Factbox: Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to politicians, business titans and other figures

February 6, 2026 – 9:19 AM

People walk past a poster with an image of U.S. President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein pasted on a bus stop in Nuuk, Greenland, January 24, 2026. (Reuters/Marko Djurica )

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Evidence in multiple legal and criminal cases has also shed light on these connections. Epstein was arrested again in 2019 on federal charges of sex trafficking of minors. His 2019 death in a Manhattan jail cell was ruled a suicide.

The Justice Department has said that the material could include faked images or untrue allegations, as well as pornographic material. On Monday, the department said it had removed several thousand documents that inadvertently identified some of Epstein’s victims.

The Justice Department’s No. 2 official, Todd Blanche, has said the material did not amount to evidence of criminal sexual activity by those named in the files.

Here are some of the prominent people whose ties to Epstein were revealed in the newly released material.

Donald Trump

The Republican president has denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes and says he broke off ties in the early 2000s, before Epstein’s plea deal. Trump denies ever flying on Epstein’s plane and says the suggestive note was faked.

Bill Clinton

The Democratic former U.S. president socialized with Epstein and flew on his plane several times in the early 2000s, after Clinton left office. Photos released by the Justice Department show him swimming and posing with women whose faces are redacted. Clinton has denied wrongdoing and says he regrets his past association with Epstein.

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

The former Prince Andrew, Duke of York, maintained a social relationship with Epstein and has been stripped of his royal title due to the association. The Justice Department sought his cooperation in multiple criminal investigations but was rebuffed. He also settled a lawsuit brought by one of Epstein’s victims in 2022, making an undisclosed payment without admitting wrongdoing. The Justice Department files include several photos of him with women, including one where he is kneeling over a woman and another showing him lying across the laps of several women.

Mountbatten-Windsor has denied any wrongdoing and has expressed regret for his friendship with Epstein. He has said he never saw any sex crimes.

Howard Lutnick

Elon Musk

The billionaire Tesla

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CEO asked Epstein if he had any parties planned on his island in 2012 but apparently decided not to visit. Epstein responded that “the ratio on my island” might make Musk’s female companion uncomfortable, without elaborating further. Musk invited Epstein to visit him for drinks on another island a few days later, but it is unclear whether they met up. Musk said on Saturday he had few interactions with Epstein and turned down repeated invitations to visit the island or fly on Epstein’s plane.

Larry Summers

Summers said in November he was “deeply ashamed” of his actions and said he would step back from public commitments to “repair relationships with the people closest to me.”

Kevin Warsh

Melania Trump

The files include a 2002 email from Trump’s wife, Melania Trump, to Maxwell about a magazine piece on Epstein. “You look great,” the email says.

Bill Gates

The documents indicate Gates and Epstein met repeatedly after Epstein’s prison term to discuss expanding the Microsoft

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founder’s philanthropic efforts. They also include pictures of the Microsoft founder posing with women whose faces are redacted. Gates has said the relationship was confined to philanthropy-related discussions and has said it was a mistake to meet with him.

Jes Staley

The former JPMorgan and Barclays

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executive is listed as a participant in Epstein-hosted gatherings. He exchanged around 1,200 emails with Epstein between 2008 and 2012, some of which contained discussions about Disney characters and photographs of young women, according to court documents. Staley has denied knowing about Epstein’s criminal activities. He was banned from the UK financial industry and has been sued by JPMorgan, which claims he concealed information about Epstein’s misconduct.

Peter Mandelson

Peter Attia

Brad Karp

Borge Brende

Casey Wasserman

Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit

The spouse of the heir to Norway’s throne apologized for her extensive email correspondence with Epstein, saying she showed poor judgment.

Ariane de Rothschild

The head of the family-owned Edmond de Rothschild Swiss bank agreed to multiple meetings with Epstein in New York and Paris before his 2019 arrest, emails show. They do not contain any sign of criminal wrongdoing, and a spokesperson for the bank said she had no knowledge of his conduct.

Kathy Ruemmler

Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer, a former White House counsel to Democratic President Barack Obama, accepted gifts from Epstein and gave him public relations advice between 2014 and 2019, emails show. She says she dealt with him as a defense attorney and was not aware of any ongoing criminal conduct.

—Reporting by Andy Sullivan in Washington; Editing by Craig Timberg, Will Dunham and Matthew Lewis