2026-02-02T15:39:00-0500 / CBS新闻
司法部最新公布的杰弗里·爱泼斯坦（Jeffrey Epstein）相关文件中出现了众多知名人士，这些文件披露了爱泼斯坦与包括比尔·盖茨（Bill Gates）、埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）和前安德鲁王子在内的人物关系的新细节。
这些文件于周五发布，距离司法部根据《爱泼斯坦文件透明度法案》（Epstein Files Transparency Act）应在12月19日发布所有文件的法定截止日期已超过40天。该法案由国会通过，并于11月由特朗普总统签署。
此前发布的文件包括知名人士的电子邮件和照片，其中包括特朗普总统、前总统比尔·克林顿、米克·贾格尔（Mick Jagger）、伍迪·艾伦（Woody Allen）、拉里·萨默斯（Larry Summers）等。他们均未被指控有不当行为。
CBS新闻仍在独立审查这些文件，并与全国广播公司（NBC）、Versant和美联社的记者合作进行报道。
以下是最新文件中出现的一些知名人物：
前安德鲁王子
最新材料中包含安德鲁·蒙巴顿-温莎（Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor）——即前安德鲁王子——趴在一名身份不明的女性身上的照片。照片未附带背景信息，也不清楚拍摄时间和地点。
在其中一张照片中，两人穿着衣服，他的手放在她的腹部。另一张照片中，他蹲在她上方，直视镜头。
（注：原文此处为图片占位符，实际应保留原链接）
安德鲁是国王查尔斯的兄弟，已故女王伊丽莎白二世的儿子，他多次否认有任何不当行为，但在该丑闻后被剥夺了王室头衔和职务。
英国首相基尔·斯塔默（Keir Starmer）周六表示，蒙巴顿-温莎应向美国调查人员说明他对爱泼斯坦活动的了解。
“关于作证，我一直认为，任何掌握信息的人都应准备以被要求的任何形式分享这些信息，因为如果不这样做，就不能以受害者为中心。”斯塔默说。
蒙巴顿-温莎无视众议院监督委员会成员要求对其与爱泼斯坦“长期友谊”进行“转录采访”的请求。
CBS新闻已联系他的代表寻求置评。
埃隆·马斯克
十多年前埃隆·马斯克与爱泼斯坦之间的电子邮件往来显示，他们有时会在假期一起在加勒比海地区度过，并可能至少访问过爱泼斯坦的岛屿一次。
在2012年11月25日的一封电子邮件中，爱泼斯坦问马斯克将带多少人乘坐直升机前往该岛。马斯克回复道：“可能只有塔卢拉和我。”塔卢拉·莱利（Talulah Riley）当时是马斯克的妻子。
马斯克随后问道：“你岛上哪个晚上/白天会有最疯狂的派对？”
圣诞节当天，他又发了一条信息，再次询问派对情况：“你有计划举办派对吗？我今年一直工作到濒临崩溃的边缘，所以，一旦我的孩子们在圣诞节后回家，我真的很想在圣巴特或其他地方参加派对，放松一下。非常感谢你的邀请，但平静的岛屿体验与我想要的完全相反。”
次年，即2013年11月，爱泼斯坦问马斯克是否会在圣诞节前往加勒比海地区。他说伍迪·艾伦也会和他一起去，并且马斯克“可能会喜欢”这次旅行。
“会的。”马斯克回复道。
尽管CBS新闻尚未独立核实马斯克是否参加，但次年，即2014年9月，爱泼斯坦问马斯克是否会再次在圣巴特岛参加圣诞节活动。
“不确定。”马斯克回复。
10月底，爱泼斯坦的助手莱斯利·格罗夫（Lesley Groff）向爱泼斯坦发送了日程提醒，指出马斯克“将于12月6日前往该岛”，尽管12月5日的后续电子邮件有一条日程备注：“提醒：埃隆·马斯克12月6日前往该岛（这还会发生吗？）”
马斯克周六在X平台（原Twitter）上表示，他“与爱泼斯坦几乎没有往来，多次拒绝了前往他的岛屿或乘坐他的‘洛丽塔特快’（Lolita Express）的邀请，但很清楚，与他的一些电子邮件往来可能会被误解，并被反对者用来抹黑我的名声。”
