Musk asked Epstein for 'the wildest party.' Now he claims to stand up for victims.
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Musk asked Epstein for the wildest party. Now he claims to stand up for victims.
The billionaire Tesla CEO has called for accountability for figures named in the Epstein files --- despite appearing in them himself.
During an explosive feud with President Donald Trump last spring, Elon Musk reached for the nuclear button. Time to drop the really big bomb, he wrote on X in June, @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein Files.
The truth will come out, the Tesla CEO added. He later deleted the posts and reconciled with Trump.
In the months since, Musk has issued a steady drum beat of X posts calling for the arrest or prosecution of people linked to Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender who cultivated relationships with powerful figures in tech, finance and politics.
But when the Justice Department released what it said were millions of pages of documents last month from its investigation of the deceased financier, Musk featured prominently in the files.
The entrepreneur had repeated email exchanges with Epstein, as did Kimbal Musk, his brother and fellow Tesla board member, the documents show. Elon Musks messages included inquiries about parties. Musk and Epstein also discussed arranging to meet on Epsteins island and their assistants arranged a visit for the two at the entrepreneurs rocket maker, SpaceX.
On Christmas Day in 2012, Musk wrote to Epstein and asked: Do you have any parties planned? He added that Ive been working to the edge of sanity and wanted to let loose.
The revelations have thrust Musk in the awkward position of trying to cast himself as a stalwart defender of Epsteins victims while also defending his own interactions with the convicted sex offender.