The notable names in the Epstein files

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A slew of notable individuals look successful the latest Justice Department merchandise of Jeffrey Epstein files, and the documents uncover caller details astir Epstein's ties to figures including Bill Gates, Elon Musk and erstwhile Prince Andrew.

The documents were released connected Friday, much than 40 days aft the Dec. 19 ineligible deadline for the Justice Department to merchandise each files successful enactment with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress passed and President Trump signed successful November.

Earlier batches of files included emails and photos of salient figures, including President Trump, erstwhile President Bill Clinton, Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, Larry Summers and others. They person not been accused of wrongdoing.

CBS News is inactive reviewing the documents independently and successful collaboration with journalists from NBC, Versant and The Associated Press.

Here is simply a look astatine immoderate of the notable figures who look successful the latest files:

Former Prince Andrew

The latest materials see photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was formerly known arsenic Prince Andrew, connected each fours implicit an unidentified pistillate connected the floor. No discourse for the photos is provided, and it is unclear erstwhile and wherever they were taken.

In 1 of the photos, successful which they are afloat clothed, helium is touching her abdomen. In another, helium stares straight into the camera portion crouching implicit her.

Andrew, the member of King Charles and lad of the precocious Queen Elizabeth, has repeatedly denied each wrongdoing, but helium has been stripped of his royal titles and duties successful the aftermath of the scandal.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer connected Saturday suggested that Mountbatten-Windsor should archer U.S. investigators what helium knows astir Epstein's activities.

"In presumption of testifying, I've ever said anybody who's got accusation should beryllium prepared to stock that accusation successful immoderate signifier they're asked to bash that, due to the fact that you can't beryllium victim-centered if you're not prepared to bash that," Starmer said.

Mountbatten-Windsor has ignored a petition from House Oversight Committee members for a "transcribed interview" astir his "long-standing friendship" with Epstein.

CBS News has reached retired to his representatives for comment.

Elon Musk

Emails exchanged betwixt Elon Musk and Epstein much than a decennary agone bespeak they sometimes spent clip astir the holidays unneurotic successful the Caribbean, and whitethorn person visited Epstein's land astatine slightest once.

In a Nov. 25, 2012 email, Epstein asked Musk however galore radical helium would beryllium bringing for the chopper thrust to the island. Musk responded, "Probably conscionable Talulah and me." Talulah Riley was Musk's woman astatine the time.

Musk past asked, "What day/night volition beryllium the wildest enactment connected your island?"

On Christmas Day, he sent different note, again asking astir parties: "Do you person immoderate parties planned? I've been moving to the borderline of sanity this year, and so, erstwhile my kids caput location aft Christmas, I truly privation to deed the enactment country successful St. Barts oregon elsewhere and fto loose. The invitation is overmuch appreciated, but a peaceful land acquisition is the other of what I'm looking for."

The adjacent year, successful a November 2013 email, Epstein asked Musk if helium would travel to the Caribbean for Christmas. He said Woody Allen was with him and that Musk "might enjoy" the trip.

"Yes," Musk responded.

Although CBS News has not independently verified that Musk attended, the pursuing year, successful a September 2014 email, Epstein asked Musk if helium would articulation for Christmas "again" successful St. Barts.

"Don't know," Musk responded.

At the extremity of October, Epstein's assistant, Lesley Groff, sent a docket reminder to Epstein that noted Musk "is to spell to the land connected Dec. 6th," though a consequent email connected Dec. 5, 2014, had a docket enactment saying, "Reminder: Elon Musk to land Dec. 6 (is this inactive happening?)"

Musk wrote connected X Saturday that helium "had precise small correspondence with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to spell to his land oregon alert connected his 'Lolita Express,' but was good alert that immoderate email correspondence with him could beryllium misinterpreted and utilized by detractors to smear my name."

CBS News has reached retired to Musk for comment.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

Former Wall Street enforcement and present Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his household spent clip connected Epstein's island, Little Saint James, successful 2012, emails show.

Lutnick's wife, Allison, planned a sojourn with their 4 children and different household astir the extremity of that twelvemonth and emailed with Lesley Groff, Epstein's past assistant, to coordinate their travel.

Howard Lutnick was invited for luncheon with Epstein connected his island, and that appears to person taken place. On Dec. 24, 2012, a idiosyncratic whose sanction was redacted wrote to Lutnick connected behalf of Epstein to archer him "it was bully seeing you."

But Lutnick claimed successful an interview past October with the New York Post that helium and his woman had chopped ties with Epstein successful 2005, aft taking a circuit of his New York townhouse. They had moved successful adjacent doorway to Epstein.

Lutnick told the New York Post that Epstein had shown them his massage country and commented connected the massages helium received there. Lutnick said helium and his woman rapidly left, "and successful the six to 8 steps it takes to get from his location to my house, my woman and I decided that I volition ne'er beryllium successful the country with that disgusting idiosyncratic ever again."