CBS新闻已联系马斯克寻求置评。
商务部部长霍华德·卢特尼克
电子邮件显示，前华尔街高管、现任商务部部长霍华德·卢特尼克（Howard Lutnick）及其家人在2012年曾前往爱泼斯坦的岛屿——小圣詹姆斯岛（Little Saint James）。
卢特尼克的妻子艾莉森（Allison）计划在当年年底与四个孩子和另一个家庭一起访问，并与爱泼斯坦当时的助手莱斯利·格罗夫（Lesley Groff）通过电子邮件协调行程。
霍华德·卢特尼克被邀请到岛上与爱泼斯坦共进午餐，这似乎已经发生。2012年12月24日，一名姓名被隐去的人代表爱泼斯坦写信给卢特尼克，称“见到你很高兴”。
但卢特尼克在去年10月接受《纽约邮报》采访时声称，他和妻子在2005年参观了爱泼斯坦位于纽约的联排别墅后，就与爱泼斯坦断绝了联系。他们当时住在爱泼斯坦隔壁。
卢特尼克告诉《纽约邮报》，爱泼斯坦向他们展示了他的按摩室，并评论了他在那里接受的按摩。卢特尼克说，他和妻子很快就离开了，“从他家到我家只需六到八步的距离，我和妻子就决定，我再也不会和那个令人厌恶的人在同一个房间里了。”
商务部发言人在给CBS新闻的一份声明中表示，卢特尼克“在妻子在场的情况下与爱泼斯坦先生仅有有限的互动，从未被指控有不当行为。”
纽约巨人队共同所有者史蒂夫·蒂施
在2013年史蒂夫·蒂施（Steve Tisch）与爱泼斯坦的电子邮件往来中，两人讨论了多名女性。
在一封电子邮件中，蒂施询问了一位“乌克兰女孩”的详细信息，该女孩在爱泼斯坦家与他共进午餐后认识。他称她为“非常可爱的女孩”。
爱泼斯坦回复称，该女子“臀部很大”，是个“有特点的人”，并表示他会“获取她的所有信息”。
蒂施回应称，他“很想了解这个女孩”，并问爱泼斯坦她是“专业人士还是普通人？”，促使爱泼斯坦回复称他“不喜欢这些对话的记录”。
关于另一名女性，蒂施问爱泼斯坦：“她好玩吗？”
爱泼斯坦回复称，该女子是“平民，但来自俄罗斯，很少说出全部真相，但很有趣。”
在另一封电子邮件中，似乎蒂施与一名女子见面后，爱泼斯坦告诉蒂施，他们见面的“报告”刚刚“送达”，并告诉这位巨人队老板：“你做得很好……她对年龄差异有点害怕，但要慢慢来……”
同一年的另一封电子邮件中，蒂施似乎在给爱泼斯坦介绍的一名女子发邮件，写道：“杰弗里·爱泼斯坦非常希望你我能见面……我喜欢这个想法……你呢？”
爱泼斯坦随后似乎给了他关于该女子生活的提示，暗示她还在上大学，平时不能在周中与蒂施见面。
“从未收到她的回复，”蒂施在回复爱泼斯坦时写道，“好吧……”
其他电子邮件显示，蒂施邀请爱泼斯坦参加巨人队的橄榄球比赛，而爱泼斯坦则邀请蒂施到他的私人岛屿。
蒂施在给CBS新闻的声明中表示：“我们曾有过一段短暂的交往，期间我们就成年女性交换过电子邮件，此外还讨论了电影、慈善事业和投资。我没有接受他的任何邀请，也从未去过他的岛屿。众所周知，他是个极其糟糕的人，我对曾与他有过关联感到非常遗憾。”
CBS新闻已联系美国国家橄榄球联盟（NFL）和巨人队寻求置评。
比尔·盖茨
爱泼斯坦于2013年7月18日发给自己的两封电子邮件中，包含未经证实的指控称比尔·盖茨有婚外情，与俄罗斯女孩发生“性行为”并因此感染性病，需要抗生素治疗。在其中一封电子邮件中，爱泼斯坦声称盖茨还试图“偷偷给”他当时的妻子梅琳达·盖茨（Melinda Gates）服用抗生素。
在另一封电子邮件中，爱泼斯坦以一个名叫“鲍里斯”的人的视角起草了一封辞职信，称：“我被要求并错误地同意参与从道德上不适当到伦理上不可接受的各种事情，并多次被要求做接近甚至可能越界的事情……从帮助比尔获取药物以处理与俄罗斯女孩发生性行为的后果，到协助他与已婚女性建立非法信托，再到被要求为桥梁比赛提供阿得拉（一种药物），尽管我是一名医疗（sic）医生，但没有处方（sic）开具能力。”
