Saturday, January 31, 2026

Epstein files

Yesterday, the Justice Dept released more from the Epstein files.  Adam Downer (DAILY BEAST) reports:

Elon Musk is now claiming the Epstein files are a “distraction” that “doesn’t matter” after he was busted begging to come to one of Jeffrey Epstein’s parties.

The 54-year-old billionaire had long been a vocal advocate for releasing the Epstein files and arresting the late sexual predator’s clients.

But after emails in which Musk planned to visit Epstein’s Island for the “wildest party” were exposed in Friday’s Epstein files release, Musk has changed his tune.

“What matters is not release of some subset of the Epstein files, but rather the prosecution of those who committed heinous crimes with Epstein,“ he wrote in an X post Saturday morning.

“When there is at least one arrest, some justice will have been done. If not, this is all performative. Nothing but a distraction,” he added.


Musk knows that corporate America has expanded as far as it's ever going to for him.  They've looked away at the drug use, they've taken him at his word that he learned the lesson about politics (something he is already demonstrating that he didn't learn) and now he's a part of the Epstein ring.  So he tries to down peddle it.   




Gabe Whisnant (NEWSWEEK) explains:

Billionaire Elon Musk exchanged emails with Jeffrey Epstein about visiting the financier’s private Caribbean island, according to newly released documents that include correspondence from 2012 and 2013.

The emails show Epstein discussing potential travel arrangements to Little Saint James, an island he owned in the U.S. Virgin Islands that later became the focus of numerous allegations of sexual abuse.


Musk is insisting that his e-mails are being misinterpreted.  At GIZMODO,  Mike Pearl writes:


Sorry but “misinterpreted”? Even if you do your absolute damndest to read this guy’s freshly released Epstein emails in a positive light, what you get is the story of a tech tycoon stating unambiguously that he wanted to attend an absolute rager on a sex criminal’s private island.

“What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” Elon Musk asked Jeffrey Epstein on on Nov. 25, 2012. 

In 2019, Musk told Vanity Fair that in their past interactions, he had detected that Epstein was “obviously a creep.” Indeed, it wouldn’t have taken much sleuthing to pick up on this attribute of Epstein’s back in 2012. He already had a conviction on his record at the time for soliciting prostitution, and it was also widely reported in the media that the prostitution conviction stemmed from a generous plea bargain, and that the charges Epstein had been facing included sexual relations with minors.

So with that in mind, here’s what Musk and Epstein wrote as they attempted to make plans in 2012 for Musk to visit Epstein’s island with British actress Talulah Riley, Musk’s wife at the time (typos and other text issues are left in tact. I don’t want to be accused of misinterpreting):

Epstein: you are welcome to stay or just come for the day, plenty of rroom i will=send heli to get you

Musk: Do you have any parties planned? I’ve been working to the edge of sanity th=s year and so, once my kids head home after Christmas, I really want to hi= the party scene in St Barts or elsewhere and let loose. The invitation is=much appreciated, but a peaceful island experience is the opposite of what=l’m looking for.

Epstein: Understood, , I will see you on st Barth, the ratio on my island might m=ke Talilah uncomfortable

Musk: Ratio is not a problem for Talulah

It may be true that Musk declined one or more invitations to visit, but he also tried to make plans to visit multiple times. In addition to the aforementioned change, he emailed Epstein on December 14, 2013 saying he was going to be in the Virgin Islands “over the holidays,” and asked “Is there a good time to visit?” In my opinion it sort of undermines the inherent morality of rejecting offers to be taken to Epstein’s island if you also repeatedly attempt to visit Epstein’s island.


While Musk continues his efforts to lie and spin, Mike Stunson (FORBES) notes one person is already backing up the assertion Musk visited Epstein Island:


Musk’s estranged daughter, 21-year-old Vivian Wilson, wrote in a post on Threads her memory of visiting the region where Epstein’s island was located when she was younger: “There was this boat ride from St Vincent to St Barth’s I remember from when I was little. We used to visit around the holidays. I remember the sea being so dark at night.” She would have been around 9 at the time. 


Friday's release was over three million pages, however, everything has not been released yet Deputy AG Todd Blanche has announced this will be all that the government releases. Per The Epstein Files Transparency Act,  everything was supposed to have been released by December 19th.  This is the law passed by Congress and signed, November 19th, by Donald Chump.  

 




CNN notes at the top of their coverage:


The Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein today. The documents contain references to President Donald Trump and other powerful figures, including Elon Musk, Bill Clinton and a former Obama White House counsel.

• An FBI list of allegations related to Trump — many of which appear to have come from unverified tips — is among the new documents. The White House referred CNN to a Justice Department statement that called the claims “unfounded and false.” Trump has long denied wrongdoing in connection to Epstein.

• Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department has now completed its review of the Epstein files and that the White House had “no oversight” of the process.     


Despite the new disclosures, a group of survivors of Epstein’s alleged abuses said some of their alleged abusers “remain hidden and protected”.

A statement from 19 of the survivors, some using aliases or initials, said information about them still remained in the files, “while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected.” The letter demanded “the full release of the Epstein files” and that Attorney General Pam Bondi directly address the matter when she testifies before Congress next month.

 



Musk isn't the only one whose lies have been exposed by the latest release.  Nicholas Confessore (NEW YORK TIMES) notes:


On a podcast last year, Howard Lutnick, the secretary of commerce, described being so revolted by a mid-2000s visit to Mr. Epstein’s Manhattan mansion that he decided to “never be in a room with that disgusting person ever again.”

Mr. Lutnick’s disgust appeared to prove temporary. In 2012, he emailed with Mr. Epstein to arrange a visit with his wife and children to Mr. Epstein’s private island just before Christmas. An assistant to Mr. Epstein later forwarded Mr. Lutnick a message from Mr. Epstein: “Nice seeing you,” it said. (On Friday, Mr. Lutnick said that “I spent zero time with him.”)


Also exposed is Melania Chump.  Sarah Ewall-Wice (DAILY BEAST) notes:


A gushing email exchange between First Lady Melania Trump and Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was included in the latest dump of Epstein files.

In the first message from 2002, Mrs. Trump praised a New York magazine article about Epstein and complemented the socialite now serving 20 years in prison for sex-trafficking.

“Dear G! Howe are you?” it starts. “Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great in the picture.”

At the time, the first lady was still Melania Knauss and was just dating Trump.

The pair were captured in multiple pictures with Epstein and Maxwell around that time, but the email appears to be the first written communication between Mrs. Trump and Maxwell from the files.

 




In other Epstein news, Carl Gibson reports on questions regarding the convict's death:


Before he died in prison, convicted child predator Jeffrey Epstein was reportedly attacked in his cell, extorted by his cellmate and slipped a handwritten note into a book.

That's according to Miami Herald investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, who initially broke the story that led to the first arrests of Epstein and his chief accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. In a Thursday post to her Substack entitled "Why I don't believe Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself (Part 2)," Brown delved into Bureau of Prisons records about an apparent suicide attempt that took place not long after he arrived at New York City's Metropolitan Corrections Center in the summer of 2019.

Brown alleged the Bureau of Prisons never fully investigated the suicide attempt, and asserted from available evidence that the convicted sex trafficker had instead been attacked by an inmate. She noted that child predators are at the bottom rung of the prison hierarchy, and that Epstein had a target on his back due to the volume of reporting on his crimes. Epstein's cellmate ["bunkie" in prison parlance], Nicholas Tartaglione — who Brown described as a "violent ex-cop-turned-drug-dealer — denied playing a role in the assault.

"Just 13 days after he arrived at MCC, he was found laying on the floor of his cell, with a piece of fabric around his neck," Brown wrote. "The very first story he told prison officials was that his cellmate tried to kill him."

However, Epstein later changed his story to say that he didn't remember the details of the attack. Eventually, an incident report attributed his injuries to "self-mutilation." Tartaglione was also accused of threatening to harm Epstein unless he paid him. Eventually, some details of the attack were apparently "expunged," according to Brown.


 Meanwhile Chump is mentioned throughout.  Many of the pages contain allegations of Chump with young women and girls.  Some of those pages were removed after being released yesterday.  Zachary Leeman (MEDIAITE) explains:

In a complaint made by a friend, the president was accused of forcing a 13-14-year-old to perform oral sex on him.

“[Redacted] reported an unidentified female friend who was forced to perform oral sex on President Trump approximately 35 years ago in NJ. The friend told Alexis that she was approximately 13-14 years old when this occurred, and the friend allegedly bit President Trump while performing oral sex. The friend was allegedly hit in the face after she laughed about biting President Trump. The friend said she was also abused by Epstein,” the complaint reads.

[. . .]

Another in Epstein’s orbit also made allegations of “sex trafficking” and murder. The unidentified person was following up on a tip given to the NYPD in which the person alleged they were raped at 13. The person also alleged Trump regularly paid them to perform sexual acts and claimed he was present when her newborn child was murdered.

“Complainant reported Donald Trump participated regularly in paying money to force her to perform sex acts with him and alleged Trump was present when her uncle murdered her newborn child,” notes on the complaint read.

According to the paperwork, there was “no contact made.”


By the way, THE NEW YORK TIMES will not be reporting on the 4,000+ pages about Donald Chump.  They say so in an article credited to "THE NEW YORK TIMES," "The New York Times is not describing the details of the unverified claims."


 




 


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