America is preparing to be rocked as Attorney General Pamela Bondi has released the first phase of the declassified Epstein Files following the American financier's death in 2019.
Ever since Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors, the eyes of the world have been on the case and his supposed ‘little black book’ of names. There are conspiracy theories galore after Epstein was found hanged in his jail cell, with some claiming he was murdered by powerful people to stop the truth coming out.
Bondi warned that the contents of the 200-page dossier would make people 'sick', but with everything from flight logs involving Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to an 'evidence list', there’s a redacted masseuse list and more. After the Department of Justice released the contact list, celebrity names, including Michael Jackson, the late Ted Kennedy, Bob Weinstein, and Ivanka Trump. It's important to note that President Donald Trump seemingly does not appear.
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As for the world of technology, some of the world's richest men have been mentioned in the same sentence as Epstein, with Bill Gates, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg among them.
Gates is said to have met with Epstein at least once, apparently discussing philanthropic endeavours in 2013.
Speaking to Business Insider, a representative for Gates said: "Although Epstein pursued Bill Gates aggressively, any account of a business partnership or personal relationship between the two is categorically false."
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Alongside rumors that Elon Musk has asked Epstein to make a list of potential candidates to become the new chairman of Tesla, the head of the DOGE was photographed alongside Ghislaine Maxwell at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood.
Again, a Tesla spokesperson told BI that the idea that Epstein helped Musk is false, while Musk spending time with Maxwell at the Vanity Fair party is also incorrect.
Elsewhere, it was once claimed that CargoMetrics’ CEO Scott Borgerson had Maxwell living at his home in August 2024. Borgerson referred to Maxwell as "former friend" but reiterated: Ghislaine Maxwell is not at my home and I don't know where she is."
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Marvin Minsky was described as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's "father of artificial intelligence," and although he passed away in 2016, he also has potential connections to Epstein.
An unsealed deposition from The Verge includes one woman alleging she was forced to have sex with Minsky at Epstein's US Virgin Island compound. Although Minsky was said to be part of Epstein's group, the woman's testimony was the first to tie him to a sex-trafficking network.
Former MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito has previously admitted that Epstein attended the lab after they met in 2013, while the lab also accepted money from foundations controlled by the latter. Although Ito vowed to return the money, a 2019 article from The New Yorker shared emails between Ito and Epstein, claiming that the lab director tried to solicit donations, and at least one female staffer resigned over the lab's connection. Ito left MIT in 2019.
Finally, Reid Hoffman is apparently connected to Epstein after the financier attended a dinner hosted by the LinkedIn co-founder. Vanity Fair claims that Elon Musk introduced Mark Zuckerberg to Epstein at the dinner, while Hoffman is accused of defending Ito.
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Hoffman emailed Axios in September 2019 and said he was 'deeply regretful' about taking part in any fundraising involving Epstein, adding that he was "told by Joi that Epstein had cleared the MIT vetting process, which was the basis for my participation."
In August 2019, The New York Times' James B. Stewart published a tell-all article where Epstein apparently claimed he had 'dirt' on some powerful people, and then directed his comments at the tech scene. Back then, Stewart wrote: "Mr. Epstein then meandered into a discussion of other prominent names in technology circles.
"He said people in Silicon Valley had a reputation for being geeky workaholics, but that was far from the truth: They were hedonistic and regular users of recreational drugs. He said he'd witnessed prominent tech figures taking drugs and arranging for sex."
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With the lid threatening to come off the whole thing, the Epstein Files continue to grab the attention of the world.