From Elon Musk to the former Prince Andrew, a who's who of powerful men are named in Epstein files [View all]

Source: Associated Press

From Elon Musk to the former Prince Andrew, a who’s who of powerful men are named in Epstein files

By PHILIP MARCELO
Updated 10:23 PM EST, January 31, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — From tech titans to Wall Street power brokers and foreign dignitaries, a who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released Friday by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein.

Many have denied having close ties to the late financier, or at least having anything to do with his alleged sexual abuse of girls and young women that led to his arrest on sex trafficking charges.

None have been charged with a crime connected to the investigation. Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019. Yet some of them maintained friendships with Epstein, or developed them anew, even after he became known as a predator of young girls and registered sex offender.

Here’s a primer on some of the notable names in the Epstein files:

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• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
• Elon Musk
• Richard Branson — offered to help Epstein rehabilitate his image post-conviction
• Steven Tisch — mentioned 400 times
• Casey Wasserman — racy emails with Ghislaine Maxwell
• Ehud Barak — regular contact with Epstein but denies seeing any wrongdoing
• Howard Lutnick
• Sergey Brin — apparently broke off contact after Epstein's 2003 arrest
• Steve Bannon
• Miroslav Lajcak — national security advisor to Slovakian PM — just resigned