
“Bill Gates allegedly contracted a sexually transmitted disease after sleeping with Russian women.” That, in brief, is the content of an email that Jeffrey Epstein allegedly wrote to himself, part of millions of documents released yesterday by the Department of Justice.
The email is dated July 18, 2013. These details are still unconfirmed, but they have emerged from the release of documents relating to the financier, who was involved in a pedophile ring and was found dead on August 10, 2019, hanging in his cell, where he was being held awaiting trial. Epstein also notes that he helped Gates buy medication "to deal with the consequences of sexual relations with Russian women" and that he facilitated meetings with married women.
But there is more in the newly released documents.
For starters, according to the New York Times, there are at least 3,200 references to Donald Trump: a number that could increase if the documents are read.
And then the name of the Space X owner comes up. Elon Musk allegedly emailed Jeffrey Epstein in late 2013 to arrange a trip to Epstein's Caribbean island. Musk has always said he rejected Epstein's attempts to convince him to visit one of Epstein's two islands: Great St. James and Little St. James.
On December 13, 2013, Musk allegedly sent Epstein an email: "I'll be in the BVI/St. Barth's area over the holidays. Do you have time to meet?"
Epstein responded two days later, saying that the start of the new year would be appropriate: "There's always room for you."
On Christmas Day, Epstein wrote in another email: “The 2nd or 3rd would be perfect. I’ll come pick you up.” Musk replied that he planned to return to Los Angeles on the evening of January 2, then said he could push his departure back a day. “When should we go to your island, on the 2nd?” Musk asked Epstein.
Several emails exchanged between Jeffrey Epstein and an account called "The Duke" between August 11 and 12, 2010, appear to suggest that Epstein wanted to introduce "A" to a 26-year-old Russian woman, with whom he said "it might be nice to have dinner."
"The Duke" replies that he "would be happy to meet her": "Please give her my contacts". The email is signed "A", with an electronic signature that reads "His Royal Highness The Duke of York KG".
Kathy Ruemmler, a lawyer at Goldman Sachs and White House legal counsel under President Obama, calls Epstein "the wonderful Jeffrey" and writes "I love him," in an email exchange in December 2015, from which it is understood Epstein paid for her first-class trip to Europe.
In a November 2015 email, Howard Lutnick, the current U.S. Secretary of Commerce, invited Epstein to a Democratic Party fundraiser for Hillary Clinton that he was hosting. It is not clear whether Epstein attended.
Among the documents is a diagram created by federal authorities of Jeffrey Epstein's inner circle, people they considered potential associates.
The diagram lists the names of Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted felon; his lawyer, Darren Indyke; his accountant, Richard Kahn; his financial advisor, Harry Beller; his assistant, Lesley Groff; and Jean-Luc Brunel, who committed suicide in a French prison after being accused of rape.
The names and faces of several other people described as Epstein’s employees or girlfriends have been redacted in the document. Of all the people named in the diagram, only Maxwell has been charged with helping Epstein sex traffic minors. However, the photo montage suggests that, at least at the time of Epstein’s arrest and death in 2019, federal authorities were investigating a wider circle of potential accomplices.
Democratic Representative Ro Khanna questions why only 3.5 million of the more than 6 million pages of documents related to the case have been made public. Khanna was the author of federal legislation passed in November that requires the Justice Department to release all documents related to Epstein. "Hiding these documents does nothing but protect the powerful people involved and undermines public trust in institutions," he said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche claims he did not "protect Donald Trump" when reviewing Jeffrey Epstein's documents. "I can assure you, we followed the statute. We did not protect Trump. We did not protect anyone."