A Commerce Department spokesperson, successful a connection to CBS News, said that Lutnick "had constricted interactions with Mr. Epstein successful the beingness of his woman and has ne'er been accused of wrongdoing."

New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch

In a 2013 email speech betwixt New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and Epstein, the 2 men discussed aggregate women.

In 1 email, Tisch asked for details astir a "Ukrainian Girl" who had luncheon with him aft gathering astatine Epstein's house. He called her a "very saccharine girl."

Epstein replied that the pistillate had "a 10 ass" and is simply a "character," adding helium would get "all info" connected her.

Tisch responded that helium was "curious to cognize about" the woman, and asked Epstein if she is simply a "pro oregon civilian?" prompting Epstein to reply that helium doesn't "like records of these conversations."

Regarding a antithetic woman, Tisch asked Epstein, "Is she fun?"

Epstein replied that the pistillate is "a civilian, but russian, and seldom tells the afloat truth, but fun."

In a abstracted email, aft it appears Tisch met with a woman, Epstein told Tisch that a "report" was "just in" from their encounter, and helium told the Giants proprietor that "you did precise well… she is simply a small freaked by the property quality but spell slow…"

In different email from the aforesaid year, Tisch appeared to beryllium emailing with a pistillate that Epstein had introduced him to, penning to her, "Jeffrey Epstein is precise excited astir you and I gathering each other… I similar that idea… bash you?"

Epstein past appeared to springiness him tips astir the woman's life, suggesting she was inactive successful assemblage and could not question during the week to conscionable Tisch.

"Never heard backmost from her," Tisch wrote to Epstein successful a reply. "Oh well…"

Other emails amusement Tisch inviting Epstein to a Giants shot crippled and Epstein inviting Tisch to his backstage island.

Tisch said successful a connection to CBS News: "We had a little relation wherever we exchanged emails astir big women, and successful addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy, and investments. I did not instrumentality him up connected immoderate of his invitations and ne'er went to his island. As we each cognize now, helium was a unspeakable idiosyncratic and idiosyncratic I profoundly regret associating with."

CBS News has reached retired to the NFL and the Giants for comment.

Bill Gates

Two emails Epstein sent to himself connected July 18, 2013, incorporate unverified allegations that Bill Gates had extramarital "sex with Russian girls" that resulted successful a sexually transmitted corruption requiring antibiotics. In 1 email, Epstein claimed Gates besides sought to "surreptitiously give" the antibiotics to his past woman Melinda Gates.

In another, which Epstein drafted arsenic a resignation letter from the position of idiosyncratic named "Boris," helium said, "I person been asked and wrongly acquiesced into participating successful things that person ranged from the morally inappropriate, to the ethically unsound and person been repeatedly asked to bash happening (sic) that get adjacent and perchance implicit the enactment into the illegal...From helping Bill to get drugs, successful bid to woody with consequences of enactment with state girls, to facilitating his illicit trusts, with joined women, to being asked to supply adderall fro (sic) span touramnts (sic), arsenic I americium a medial (sic) doctor, but person nary presriptions (sic) penning ability."

The emails look to person been written by Epstein connected behalf of an aggrieved worker of Bill Gates who was resigning. The Daily Mail and different outlets person suggested Epstein whitethorn person been drafting a resignation missive for Boris Nikolic, a doc and a erstwhile worker of Bill Gates.

A spokesperson for Bill Gates told CBS News: "These claims are perfectly absurd and wholly false. The lone happening these documents show is Epstein's vexation that helium did not person an ongoing narration with Gates and the lengths helium would spell to entrap and defame."

The Wall Street Journal reported successful 2023 that Epstein tried to endanger Gates aft discovering helium had an matter with a Russian span subordinate named Mila Antonova, whom Gates had met successful 2010. Neither Gates nor Antonova person confirmed the affair.

President Trump

President Trump consistently has said helium kicked Epstein retired of his Mar-a-Lago nine and ended their relationship 2 decades ago, and portion determination are hundreds of references to Mr. Trump successful the trove of recently released documents, the president claimed they further exonerate him.

Among the documents is simply a September 2009 deposition successful which Epstein's erstwhile location manager, Juan Alessi, said Mr. Trump "never" stayed implicit astatine Epstein's location successful Palm Beach, and besides ne'er got a massage portion there.

There is besides a message sent Sept. 28, 2012, asking: "what does JE deliberation of going to Mar-a-Lago aft xmas alternatively of his island?" "JE" seemingly refers to Epstein; the names of the sender and the recipient are redacted. It's unclear whether determination was immoderate response.

The Justice Department said successful a press release that immoderate of the worldly successful the Epstein-related documents contains untrue accusation astir Mr. Trump.

"I didn't spot it myself but I was told by immoderate precise important radical that not lone does it absolve me, it's the other of what radical were hoping, you know, the extremist left," the president said connected Saturday arsenic helium flew to Florida.

Steve Bannon

Among the files released connected Friday is astir two hours of video from an interrogation Steve Bannon, Mr. Trump's main White House strategist during his archetypal administration, conducted with Epstein.

