Businessman Elon Musk, owner of the social network The statement was made in response to a publication by political commentator Matt Walsh on X, in which he criticized the fact that victims of the Epstein case did not publicly disclose the names of their attackers, despite, according to him, claiming to know those involved.
“I will pay for the defense of anyone who tells the truth about this and is prosecuted for doing so,” Musk wrote.
Walsh published the comment when sharing a post by journalist Jim Acosta about an ad shown during the Super Bowl, in which survivors of the Epstein case say they will not “move forward” without full disclosure of files related to the sex trafficking ring.
The debate comes after the United States Department of Justice released, at the end of January, another millions of pages of documents about the Epstein case, which began to be analyzed this week by members of Congress.
Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 in Florida to state charges involving sexual exploitation of minors and died in 2019 in a New York prison while awaiting trial for federal sex trafficking. Authorities say he committed suicide.
Investigations indicate that Epstein had social relationships with several public figures. Musk appears in the files in exchanges of messages with the financier. In addition to him, other names such as the President of the United States, Donald Trump, former President Bill Clinton and the current Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, are also included in the files.
Musk denies that he visited Epstein’s private island or participated in any illegal activity linked to the financier.