这些电子邮件似乎是爱泼斯坦以一名受委屈的比尔·盖茨员工的视角起草的辞职信。《每日邮报》和其他媒体曾暗示，爱泼斯坦可能是在为鲍里斯·尼科利奇（Boris Nikolic）起草辞职信，他是比尔·盖茨的前员工、一名医生。
比尔·盖茨的发言人告诉CBS新闻：“这些指控绝对荒谬且完全不实。这些文件唯一能证明的是爱泼斯坦对未能与盖茨保持持续关系感到沮丧，以及他为了陷害和诽谤盖茨而采取的极端手段。”
《华尔街日报》2023年报道称，爱泼斯坦在发现盖茨与一名俄罗斯桥牌选手米拉·安东诺娃（Mila Antonova）有染后，试图威胁盖茨。盖茨和安东诺娃均未证实该婚外情。
特朗普总统
特朗普总统一直声称，他二十年前就将爱泼斯坦从海湖庄园（Mar-a-Lago）俱乐部开除，并结束了他们的友谊。尽管在新发布的大量文件中有数百处提及特朗普总统，但他声称这些文件进一步证明了他的清白。
其中一份文件是2009年9月的证词，爱泼斯坦的前管家胡安·阿莱西（Juan Alessi）称，特朗普“从未”在爱泼斯坦位于棕榈滩的家中过夜，也从未在那里接受过按摩。
还有一条2012年9月28日的消息，询问：“爱泼斯坦（JE）觉得圣诞节后去海湖庄园而不是他的岛屿怎么样？”“JE”显然指的是爱泼斯坦；发件人和收件人的姓名均被隐去。目前尚不清楚是否有回复。
司法部在一份新闻稿中表示，部分与爱泼斯坦相关的文件中包含关于特朗普的不实信息。
“我自己没有看到这些内容，但我被告知，一些非常重要的人说，这不仅证明了我的清白，而且与人们（尤其是激进左派）期望的完全相反。”总统周六飞往佛罗里达时表示。
史蒂夫·班农
周五发布的文件中包括史蒂夫·班农（Steve Bannon）——特朗普第一任总统任期内的白宫首席战略师——对爱泼斯坦的近两小时采访视频。
此前发布的爱泼斯坦文件显示，班农与爱泼斯坦经常通信，爱泼斯坦试图通过与班农合作制作纪录片来挽回自己受损的声誉。
这些文件和视频未明确采访的录制时间。在采访中，班农问爱泼斯坦：“你是三级性犯罪者吗？”
“一级。”爱泼斯坦回答。
班农问：“你是一级——什么是——一级是最严重的吗？”
爱泼斯坦回答说不是，“我是最低级的。”
“你是最低级的。好吧，一级，你是最低级的，但你是罪犯。”班农说。
“是的。”爱泼斯坦回答。
爱泼斯坦还告诉班农：“我不知道自己为什么会被某人吸引。我不知道人们为什么会互相吸引。”
2018年11月和12月的电子邮件还显示，史蒂夫·班农和他的儿子肖恩·班农（Sean Bannon）收到了爱泼斯坦赠送的爱马仕Apple手表，当时每块价格为1499美元。电子邮件称，这两款手表是“44毫米、深空灰色、不锈钢表壳、深空黑色”的同款。
爱泼斯坦的助手莱斯利·格罗夫写道：“杰弗里会在下次见到史蒂夫时把手表给他。”2019年1月，还有一封来自隐去姓名的人发给爱泼斯坦的电子邮件，内容为：“史蒂夫已经收到他的Apple手表了！”
CBS新闻已通过电话和电子邮件联系班农寻求置评。
布雷特·拉特纳
文件发布中包含布雷特·拉特纳（Brett Ratner）与爱泼斯坦及两名女性的照片。
照片显示拉特纳搂着一名穿白色上衣的女性。他们坐在沙发上，旁边是爱泼斯坦，爱泼斯坦与另一名女性并肩而坐。
CBS新闻已联系拉特纳的制作公司Ratpac Entertainment寻求置评。
2017年，多名女性指控拉特纳有不当性行为，他因此被多个电影项目除名。他否认有任何不当行为。
拉特纳最近执导了纪录片《梅拉尼娅》（Melania），该纪录片深入介绍了2024年总统大选后第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普的生活。
