Epstein Emails Reveal Musk's Shocking Island Invites

Glover still believed Epstein could help rescue a possible deal that Musk had announced without proper assurances. "I shared publicly available information about the company, with the intent that Epstein would advise the Saudis to hold steady on their commitment to Musk to take the company private," she tells WIRED. "I was trying to encourage him to weigh in with the Saudis to keep their word to Musk." In an August 13 message to Epstein, Glover estimated that they'd need a maximum of $10 billion in cash for the deal, saying that this was "solely my own opinion." A few hours later, Epstein relayed this figure to financial reporter Landon Thomas Jr., then at The New York Times, framing it as a number that came straight from Musk: "elon said they need less than 10b in cash," he wrote.