Elon Musk has claimed that leading figures within the Democratic Party and their wealthy supporters are also named in documents tied to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, and therefore have little interest in revealing the full contents.
The comments came after a Bloomberg report on Friday detailed how FBI investigators had found multiple mentions of former President Donald Trump and other prominent individuals in files connected to Epstein’s network. The FBI emphasized, however, that inclusion in the records did not imply criminal activity or misconduct.
A user on X (formerly Twitter) reacted to the report by speculating that a future Democratic president might choose to release the unredacted documents. Musk, who owns the platform, responded skeptically: “They won’t, because major Dems and their donors are on the list too.” He didn’t provide names or further detail to support the claim.
Back in 2019, a spokesperson for Bill Clinton acknowledged that the former president had traveled several times aboard Epstein’s private jet but denied that Clinton had ever set foot on Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean.
Notably, attorney Alan Dershowitz—who represented Epstein—has publicly named high-ranking Democrats such as ex-Senator George Mitchell and former UN Ambassador Bill Richardson in connection with the files. He has also emphasized that being mentioned in documents should not be automatically seen as proof of wrongdoing.
Earlier this year, Musk reignited controversy when he posted that Donald Trump appeared in the Epstein materials, implying that was the reason the full files remain secret. He later deleted the post, saying he had “gone too far.”
Epstein was arrested in 2019 for allegedly trafficking underage girls for sex. He died in custody later that year, in what authorities deemed a suicide—a conclusion that has fueled years of speculation and conspiracy theories due to his ties to influential figures in politics, finance, and media.
Despite Donald Trump promising during his 2024 campaign to declassify all Epstein-related documents, US officials announced in mid-2025 that no so-called “client list” had ever been found, prompting widespread backlash and public suspicion of a cover-up.
