Overview
- Emails from 2012 show Ghislaine Maxwell asking Jeffrey Epstein if they went fossil hunting with Jack Horner and “Bobby Kennedy” in North Dakota, and Epstein replying yes.
- Maxwell told Justice Department interviewers that Kennedy knew Epstein and that they went dinosaur bone hunting together in the Dakotas, according to transcripts and audio.
- Reporting identifies the outing as taking place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where collecting fossils without tribal permission is considered looting.
- Kennedy has not been accused of wrongdoing and has said he was unaware of Epstein’s abuse, previously acknowledging flights on Epstein’s jet including a family trip for fossil hunting.
- The latest DOJ document trove also spotlights ties between Epstein and other prominent figures, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Elon Musk, according to news reports.