Overview
- A newly released government cache shows Noam Chomsky telling Jeffrey Epstein to avoid media “vultures” and ignore “putrid press,” calling the coverage “horrible.”
- The exchange occurred in February 2019, months before Epstein’s July arrest and his death in custody in August.
- A 2016 email thread shows Epstein inviting Chomsky to New York or the Caribbean as Chomsky thanked him for “care packages” and said he was “fantasizing” about the island.
- A 2019 note from Chomsky’s wife, Valeria, to Steve Bannon copied Epstein and described Epstein as “a very dear friend.”
- Reporting cites earlier evidence of post‑2008 contact, including a photo of Chomsky seated next to Epstein on a plane, and cautions that names in the files do not by themselves indicate wrongdoing.