Newly disclosed data from Jeffrey Epstein’s property, launched Friday by the Home Oversight Committee Democrats, present that Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Steve Bannon had been all listed on Epstein’s calendars within the years earlier than his 2019 arrest.
The tranche—greater than 8,500 paperwork together with telephone logs, flight manifests, and day by day schedules—means that Epstein maintained ties with extra of the world’s wealthiest and most politically linked figures than beforehand recognized after his 2007 plea deal that pressured him to register as a intercourse offender.
The paperwork don’t essentially counsel wrongdoing by Musk, Thiel, Bannon, or others talked about. Nonetheless, the schedules spotlight how Epstein’s social circle included tech moguls, financiers, royals, and political strategists years after his first conviction.
Excessive-profile names, tentative conferences
A December 2014 schedule consists of the entry: “Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is that this nonetheless occurring?).” On the time, Epstein owned a personal island within the U.S. Virgin Islands that grew to become notorious for serving as the positioning of intercourse trafficking.
Later entries present Epstein penciling in a lunch with Thiel, the billionaire enterprise capitalist and GOP donor, on Nov. 27, 2017, and a breakfast with Bannon on Feb. 16, 2019—simply months earlier than Epstein was charged with intercourse trafficking. That assembly got here whereas Bannon remained a outstanding determine in Trump’s political orbit.
Different pages reference Prince Andrew on a Might 2000 flight with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell from New Jersey to Florida.
Democrats on the Oversight Committee framed the releases as a step towards transparency.
“It must be clear to each American that Jeffrey Epstein was pals with among the strongest and wealthiest males on the earth,” spokesperson Sara Guerrero mentioned in a press launch. “Each new doc produced supplies new data as we work to convey justice for the survivors and victims.”
The references to Musk, Thiel, and Bannon tie them to Epstein years after his 2007 conviction—a time when critics say he leveraged weak oversight to keep up connections with highly effective figures.
Musk’s point out is notable as he has publicly accused Trump of hiding Epstein-related data earlier this yr, saying the recordsdata must be launched in full.
Representatives for Musk, Bannon, and Thiel didn’t reply to requests for remark.
