Overview
- Emails published by the House Oversight Committee include exchanges between Landon Thomas Jr. and Jeffrey Epstein from 2016–2017.
- In a June 1, 2016 message, Thomas told Epstein that author John Connolly was calling about a book project and wrote, “I told him you were a hell of a guy.”
- A September 27, 2017 email shows Thomas notifying Epstein that Connolly was “digging around again,” asking about Epstein’s hiring of Ken Starr and possible Trump-related angles.
- The correspondence includes Thomas’s concerns about the 2016 race, asking “does he win?” and “Is he ever going to implode?,” with Epstein replying about voters and timing.
- Investigative reporter Daniel Boguslaw flagged the emails on X, and coverage also notes Thomas left the New York Times in 2019 after telling editors he sought a $30,000 donation from Epstein for a Harlem preschool.