梅赫梅特·奥兹博士
一份交易报告显示，2004年，杰弗里·爱泼斯坦支付了梅赫梅特·奥兹博士（Dr. Mehmet Oz）的旅行费用。奥兹博士是一位名人医生、脱口秀主持人，目前担任美国卫生与公众服务部下属的医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services）主任。
报告显示，1592美元的费用被记在Shoppers Travel, Inc.的账上。
2014年，奥兹作为特邀演讲嘉宾参加了一个活动，爱泼斯坦在电子邮件中称自己无法参加。
此外，2016年，奥兹给爱泼斯坦发了一封电子邮件，但内容被隐去。
奥兹自2025年起担任医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心主任，该中心尚未立即回复置评请求。
凯瑟琳·吕姆勒
2011年至2014年担任前总统奥巴马时期白宫法律顾问的凯瑟琳·吕姆勒（Kathryn Ruemmler）在2015年12月的一封电子邮件中表示，她很喜欢爱泼斯坦。
“我很喜欢他。就像有了另一个哥哥！”吕姆勒在回复中写道（收信人姓名被隐去），该电子邮件由美国司法部公布。吕姆勒是在爱泼斯坦提出为她购买一张飞往欧洲的头等舱机票后发表上述评论的。
吕姆勒还曾担任前总统比尔·克林顿的副白宫法律顾问。她现在是高盛（Goldman Sachs）的首席法律官兼总法律顾问。
2023年，她告诉《华尔街日报》：“我后悔认识杰弗里·爱泼斯坦。”
伍迪·艾伦
在2015年5月的短信交流中，爱泼斯坦问导演伍迪·艾伦（Woody Allen）下周是否想进行一次“白宫博物馆一日游”。那应该是在奥巴马总统任期内。
艾伦回复道：“以我的犯罪记录，我永远过不了安检。”
目前尚不清楚他们指的是参观白宫某个人，还是仅仅是一次观光旅行。短信交流中似乎还有另一个人，但姓名被隐去。
艾伦从未被指控犯罪，并且否认了米娅·法罗（Mia Farrow）指控他骚扰他们收养的女儿迪伦·法罗（Dylan Farrow）的说法。
比尔·克林顿和杰夫·贝佐斯
2009年10月，公关人士兼纽约社交名媛佩吉·西格尔（Peggy Siegal）给爱泼斯坦发邮件称，她刚刚离开吉斯莱恩·麦克斯韦尔（Ghislaine Maxwell）的家，那里正在举办一场未具名电影的庆功派对。
“比尔·克林顿和杰夫·贝佐斯也在那里。”她写道。
克林顿的名字和照片在之前与爱泼斯坦相关的文件中已经出现。
克林顿的发言人安吉尔·乌雷尼亚（Angel Ureña）在2019年爱泼斯坦被联邦起诉后表示，这位前总统在2002年和2003年乘坐爱泼斯坦的飞机进行了四次旅行，前往欧洲、亚洲和非洲。乌雷尼亚称，这些旅行包括与克林顿基金会相关的停留，并且每次行程中都有工作人员、基金会支持者和克林顿的特勤局人员陪同。
“克林顿总统对杰弗里·爱泼斯坦几年前在佛罗里达州承认的可怕罪行或他最近在纽约被指控的罪行一无所知。”他说。
格雷厄姆·凯茨（Graham Kates）、丹尼尔·鲁滕尼克（Daniel Ruetenik）、艾玛·尼科尔森（Emma Nicholson）、易卜拉欣·阿克索伊（Ibrahim Aksoy）、希娜·萨穆（Sheena Samu）、扎克·胡达克（Zak Hudak）、凯瑟琳·沃森（Kathryn Watson）、克里斯汀·布朗（Kristin Brown）和美联社对此报道有贡献。
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Bill Gates, Elon Musk among big names in Epstein files. Here’s what the latest documents show.
