Was there an email thread with Elon Musk and Jeffrey Epstein discussing an "epic island vacation" included in the latest release from the "Epstein Files" as implied by a viral image? No, that's not true: No email with the phrase "epic island vacation" appears in the released documents. The phrase "deal withthis . thanyou" visible in the image doesn't appear in any of the documents either.
An example of an image with the alleged email appeared in a post on X (archived here) published on January 31, 2026 with a comment that read:
>invite yourself to the jeff's diddy blud party >he frantically forwards it to ghislaine and asks her to deal with it >she tells him the parties are gone forever lol lmao
This was the image in the post:
(Image source: post by @XJosh on x.com)
The text in the purported email read:
FROM: G
TO: Elon Musk <
SUBJECT: RE: FWD: epic island vacation
I'm so sorry, Elon! You just missed J E. He actually told me he was thinking of winding down the entire Little St. James operation. Bummer! If it starts up again we'll be sure to let you know.
> FROM: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>"
> TO: G
> SUBJECT: FWD: epic island vacation
>
deal with this.
thanyou
>> FROM: Elon Musk <
>> TO: Jeff E <[email protected]>
>> SUBJECT: epic island vacation
told me you were planning >> Hi Jeff! I was thinking of flying down for an epic vacation.. a party. (girls FTW!) I cleared my calendar. What are the details? Thank you good sir.
>>-E
A search of the files released by the Department of Justice in the Epstein case via https://www.justice.gov/epstein shows there are several documents, including emails, that contain the name "Elon" (search results archived here):
(Image: screenshot of a search on https://www.justice.gov/epstein for "Elon")
However, similar searches for the phrases "epic island vacation" and "thanyou" that appear in the screenshot do not return any results, indicating no such email thread was part of the release:
(Image: screenshot of a search on https://www.justice.gov/epstein for "epic island vacation")
(Image: screenshot of a search on https://www.justice.gov/epstein for "thanyou")
