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In a late November 2012 conversation, Epstein asked Musk how many guests he wanted to transport via helicopter to his island, Little Saint James, located in the US Virgin Islands.
As another trip approached in late December 2013, Musk reached out to Epstein again. “I’ll be in the BVI/St Bart’s region during the holidays,” he mentioned. “Is there a good time to stop by?”
Epstein replied by suggesting a visit sometime after the New Year festivities.
“Feel free to play it by ear,” he noted. “There’s always room for you.”
In a subsequent email, Epstein reiterated, “I’ll come and pick you up.”
It’s not immediately clear if the island visits took place.
Spokespersons for Musk’s companies, Tesla and X, didn’t immediately respond to emails seeking comment Friday. Musk has maintained that he repeatedly turned down the disgraced financier’s overtures.
“Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED,” he posted on X in 2025 when House Democrats released an Epstein calendar with an entry mentioning a potential Musk visit to the island.
Epstein supported Trump’s first-term efforts to oust Fed chair
“should have been done months ago too old!!!!” Epstein wrote.
“Can u get rid of Powell or really get rid of mnuchin,” Bannon replied, referring to then-Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin.
“no, mnuchin is ok,” Epstein replied.
Trump on Friday named Kevin Warsh to succeed Powell after spending the past year assailing him for not cutting interest rates quickly enough.
New files related to Epstein’s time in jail
Some documents are related to Epstein’s incarceration and suicide.
Others centre around Ghislaine Maxwell’s incarceration and her grievances related to her imprisonment conditions.
The records contain emails between investigators that discuss Epstein’s death, including his last note — with the email stating that it does not appear to be a suicide note.
Thousands of pages of documents related to Epstein’s jail suicide have already been released.
Commerce Secretary appears to have visited Epstein’s island
On one occasion in December 2012, Epstein invited Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to his private island in the Caribbean for lunch, according to documents released on Friday show. Lutnick’s wife, Allison Lutnick, enthusiastically accepted the invitation and said they would arrive on a yacht with their children. On another occasion in 2011, the two men had drinks, according to a schedule shared with Epstein.
Lutnick has tried to distance himself from associations with Epstein, saying in a 2025 interview that he cut ties with the sex offender decades ago, calling him “gross”.
The two men’s lives continued to intersect as recently as 2018, documents show. That year, Epstein contributed to a philanthropic dinner honoring Lutnick, according to email exchanges. The year prior, the two men sent each other emails about the construction of a building across the street from both of their homes.
Lutnick didn’t respond to an emailed request for comment on Friday afternoon.
Democrats decry limited release
“The DOJ said it identified over six million potentially responsive pages but is releasing only about 3.5 million after review and redactions. This raises questions as to why the rest are being withheld,” said Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who sponsored the bill that mandated the disclosure.
Khanna said he was looking to see whether the files released Friday included FBI interviews with victims, a draft indictment and information prosecutors collected during a 2007 investigation into Epstein in Florida.
The House Oversight Committee has also issued a separate subpoena to Attorney General Pam Bondi for the files without redactions, but that has not been fulfilled.
Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the oversight panel, called the limited release of documents “outrageous and incredibly concerning.”
Over the years, prosecutors received tips from people with wild stories about being sexually abused by famous figures.
In some instances, FBI investigators diligently reached out to these tipsters and alleged victims and listened to their implausible sounding stories — some involving the occult and human sacrifice — then wrote dry reports summarising what the people had to say and sent them to their superiors.