New administration people visiting: Epstein's mail to Bill Gates after Trump's 2016 win
India Today
The latest tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice revealed an email sent by him to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, in which the sex offender mentioned "new administration people visiting" a month after Donald Trump's first presidential win in 2016.
Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein invited Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates to his island, Little Saint James, saying people from the "new administration" were visiting him. The email, sent in December 2016, seemingly indicated those from Donald Trump's team during his first term, considering he was elected as the President of the US a month before that.
"Come to visit the island. New administration people visiting," the email read.
Trump, who became the President of the US for the second time after defeating Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2020 elections, had earlier said that he had severed ties with Jeffrey Epstein in the early 2000s. However, it cannot be ascertained whether Epstein was indeed talking about the Trump administration.
The email exchanges are part of the fresh tranche of documents associated with Epstein and released by the US Justice Department. These also come at a time when senior members of the Trump administration are facing renewed scrutiny over their links to the sex offender. Earlier this week, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed that he had lunch with Epstein at the latter's island in 2012, contradicting his previous claims about severing ties with the paedophile years before his conviction.
"I did have lunch with him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation," Lutnick testified on Capitol Hill. "My wife was with me, as were my four children and nannies...We had lunch on the island. That is true. For an hour."
Lutnick's remarks came after his visit was revealed in the latest Epstein files. However, the White House has thrown its weight behind the US Commerce Secretary, saying he had the full backing of Trump.
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