Earlier Epstein papers releases showed Bannon and Epstein often corresponded, and that Epstein sought to revive his shattered estimation done a documentary with Bannon.

The record and video bash not marque wide erstwhile the interrogation was recorded. In the interview, Bannon asked Epstein, "What are you, people 3 intersexual predator?"

"Tier one," Epstein replied.

Bannon asked, "You're tier — what is — tier one's the highest and worst?"

Epstein responded that no, "I'm the lowest."

"You're the lowest. Okay, tier one, you're the lowest, but a criminal," said Bannon.

"Yes," Epstein replied.

Epstein besides told Bannon, "I don't cognize wherefore I'm attracted to somebody. I don't cognize radical are attracted to each other."

Emails from November and December 2018 besides bespeak Steve Bannon and his son, Sean Bannon, received Hermes Apple watches, priced astatine $1,499 astatine the time, from Epstein. They were identical models — "44 mm, abstraction gray, stainless alloy case, abstraction black," — the email said.

Lesley Groff, who was Epstein's assistant, wrote, "Jeffrey volition springiness to Steve erstwhile helium sees him next." In January 2019, determination was different email from a redacted sanction sent to Epstein that read, "Steve has been fixed his Apple Watch!"

CBS News has reached retired to Bannon by telephone and email.

Brett Ratner

The files merchandise includes photos showing filmmaker Brett Ratner with Epstein and 2 females.

The photos amusement Ratner with his arms astir a pistillate successful a achromatic top. They are connected a sofa adjacent to Epstein, who is shoulder-to-shoulder with different female.

CBS News has reached retired to Ratner's accumulation company, Ratpac Entertainment, for comment.

In 2017, multiple women accused Ratner of intersexual misconduct and helium was dropped from a fig of movie projects. He denied immoderate wrongdoing.

Ratner precocious directed "Melania," a documentary that offers an wrong look astatine the beingness of archetypal woman Melania Trump successful the days aft the president's 2024 predetermination victory.

Dr. Mehmet Oz

A transaction study shows that successful 2004, Jeffrey Epstein paid for the question of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the personage doc and speech amusement big who present heads the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services successful the Department of Health and Human Services.

The study shows $1,592 was billed to Shoppers Travel, Inc.

Epstein was besides invited to an lawsuit successful 2014 successful which Oz was a impermanent speaker, but Epstein wrote successful an email that helium was unavailable to attend.

Additionally, successful 2016, Oz sent an email to Epstein, but the connection is redacted.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, wherever Oz has served arsenic head since 2025, did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Kathryn Ruemmler

Kathryn Ruemmler, who was White House counsel nether erstwhile President Obama from 2011 to 2014, said successful a December 2015 email that she adores Epstein.

"I adore him. It's similar having different older brother!" Ruemmler said to a redacted recipient, according to the emails released by the Justice Department. Ruemmler made the remark aft Epstein offered to bargain her a first-class summons to Europe.

Ruemmler besides served arsenic subordinate White House counsel to erstwhile President Bill Clinton. She is present the main ineligible serviceman and wide counsel astatine Goldman Sachs.

In 2023, she told the Wall Street Journal, "I regret ever knowing Jeffrey Epstein."

Woody Allen

In a May 2015 text connection exchange, Epstein asks filmmaker Woody Allen if helium wants to person a "day depository White House trip" the adjacent week. That would person been erstwhile erstwhile President Barack Obama was successful office.

Allen replied, "With my rap expanse I'll ne'er get past security."

It's unclear if they were referring to visiting idiosyncratic astatine the White House oregon simply a tourer trip. Another idiosyncratic appears to beryllium included successful the substance exchange, but the sanction is redacted.

Allen has not been charged with immoderate crimes, and helium has denied accusations by Mia Farrow that helium molested their adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow.

Bill Clinton and Jeff Bezos

In an October 2009 email to Epstein from Peggy Siegal, a publicist and New York socialite, said she conscionable near Ghislaine Maxwell's house, wherever an after-party for an unnamed movie was being held.

"Bill Clinton and Jeff Bezos were there," she wrote.

Clinton's sanction and photos surfaced successful previous sets of documents related to Epstein.

A spokesperson for Clinton said successful 2019, aft Epstein was indicted connected national charges, that the erstwhile president took 4 trips connected Epstein's level successful 2002 and 2003, traveling to Europe, Asia and Africa. Angel Ureña, the spokesperson, said the trips included stops successful transportation with the Clinton Foundation, and staff, instauration supporters, and Clinton's Secret Service item were connected each limb of each trip.

"President Clinton knows thing astir the unspeakable crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded blameworthy to successful Florida immoderate years agone oregon those with which helium has been precocious charged successful New York," helium said.

Graham Kates, Daniel Ruetenik, Emma Nicholson, Ibrahim Aksoy, Sheena Samu, Zak Hudak, Kathryn Watson, Kristin Brown and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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