Elon Musk has finally addressed reports that his name is included in a newly released batch of Epstein files.

Sharing a story from U.K. outlet Sky News, which ran with the simple headline “Elon Musk and Prince Andrew Named in the Latest Epstein Files Release,” the Tesla CEO fired off an enraged tweet.

“Shame on Sky News for this utterly misleading headline,” Musk wrote. “Anyone pushing this false narrative deserves complete contempt.”

“Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED,” Musk continued, “yet they name me even before Prince Andrew, who did visit.”

The “false narrative” in question is presumably Sky’s decision to float Musk’s name ahead of Andrew’s; the Daily Beast has reached out to Musk’s representatives for further clarification.

Musk’s name does indeed appear in the latest batch of documents released by Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

“Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)” reads a note found in a 2014 diary of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The revelation comes from a fresh haul of previously unreleased material pertaining to the Epstein investigation, which has continued to dog the Trump administration.

Musk has previously said that he was invited to Epstein’s compound on Little St. James in the Virgin Islands several times, but claims he turned down the offers.

In a statement to Vanity Fair in 2019, just days after Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, Musk confirmed that he had visited the disgraced financier’s Manhattan townhouse for about 30 minutes several years previously, but that “Epstein is obviously a creep.” He added, “He tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined.”

In an interview with the Department of Justice in August, British socialite and longtime Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking, said she first met Musk in 2010 or 2011, during a multi-day stay on a Caribbean island for Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s birthday.

She also said she later saw Musk at an Oscars event, seemingly referring to a Vanity Fair Oscars party on March 2, 2014, where she and Musk were photographed together. The aspiring trillionaire has previously explained that image by saying he did not know Maxwell and that she had “photobombed” him.

Maxwell did not have any knowledge of a deeper relationship between Epstein and Musk, but believed emails between the two men were uncovered during discovery.

In June, Musk, the former head of the Department of Government Efficiency, fell out with his buddy President Donald Trump in spectacular fashion. At the height of their spat, Musk wrote in a now-deleted tweet that Trump “is in the Epstein files.” He has since retracted the statement and apologized, saying that he “went too far.”

Others named in the latest round of Epstein file disclosures include Musk’s former colleague and right-wing billionaire, Peter Thiel, and Trump’s former chief strategist, Steve Bannon.

Further documents are expected to be released as Congress prepares to vote on a bipartisan bill that would require full disclosure in the Epstein case.

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    You don’t need to read this. We know who this guy is. He’s a pedophile just like all the others.

    Does anyone else remember how weird and out of left field it was that he called that diver that saved all those kids a “pedo”? Pepridge Farm remembers.

    It’s called projection, and it’s a kind of comically weird weakness evil people like him and Trump seem to suffer from.

    https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/15/elon-musk-british-diver-thai-cave-rescue-pedo-twitter

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    release all the files then. that will prove who is in the list because they touched kids or because they were approached by Epstein but refuses, but even then, if they know what happened, why did they kept it secret?

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    “I never visited that island with its dated room decor, poor WiFi signal and awful water pressure in the showers after 8am.”

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    Musk pulled his dick out in front of a woman and then said he would buy her a horse if she didn’t tell anyone.

    So we know for a fact that he’s willing to commit sex crimes and then manipulate people into staying quiet.

    Musk could rape on a plane without having to go to the island.

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    I honestly believe Musk this time. Even the evidence says “is this still happening?”

    That doesn’t excuse Musk for being the fascist who has caused the most damage to America. No one person is more responsible for enabling Trump, or intentionally controlling and pushing propaganda to the masses.

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        If calling someone a pedo is always projecting, you must be projecting right now.

        Obviously that’s not a sound argument.

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      “is this still happening” may suggest that he said yes and that Epstein wasn’t sure if he’ll still come, maybe did you a scheduling conflict or something. The word “still” in that sentence is potentially saying a lot. We also have lots of other evidence showing that Musk is a creep so there’s an established pattern.

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        Yeah, “is this still happening?” doesn’t make sense unless Musk agreed to it previously.

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      Yeah, between that and the fact that the photobombing is a standard tactic for these types of operations as well.

      Elon can still fuck off and die though.

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      Yeah, I don’t think he knew his name was in there, but this appears to be correspondence about him, not a detailed log of him coming and going or fifteen ways to get in touch with him or tons of video of them chumming it up or sending a wink wink little birthday card. I read the headline yesterday and my BS detector went off because he wouldn’t have said Trump was in the Epstein files if he was also in the Epstein files (in that way).

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    “I didn’t visit his island” has the same vibes as “I didn’t inhale” as far as denials go.

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      I’m a little less sure. I’m starting to have some (to me) obvious things click in on this.

