Finally! A Friday news drop we can all get behind.
A breakfast appointment with MAGA leader Steve Bannon. A planned lunch with billionaire Peter Thiel. A mention of billionaire Elon Musk potentially coming to the "island," with the notation "is this still happening?"
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released documents today from Jeffrey Epstein's estate that mention a number of high-profile figures, including Musk, Thiel, Bannon, Prince Andrew and Microsoft founder Bill Gates.
The six pages of documents released by Democrats include parts of Epstein's daily schedule in 2014, 2017 and 2019, a flight manifest from 2000 with Epstein and Prince Andrew's names on it and a ledger that twice lists massages for "Andrew" in 2000.
The GOP-controlled Committee's official X account accused Democrats of selectively releasing records.
"This is old news," the Committee wrote. “It's sad how Democrats are conveniently withholding documents that contain the names of Democratic officials. Once again they are putting politics over victims."
So…vote to release them all then. We the people are waiting. We don’t care which party is potentially implicated.
"We are releasing them all soon," the Committee added of the new batch of records.
We’ll believe when we see it.
The records released Sept. 26 by Democrats indicate Epstein had a "tentative breakfast" scheduled with Gates on Dec. 5, 2014. They also show a 7 a.m. breakfast scheduled with Bannon on Feb. 16, 2019, and a noon lunch scheduled with Thiel on Nov. 17, 2017.
Bannon was White House chief strategist during the early part of Trump's first term.
The co-founder of PayPal, Thiel has donated to conservative causes, including heavy contributions to VP Vance’s 2022 U.S. Senate race.
Under the date Dec. 6, 2014, Epstein's schedule states: "Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)"
Questions surrounding who visited the island have been a recurring theme of the Epstein saga.
Did Musk want to go to the island for the fishing?
Prince Andrew has been ostracized by his association with Epstein. Settling a sex abuse lawsuit filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre in 2019 was not a good look.
Musk helped power Trump's victory in 2024, spending nearly $290M to help the president and Republicans get elected. He became one of Trump's closest advisers during the early days of his second administration.
“I never had the privilege of going to his island, and I did turn it down, but a lot of people in Palm Beach were invited to his island," Trump said July 28. “In one of my very good moments, I turned it down. I didn't want to go to his island.”
This is all too creepy. Guilt by association is a real thing. So why stonewall if you’re innocent?
As time goes by, it’s going to be harder and harder for us to believe innocence when it’s obvious there’s some sort of huge coverup going on.