He did NOT claim never to have corresponded with Epstein. Instead he claimed that Epstein asked him to go the island and he refused. The files show the opposite to be true.
Still an absolutely enormous lie of the sort you would only tell if guilty.
Here it is in his own words. See above for one of several examples in the files illustrating how very untrue it is.
I looked into this long ago, and imo it doesn’t look as bad as you say.
Musk downplayed his correspondence and willingness to meet with Epstein to the point where you could argue Musk was lying, yes.
However, he did decline an invitation to the island in 2012/13, at first because Musk was looking for a party and thought this would be a peaceful island experience.
Eventually Musk declined because of logistics.
He did NOT claim never to have corresponded with Epstein. Instead he claimed that Epstein asked him to go the island and he refused. The files show the opposite to be true.
Still an absolutely enormous lie of the sort you would only tell if guilty.
Here it is in his own words. See above for one of several examples in the files illustrating how very untrue it is.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1972005867580281038