      The one thing I’ve had a hard time with, even recognizing this was probably part-sex-trafficking-brothel and part blackmail-generator is why these people would do this knowing that nothing is ever truly secret, and that it’s becoming increasingly impossible for anything to be truly secret with the continuous onward march of technology.

      DNA alone presents multiple possibilities for how even a victim of a ring such as this could easily have blown the whistle which seems like an obvious deterrent. You can threaten people all you like, but then the cops DO show up you are still going to be in a cell like Epstein, with the same people wanting to kill you for what you know.

      And on Epsteins behalf - once you have sidled up to a member of the elite and dangled your pedo island at them and they say no - why on earth would it make sense for you to keep pushing someone (especially someone as wealthy and ostensibly powerful as Musk) over and over about it? The obvious response seems like it should be to hope they don’t immediately report you.

      So then how does it make sense? It’s all right here I think.

      “Reminder: Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)” reads a note found in a 2014 diary of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The revelation comes from a fresh haul of previously unreleased material pertaining to the Epstein investigation, which has continued to dog the Trump administration.

      Musk has previously said that he was invited to Epstein’s compound on Little St. James in the Virgin Islands several times, but claims he turned down the offers.

      In a statement to Vanity Fair in 2019, just days after Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges, Musk confirmed that he had visited the disgraced financier’s Manhattan townhouse for about 30 minutes several years previously, but that “Epstein is obviously a creep.” He added, “He tried repeatedly to get me to visit his island. I declined.”

      1. “C’mon out to the island man, it’s all bullshit for the suckers, they are all legal. But they look really young, and are all really hot. They are having the time of their lives getting to live like they are rich while fucking all these powerful people.”

      2. Mark accepts invitation.

      3. wild orgies ensue

      4. “Oh shit man, by the way, those were the real underage girls man. And we got that all on video. Yeah, even that part. That part too. And by the way, you clearly enjoyed it, so you might as well keep coming back.”

      5. One more powerful person pocketed.

      A person with nothing to fear in the files would be calling for their release. Which he has done.

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        It’s entirely possible he never went to the island. That doesn’t make Elon Musk a good person, and he hasn’t exactly earned the benefit of doubt.

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        why these people would do this knowing that nothing is ever truly secret, and that it’s becoming increasingly impossible for anything to be truly secret with the continuous onward march of technology.

        You have to remember that these aren’t the smartest people, and many of them truly believe they are untouchable (for good reason). I think a lot of it comes down to just pure hubris.

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        A person with nothing to fear in the files would be calling for their release.

        Or maybe a person with enough money to easily buy out any judge and jury in the world.

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          Maybe. Covering them up seems like it’s easier than damage control no matter what, but that kind of life is scifi to me.

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            Yeah, we can only speculate. Keep in mind, this is the guy who bought out Twitter because it was his favorite narrative platform.

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              He offered to buy it during an autistic tantrum at a stupid price then the courts and shareholders forced him to follow thru.

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    She also said she later saw Musk at an Oscars event, seemingly referring to a Vanity Fair Oscars party on March 2, 2014, where she and Musk were photographed together. The aspiring trillionaire has previously explained that image by saying he did not know Maxwell and that she had “photobombed” him.

    Didn’t Epstein also have a framed photo of him in his apartment?

    A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair

    Yes, he did

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    How this blackmail of politicians and the ivy league business class both in America and in the UK was allowed to ensnare our own politicians with no pushback from our domestic intelligence services is a scandal. Whomever ran the CIA from when they started this until now should be in fucking prison at best for presumably helping to compromise our leaders for ill foreign policy outcomes.

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      You have to wonder whether they allowed it to happen because they thought it could be useful.

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          Reminder that Robert Maxwell was a highly prized agent, to such an extent that when he “fell” off his yacht, the serving directors of all 6 major Israeli intelligence agencies attended his funeral.

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            The beginning of that dudes life was fucking crazy, he’d be a legendary figure in history if it weren’t for every other thing he did after WWII ended.

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    Call me biased, but I’m definitely on the ‘guilty until proven innocent’ side of things when it comes to this.

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      That’s the case with all of these people though. Like one of Epstein’s victims said in an interview this past week, asking these men to go before a court of law and explain why they’re in those files is not a “witch hunt.”

      ‘Find it in your heart to seek the truth’: Epstein survivor pushes for lawmakers to release files

      Letting them just skip doing the bare minimum though is insulting. You have money to blow on the most asinine bullshit. Hire yet another lawyer to come in and defend you. At least pretend to be held accountable for the victims sake. Given the way things are going, most likely, even if you’re guilty you’re still somehow innocent. Some people are just too big to fail because as always, some people count and some people don’t.