weingarten on Misra engagement strategy.

In the Jan 26, 2019 Weingarten-Epstein exchange, Weingarten raised a 'french/Israeli lawyer named ron soffer who has his main office in paris' and asked if Epstein knew him. Epstein replied he was 'very good friends with the sec gen council of europe, human rights court' and that 'they know each other well.' Weingarten was considering hiring Soffer and 'thinking about using him on the Softbank caper.' Weingarten also said 'Very small fucking world....obviously dont mention my role with brad till we both think it useful' — revealing that both Karp (Paul Weiss) and Weingarten (Steptoe) were simultaneously circling the Misra/SoftBank matter, with Epstein as the shared intelligence node between them.

SMOKING GUN: On Jan 26, 2019, Epstein emailed Brad Karp (Paul Weiss Chairman): '? ghosen a very very not good guy.' Karp replied: 'Indeed.' Epstein then asked: 'Rajeev misra do you represent?' Karp responded: 'Sort of. Spoke to him yesterday.' This confirms: (1) Epstein was probing about Misra through his lawyer 10 months after WSJ March 2018 expose, (2) Karp/Paul Weiss had some form of relationship with Misra ('sort of'), (3) Karp had spoken to Misra the day before (Jan 25, 2019), (4) Epstein called Carlos Ghosn 'a very very not good guy' — Ghosn was arrested Nov 19, 2018 in Tokyo. Just 2 days later (Jan 28), Epstein asked Teodorani about Benedetti. The entire Jan 26-28 sequence is Epstein intelligence-gathering about the SoftBank/Nissan scandals.

WSJ (Bradley Hope, Rob Copeland, Feb 2020) reported Misra paid $500K from Standard Chartered Bank to Barkmere Group Ltd (BVI company controlled by Benedetti) in April 2015 to fund smear campaigns against SoftBank rivals Nikesh Arora and Alok Sama. Operations included: (1) honey trap — women to lure Arora to Tokyo hotel room rigged with cameras, (2) K2 Intelligence hired to investigate targets, (3) Swiss operative Nicolas Giannakopoulos recruited to distribute leaked banking records and emails, (4) Mark Hollingsworth (freelance reporter) paid to plant story in The Independent (Oct 2015), (5) Boies Schiller Flexner sent anonymous shareholder letter (Jan 2016). Misra denies all; SoftBank hired Shearman & Sterling to investigate but dropped the probe.