2026-02-02T15:39:00-0500 / CBS News
A slew of notable individuals appear in the latest Justice Department release of Jeffrey Epstein files, and the documents reveal new details about Epstein’s ties to figures including Bill Gates, Elon Musk and former Prince Andrew.
The documents were released on Friday, more than 40 days after the Dec. 19 legal deadline for the Justice Department to release all files in line with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress passed and President Trump signed in November.
Earlier batches of files included emails and photos of prominent figures, including President Trump, former President Bill Clinton, Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, Larry Summers and others. They have not been accused of wrongdoing.
CBS News is still reviewing the documents independently and in collaboration with journalists from NBC, Versant and The Associated Press.
Here is a look at some of the notable figures who appear in the latest files:
Former Prince Andrew
The latest materials include photos of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was formerly known as Prince Andrew, on all fours over an unidentified woman on the floor. No context for the photos is provided, and it is unclear when and where they were taken.
In one of the photos, in which they are fully clothed, he is touching her abdomen. In another, he stares directly into the camera while crouching over her.
Images from an undated and redacted document released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Jan. 30, 2026, show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, leaning over an unidentified person. Justice Department/AP/CBS News
Andrew, the brother of King Charles and son of the late Queen Elizabeth, has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing, but he has been stripped of his royal titles and duties in the wake of the scandal.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday suggested that Mountbatten-Windsor should tell U.S. investigators what he knows about Epstein’s activities.
“In terms of testifying, I’ve always said anybody who’s got information should be prepared to share that information in whatever form they’re asked to do that, because you can’t be victim-centered if you’re not prepared to do that,” Starmer said.
Mountbatten-Windsor has ignored a request from House Oversight Committee members for a “transcribed interview” about his “long-standing friendship” with Epstein.
CBS News has reached out to his representatives for comment.
Elon Musk
Emails exchanged between Elon Musk and Epstein more than a decade ago indicate they sometimes spent time around the holidays together in the Caribbean, and may have visited Epstein’s island at least once.
In a Nov. 25, 2012 email, Epstein asked Musk how many people he would be bringing for the helicopter ride to the island. Musk responded, “Probably just Talulah and me.” Talulah Riley was Musk’s wife at the time.
Musk then asked, “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
On Christmas Day, he sent another note, again asking about parties: “Do you have any parties planned? I’ve been working to the edge of sanity this year, and so, once my kids head home after Christmas, I really want to hit the party scene in St. Barts or elsewhere and let loose. The invitation is much appreciated, but a peaceful island experience is the opposite of what I’m looking for.”
The next year, in a November 2013 email, Epstein asked Musk if he would come 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 following year, in a September 2014 email, Epstein asked Musk if he would join for Christmas “again” in St. Barts.
“Don’t know,” Musk responded.
At the end of October, Epstein’s assistant, Lesley Groff, sent a schedule reminder to Epstein that noted Musk “is to go to the island on Dec. 6th,” although a subsequent email on Dec. 5, 2014, had a schedule note saying, “Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)”
Musk wrote on X Saturday that he “had very little correspondence with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to go to his island or fly on his ‘Lolita Express,’ but was well aware that some email correspondence with him could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to smear my name.”
CBS News has reached out to Musk for comment.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
Former Wall Street executive and now Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his family spent time on Epstein’s island, Little Saint James, in 2012, emails show.
Lutnick’s wife, Allison, planned a visit with their four children and another family around the end of that year and emailed with Lesley Groff, Epstein’s then assistant, to coordinate their travel.
Howard Lutnick was invited for lunch with Epstein on his island, and that appears to have taken place. On Dec. 24, 2012, a person whose name was redacted wrote to Lutnick on behalf of Epstein to tell him “it was nice seeing you.”
But Lutnick claimed in an interview last October with the New York Post that he and his wife had cut ties with Epstein in 2005, after taking a tour of his New York townhouse. They had moved in next door to Epstein.
