That’s what the Epstein files are about

Musk allegations against Trump

What is the Epstein files about?

The short -term friendship between men between Elon Musk and Donald Trump seems over. Now the X chief has assumed connections to the Epstein case. That’s what it’s about.

Elon Musk said he wanted to burst a “really big bomb”. The ex-government advisor claimed in the public dispute with US President Donald Trump that his name is in the files of the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “That is the real reason why they were not published,” he wrote.

It is not the first time that Trump is associated with Epstein. T-Online answers the most important questions about the files and Trump’s connection.

Jeffrey Epstein was a New York investment banker who was well networked in the US high society. Later it turned out that he had a ring for sexual exploitation of minors.

In 2008 he was convicted of sexual abuse by numerous girls and young women. In 2019 he was arrested again for new revelations. Accordingly, he is said to have hundreds of minor girls sexual violence and tempt them to prostitution and have operated human trafficking for sexual exploitation. In custody, he finally committed suicide according to official information. His partner and complicity Ghislaine Maxwell was later sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment.

In the past, Epstein is said to have also taught numerous prominent minors for sexual activities, including Prince Andrew. In the investigation files on the case, there are to other names. Therefore, the public is eagerly awaiting the publication.

Both had known each other since the mid-1980s and were obviously close friends. In 2002 Trump said about Epstein: “Great guy, you can have fun with it.” Later they reject themselves because of a dispute over the purchase of a property. Read more about the relationship between the two.

Trump’s name appeared in already released documents for Epstein, but he was not accused of misconduct.

Musk called no evidence of his claim. So far, it is not clear whether Trump actually used Epstein’s services.

There are few reasons why Musk should have access to the documents. However, during his time as a listed government advisor in Washington, he intergers many things that exceeded his actual area of ​​responsibility. So he also had extensive insight into numerous government documents.

The FBI had recently announced that they would publish documents on the death of Epstein. Numerous conspiracy theorists and other doubters do not believe in the official version that Epstein committed suicide in his prison cell in 2019. “There will be a publication shortly,” Vice-FBI director Dan Bongino told Fox News news channel.

However, it is unclear whether the documents also have further details about the midsts. Trump’s Ministry of Justice had already disclosed some Epstein documents in February.