Report: Elon Musk hits back after his name appeared in the Epstein files

 Elon Musk has denied any involvement with disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein after his name came up in reports associated with newly released documents. Partial records associated with Epstein were released on Friday by Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which included a mention of Musk, seemingly scheduled to visit the island on December 6, 2014.

In response to an article on the release, which said 'Elon Musk and Prince Andrew named in latest Epstein files release', the SpaceX founder wrote on X: 'Shame on Sky News for this utterly misleading headline. 'Anyone pushing this false narrative deserves complete contempt. Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED, yet they name me even before Prince Andrew, who did visit'.

Musk also hit back at a Forbes article that claimed he had planned a trip to the island, writing on X: 'This is false'. The documents, which included phone messages, flight logs, financial ledgers, and Epstein's daily schedule, including mention figures such as Musk, billionaire Peter Thiel, Trump ally Steve Bannon , Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and Prince Andrew .

One of the documents revealed Epstein's schedule for the first week of December 2014 with a reminder that read: 'Elon Musk to island Dec. 6 (is this still happening?)'. A note on December 5 read: 'TBD TENTATIVE BREAKFAST Party w/Bill Gates (invited Ron Baron and Josh Harris... awaiting reply)'. Epstein had also noted breakfast plans with Bannon and lawyer Reid Weingarten on February 16, 2019, in New York, as well as lunch plans on November 27, 2017, with Thiel.

The unveiled records included redacted flight logs and a passenger manifest that noted Prince Andrew would be flying with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein, two redacted names, a man named Adam Perrylang, and a bodyguard from New Jersey to Florida. Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Musk, Theil, Bannon, and Gates for comment.

Musk has vehemently denied having a relationship with Epstein and even revealed that Donald Trump's name was on the list when he left his position as the chief of the Department of Government Efficiency in June. He later deleted the tweet and said it 'went too far,' but continued to publicly call on the administration to release the files

Musk wrote on X in July that the decision not to release the documents was 'a cover up (obviously), in response to a tweet that called the controversy a 'hoax'. 'How can people be expected to have faith in Trump if he won’t release the Epstein files?' he said in a separate tweet. Musk also responded to a post from journalist James O'Keefe that read: 'With Epstein there's either nothing else there. OR The revelations contained therein could bring down the entire Government'. 'So many powerful people want that list suppressed,' Musk replied.