SA-born businessman Elon Musk. Picture: Frederic J Brown/AFP A fresh cache of files related to the investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein contains documents that reference President Donald Trump and other high-profile figures, including Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and British billionaire Richard Branson. Here are key details about mentions of the celebrities, none of whom have been accused of wrongdoing: The files included an FBI-compiled list of sexual assault allegations related to President Donald Trump — many of them involving anonymous callers and unverified tips.
The allegations — some secondhand — were sent to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center which receives information by phone and electronically. The document suggests that investigators followed up on a number of the tips. Some were deemed to lack credibility.
Trump has long denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein. In a statement accompanying Friday’s file dump, the Justice Department said: “Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false.” In a draft email among the documents, Epstein alleged Gates had engaged in extramarital affairs. In the mail, Epstein wrote that his relationship with Gates had ranged from “helping Bill to get drugs, in order to deal with consequences of sex with russian girls, to facilitating his illicit trysts, with married women.” Files show friendly relations between the two billionaires.
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