On Jun. 5, 2025,
Elon Musk posted on X that
Donald Trump appears in sealed Jeffrey Epstein files, without providing evidence.
Tesla shares fell 14 percent on Jun. 5, 2025, wiping $152 billion from market capitalization—the biggest single-day hit ever to Tesla.
On Jul. 18-19, 2025, Trump filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over Epstein birthday letter story.
DOJ Deputy Attorney General
Todd Blanche met with
Ghislaine Maxwell in Tallahassee on Jul. 24-25, 2025 for two days of interviews about Epstein.
On Aug. 5, 2025, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer subpoenaed DOJ and nine former officials including the Clintons, Comey, and Barr for Epstein-related testimony.
President Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act on Nov. 19, 2025, requiring DOJ to release all unclassified Epstein files within 30 days.
A YouGov/Economist poll from Feb. 2-4, 2025 found 51 percent of Americans believe Musk has a lot of White House influence, but only 13 percent want him to have that much power.