Lutnick told the New York Post that Epstein had shown them his massage room and commented on the massages he received there. Lutnick said he and his wife quickly left, “and in the six to eight steps it takes to get from his house to my house, my wife and I decided that I will never be in the room with that disgusting person ever again.”
A Commerce Department spokesperson, in a statement to CBS News, said that Lutnick “had limited interactions with Mr. Epstein in the presence of his wife and has never been accused of wrongdoing.”
New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch
In a 2013 email exchange between New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and Epstein, the two men discussed multiple women.
In one email, Tisch asked for details about a “Ukrainian Girl” who had lunch with him after meeting at Epstein’s house. He called her a “very sweet girl.”
Epstein replied that the woman had “a 10 ass” and is a “character,” adding he would get “all info” on her.
Tisch responded that he was “curious to know about” the woman, and asked Epstein if she is a “pro or civilian?” prompting Epstein to reply that he doesn’t “like records of these conversations.”
Regarding a different woman, Tisch asked Epstein, “Is she fun?”
Epstein replied that the woman is “a civilian, but russian, and rarely tells the full truth, but fun.”
In a separate email, after it appears Tisch met with a woman, Epstein told Tisch that a “report” was “just in” from their encounter, and he told the Giants owner that “you did very well… she is a little freaked by the age difference but go slow…”
In another email from the same year, Tisch appeared to be emailing with a woman that Epstein had introduced him to, writing to her, “Jeffrey Epstein is very excited about you and I meeting each other… I like that idea… do you?”
Epstein then appeared to give him tips about the woman’s life, suggesting she was still in college and could not travel during the week to meet Tisch.
“Never heard back from her,” Tisch wrote to Epstein in a reply. “Oh well…”
Other emails show Tisch inviting Epstein to a Giants football game and Epstein inviting Tisch to his private island.
Tisch said in a statement to CBS News: “We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy, and investments. I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with.”
CBS News has reached out to the NFL and the Giants for comment.
Bill Gates
Two emails Epstein sent to himself on July 18, 2013, contain unverified allegations that Bill Gates had extramarital “sex with Russian girls” that resulted in a sexually transmitted infection requiring antibiotics.In one email, Epstein claimed Gates also sought to “surreptitiously give” the antibiotics to his then wife Melinda Gates.
In another, which Epstein drafted as a resignation letter from the perspective of someone named “Boris,” he said, “I have been asked and wrongly acquiesced into participating in things that have ranged from the morally inappropriate, to the ethically unsound and have been repeatedly asked to do thing (sic) that get near and potentially over the line into the illegal…From helping Bill to get drugs, in order to deal with consequences of sex with russian girls, to facilitating his illicit trusts, with married women, to being asked to provide adderall fro (sic) bridge touramnts (sic), as I am a medial (sic) doctor, but have no presriptions (sic) writing ability.”
The emails appear to have been written by Epstein on behalf of an aggrieved employee of Bill Gates who was resigning. The Daily Mail and other outlets have suggested Epstein may have been drafting a resignation letter for Boris Nikolic, a physician and a former employee of Bill Gates.
A spokesperson for Bill Gates told CBS News: “These claims are absolutely absurd and completely false. The only thing these documents demonstrate is Epstein’s frustration that he did not have an ongoing relationship with Gates and the lengths he would go to entrap and defame.”
The Wall Street Journal reported in 2023 that Epstein tried to threaten Gates after discovering he had an affair with a Russian bridge player named Mila Antonova, whom Gates had met in 2010. Neither Gates nor Antonova have confirmed the affair.
President Trump
President Trump consistently has said he kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club and ended their friendship two decades ago, and while there are hundreds of references to Mr. Trump in the trove of newly released documents, the president claimed they further exonerate him.
Among the documents is a September 2009 deposition in which Epstein’s former house manager, Juan Alessi, said Mr. Trump “never” stayed over at Epstein’s home in Palm Beach, and also never got a massage while there.
There is also a message sent Sept. 28, 2012, asking: “what does JE think of going to Mar-a-Lago after xmas instead of his island?” “JE” apparently refers to Epstein; the names of the sender and the recipient are redacted. It’s unclear whether there was any response.
