The list of personalities splashed by the Epstein affair has only grown since the publication by the American Department of Justice of a new massive salvo of documents linked to the sulphurous child molester. Among the names appearing in these new files: Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, Mette-Marit from Norway and Jack Lang.

Published on: 06/02/2026 - 10:01

The US Department of Justice made public, on January 30, a new series of documents in the Epstein affair: some 3 million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 photos, which highlighted numerous names of political figures and influential personalities. Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin, Mette-Marit of Norway, Jack Lang, Marine Le Pen... If the appearance of these names in no way prejudges any complicity in the child trafficking of Jeffrey Epstein, the massive dissemination of this information, truncated and disparate, in any case fuels conspiracy theories.

Donald Trump's proximity to Jeffrey Epstein, without proven proof of participation in his crimes at the moment, however, remains the burning and unresolved point of this sprawling and particularly complex affair.

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