Elon Musk has finally addressed reports that his name is included in a newly released batch of Epstein files.
Sharing a story from U.K. outlet Sky News, which ran with the simple headline “Elon Musk and Prince Andrew Named in the Latest Epstein Files Release,” the Tesla CEO fired off an enraged tweet.
“Shame on Sky News for this utterly misleading headline,” Musk wrote. “Anyone pushing this false narrative deserves complete contempt.”
“Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED,” Musk continued, “yet they name me even before Prince Andrew, who did visit.”
The “false narrative” in question is presumably Sky’s decision to float Musk’s name ahead of Andrew’s; the Daily Beast has reached out to Musk’s representatives for further clarification.
Musk’s name does indeed appear in the latest batch of documents released by Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
“Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)” reads a note found in a 2014 diary of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The revelation comes from a fresh haul of previously unreleased material pertaining to the Epstein investigation, which has continued to dog the Trump administration.
Musk has previously said that he was invited to Epstein’s compound on Little St. James in the Virgin Islands several times, but claims he turned down the offers.
In a statement to Vanity Fair in 2019, just days after Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, Musk confirmed that he had visited the disgraced financier’s Manhattan townhouse for about 30 minutes several years previously, but that “Epstein is obviously a creep.” He added, “He tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined.”
In an interview with the Department of Justice in August, British socialite and longtime Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, said she first met Musk in 2010 or 2011, during a multi-day stay on a Caribbean island for Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s birthday.
She also said she later saw Musk at an Oscars event, seemingly referring to a Vanity Fair Oscars party on March 2, 2014, where she and Musk were photographed together. The aspiring trillionaire has previously explained that image by saying he did not know Maxwell and that she had “photobombed” him.
Maxwell did not have any knowledge of a deeper relationship between Epstein and Musk, but believed emails between the two men were uncovered during discovery.
In June, Musk, the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, fell out with his buddy President Donald Trump in spectacular fashion. At the height of their spat, Musk wrote in a now-deleted tweet that Trump “is in the Epstein files.” He has since retracted the statement and apologized, saying that he “went too far.”
Others named in the latest round of Epstein file disclosures include Musk’s former colleague and right-wing billionaire, Peter Thiel, and Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon.
Further documents are expected to be released as Congress prepares to vote on a bipartisan bill that would require full disclosure in the Epstein case.
I mean, it’s not that hard. “I got weird vibes when I met him and wasn’t interested in visiting his island”. Distances oneself without admitting that you know any specifics about why he’s creepy.
It’s really not the slam dunk you’re making it out to be.
Do you understand the concept on an INVITE? Musk was INVITED to pedo Island.
Invites are usually sent to people you KNOW. Who you WANT to attend what the invite is FOR.
Weddings come to mind as a great example. Wedding Invites are sent to those who will likely attend the wedding, and who know it’s a wedding they are attending.
So what was Musks invite for exactly? Surfing?
Keep in mind, with the way invites work, it means that everyone else who recieved an invite, around the same time, all got one asking them to come do the same thing on that island. And it wasn’t surfing.
But I guess there’s a small chance that Musk is the only billionaire within his entire friend group who was invited to Epstein Island to fly helicopters and not fuck kids.
That invite was certainly not his first.
Unless you really believe he enjoyed the “kung-fu” lessons he took from Ghislain Maxwell, and the invite was for more of them while everyone else on the island was being a pedophile.
Look, I don’t like defending Musk and I think he was involved with Epstein. You’re just acting like there’s some irrefutable proof here and there’s nothing until more of the files are released.
You can also invite people to things if you sorta-kinda know them and want to get to know them more. When you’re stupid-fucking-rich, inviting someone to your private island is less like “inviting them to a wedding” and more like “inviting them to a bbq”.
I can pretty much guarantee that nobody received an invitation that said “come on down to Epstein island for some kiddie fucking” like you’re implying. They were probably invited to a “party”, and those in the know, knew what “party favors” they’d find there.
I thought I made it pretty clear that the invite would indeed be for something else. Something like meeting up with Gislain Maxwell for “Kungfu practice.”
Which is literally what he did. Confirming he met her for said “practice” in an email to Epstein himself. In 2016. Years after he “knew” to avoid them.
Here’s the email.
Elon lied about knowing her. Lied about having contact with Epstein. Lied about being invited to the island. Lied about meeting with Gislain for Kung Fu practice.
Do you honestly feel the benefit of the doubt is still reasonable to have here?
I do not think it’s reasonable to believe Musk isnt lying about all this when he’s been caught lying about all this.
The invite he recieved was more proof he was lying about his relationship with Epstein. Why lie about being invited to the island if you just declined the offer?
He’s obviously moving the goal posts of his guilt, which very much indicates he is guilty.