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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/42428507

Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s private island

Elon Musk had more extensive – and more friendly – communications with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously publicly known, according to documents released on Friday by the Department of Justice. Emails in the files appear to show the two cordially messaging each other to make plans for Musk to visit Epstein’s island.

The documents include Musk and Epstein emailing in December 2013 to determine when Musk should make the trip to Little St James.

Musk has been harshly critical of those linked to Epstein, but the newly released emails appear to contradict his own longstanding denial of any ties of his own. The Tesla CEO told Vanity Fair in 2019 that Epstein was “obviously a creep” and claimed that Epstein “tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined.” The emails between the two moguls come years after Epstein was convicted in 2008 of soliciting prostitution from a minor in Florida. Authorities later arrested Epstein in 2019 on federal sex-trafficking charges.

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[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Holy shit.

So the guy that bought Twitter and turned it into a literal CSAM machine and gave money to the other guy accused of raping children via the global elite pedo ring is also mentioned in the list of documents about the global pedo ring?

Shocking - you think the FBI will arrest them soon? /s

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Also the guy who weirdly accuses other people of being pedos when they're trying to help children.

https://apnews.com/article/551bbd1c40c76865f7cbef35bd62b335

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 months ago

Every day, the GOP proves the adage that every accusation is an admission.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

It's because they lack imagination, same reason they love AI, they can only imagine a world in which they inhabited personally, that's a big part of the projection

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

I feel like it's important to note that this was after Epstein was convicted the first time. He was a registered sex offender at this point.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

In November 2012, Epstein sent Musk an email asking “how many people will you be for the heli to island”.

“Probably just Talulah and me. What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” Musk replied.

Musk has been harshly critical of those linked to Epstein, but the newly released emails appear to contradict his own longstanding denial of any ties of his own. The Tesla CEO told Vanity Fair in 2019 that Epstein was “obviously a creep” and claimed that Epstein “tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined.”

[–] Ancalagon@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

This is why Grok is allowed to do CP, eventually images/videos might surface and they will claim it as AI generated.