Epstein: 'I will send heli for you'

From:: Jeffrey Epstein
Date:: December 2013 (between 15 and 30 Dec 2013; exact date not given)
To:: Elon Musk
Subject:: Christmas and New Years

Excerpt. Only this much of the email has been made public.

[T]he 2 or 3 would be perfect. I will come and get you. [...] I will send heli for you

About this email

Epstein tells Musk January 2 or 3 would be perfect and that he will send a helicopter; Musk replied 'Thanks.'

Notes

Released by the U.S. Department of Justice on 2026-01-30 as part of the Epstein files. The text here is only what news outlets quoted from the DOJ PDFs; the DOJ files sit behind an age-verification page and could not be retrieved. Being named in the files is not evidence of wrongdoing. Musk's public response on X (31 Jan 2026): "I had very little correspondence with Epstein and declined repeated invitations to go to his island or fly on his 'Lolita Express', but was well aware that some email correspondence with him could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to smear my name." Email(s) sent TO Musk. The first sentence is as printed by the New York Post (bracketed capital is the Post's); 'I will send heli for you' is quoted by TIME and 404 Media and may be a separate message in the chain. Musk's reply per TIME: "Thanks."

Where it came from

Government release; attribution widely reported.

Personal, outside & personal. Tags: epstein-files, island-invitation

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