The Justice Department said in a press release that some of the material in the Epstein-related documents contains untrue information about Mr. Trump.
“I didn’t see it myself but I was told by some very important people that not only does it absolve me, it’s the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left,” the president said on Saturday as he flew to Florida.
Steve Bannon
Among the files released on Friday is nearly two hours of video from an interview Steve Bannon, Mr. Trump’s chief White House strategist during his first administration, conducted with Epstein.
Earlier Epstein document releases showed Bannon and Epstein often corresponded, and that Epstein sought to revive his shattered reputation through a documentary with Bannon.
The file and video do not make clear when the interview was recorded. In the interview, Bannon asked Epstein, “What are you, class three sexual 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 also told Bannon, “I don’t know why I’m attracted to somebody. I don’t know people are attracted to each other.”
Emails from November and December 2018 also indicate Steve Bannon and his son, Sean Bannon, received Hermes Apple watches, priced at $1,499 at the time, from Epstein. They were identical models — “44 mm, space gray, stainless steel case, space black,” — the email said.
Lesley Groff, who was Epstein’s assistant, wrote, “Jeffrey will give to Steve when he sees him next.” In January 2019, there was another email from a redacted name sent to Epstein that read, “Steve has been given his Apple Watch!”
CBS News has reached out to Bannon by phone and email.
Brett Ratner
The files release includes photos showing filmmaker Brett Ratner with Epstein and two females.
The photos show Ratner with his arms around a female in a white top. They are on a couch next to Epstein, who is shoulder-to-shoulder with another female.
CBS News has reached out to Ratner’s production company, Ratpac Entertainment, for comment.
In 2017, multiple women accused Ratner of sexual misconduct and he was dropped from a number of film projects. He denied any wrongdoing.
Ratner recently directed “Melania,” a documentary that offers an inside look at the life of first lady Melania Trump in the days after the president’s 2024 election victory.
Dr. Mehmet Oz
A transaction report shows that in 2004, Jeffrey Epstein paid for the travel of Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity doctor and talk show host who now heads the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Department of Health and Human Services.
The report shows $1,592 was billed to Shoppers Travel, Inc.
Epstein was also invited to an event in 2014 in which Oz was a guest speaker, but Epstein wrote in an email that he was unavailable to attend.
Additionally, in 2016, Oz sent an email to Epstein, but the message is redacted.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where Oz has served as administrator since 2025, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kathryn Ruemmler
Kathryn Ruemmler, who was White House counsel under former President Obama from 2011 to 2014, said in a December 2015 email that she adores Epstein.
“I adore him. It’s like having another older brother!” Ruemmler said to a redacted recipient, according to the emails released by the Justice Department. Ruemmler made the comment after Epstein offered to buy her a first-class ticket to Europe.
Ruemmler also served as associate White House counsel to former President Bill Clinton. She is now the chief legal officer and general counsel at Goldman Sachs.
In 2023, she told the Wall Street Journal, “I regret ever knowing Jeffrey Epstein.”
Woody Allen
In a May 2015 text message exchange, Epstein asks filmmaker Woody Allen if he wants to have a “day museum White House trip” the next week. That would have been when former President Barack Obama was in office.
Allen replied, “With my rap sheet I’ll never get past security.”
It’s unclear if they were referring to visiting someone at the White House or simply a tourist trip. Another person appears to be included in the text exchange, but the name is redacted.
Allen has not been charged with any crimes, and he has denied accusations by Mia Farrow that he 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 just left Ghislaine Maxwell’s house, where an after-party for an unnamed film was being held.
“Bill Clinton and Jeff Bezos were there,” she wrote.
Clinton’s name and photos surfaced in previous sets of documents related to Epstein.
A spokesperson for Clinton said in 2019, after Epstein was indicted on federal charges, that the former president took four trips on Epstein’s plane in 2002 and 2003, traveling to Europe, Asia and Africa. Angel Ureña, the spokesperson, said the trips included stops in connection with the Clinton Foundation, and staff, foundation supporters, and Clinton’s Secret Service detail were on every leg of every trip.
“President Clinton knows nothing about the terrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty to in Florida some years ago or those with which he has been recently charged in New York,” he 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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