Literary agent and founder of Edge Foundation (3,016 documents). Epstein's intellectual GATEKEEPER connecting him to global scientific elite. FIFTH AMENDMENT invoked when asked about Edge Science dinners. TWO front admissions: 'I pay, he's the front' (Joi Ito at MIT) AND 'use Kahneman as a front.' Proposed selling 10% of Brockman Inc to Epstein for $10M. Edge Foundation received payments pre- AND post-conviction. Dinner with '5 MODELS who are the SERVING GIRLS.' Sent women to Epstein. Relayed Ehud Barak messages, connected Epstein to Bitcoin pioneers.
Key Findings
EFTA00582312: Ghislaine to Pritzker — dinner guest list includes '+ 5 MODELS who are the SERVING GIRLS' — Brockman, Jarecki, Mandelson, Black at dinner
EFTA00431306: Richard Dawkins alerts Brockman about Krauss/Epstein defense — Brockman told Dawkins 'his case is not as black as painted' — Brockman: 'I'll deal with Richard'
EFTA01246559: FIFTH AMENDMENT INVOKED in deposition when asked about Brockman and Edge Science dinners — next question was about escorting underage girls to massage room
EFTA00100420: SDNY PROSECUTORS identified photo with Brockman and person who 'was underage at the time' in 2002 — 'frequent flier on Epstein plane'
EFTA00480701: $60,000 total from 'Gratitude' (Epstein entity) to Edge Foundation Aug 2018 ($25K + $35K) — 11 months before arrest
EFTA00304853: FLIGHT LOG — Brockman + son Max + Nicolas Negroponte on Epstein private jet, Teterboro to Hanscom (near MIT/Harvard), March 2016
EFTA02502050: Epstein to Brockman: 'spoke to joi ito, we can do the dinner in your honor at MIT.. I pay hes the front' — using MIT as laundering front
EFTA00859299: Brockman pitching SOVEREIGN FUND acquisition of Brockman Inc via Epstein: 'net worth of 40 guests at my 2014 billionaires dinner was equal to combined wealth of 60% of all Americans'
EFTA01008148: Epstein feeds Brockman story to NYT's Landon Thomas Jr — Thomas: 'I knew it was Brockman. What a super cool story'
EFTA00630147: SciFoo 2016 — 'Brockman said nasty book/movie coming out on you?' — relaying intelligence to Epstein 8 years after conviction
EFTA00329322: CONFIDENTIAL Edge dinner at TED — 'Please keep this invitation, which is for you only, under the radar'
EFTA00418066: 'This is the girl...She is a John Brockman friend' — sending women to Epstein's home
EFTA00653870: Brockman to Epstein: 'You should connect for dinner with my girls - Cami and Michele' — pattern of connecting women
EFTA02441292: Brockman advising on Epstein's 7-CONFERENCE PLAN — core participants: Nowak, Church, Minsky, Summers, Barak, Staley, Dimon, Myhrvold — 'CONFIDENTIAL'
EFTA02501773: SECOND 'front' admission — Epstein to Brockman: 'i would fund your dinner quietly, you can use kahneman as a front so not as to invite bad publicity if you choose' — Daniel Kahneman as cover for Epstein funding
EFTA02496916: Brockman proposed selling 10% of Brockman Inc for $10M to Epstein — referenced 'private genetically-altered gene pool' and 'billionaires dinners' — 'the billionaires could not afford NOT to be there'
EFTA00192298: Edge Foundation received $25K (Oct 2001), $50K (Feb 2003) from Epstein — continued $50K payment in 2011 POST-CONVICTION
EFTA02718215: Brockman relaying messages from Ehud Barak to Epstein — 'Ehud says hi' (Nov 2014)
EFTA02687636: Nathan Myhrvold sent 30+ photos of 'Brockman TED dinner' to Epstein (March 2011)
EFTA02689465: Brockman connecting Epstein to 'bitcoin guys NYC' and Gavin Andresen (Bitcoin lead developer)
EFTA02594264: Epstein to Brockman: 'to your art event, would you like me to invite reid hoffman and peter thiel?' — Epstein inviting billionaires to Brockman's events
EFTA02510831: Epstein post-scandal: 'where does John Brockman stand on this? i was surprised to see my name on the edge.org' — Brockman kept Epstein's profile on Edge
EFTA02573628: Brockman asking Epstein for BUSINESS MERGER ADVICE — 'Having a meeting Wednesday with someone who wants to do a merger with Brockman, Inc' — treated Epstein as trusted business advisor
3,016 documents — served as intellectual GATEKEEPER connecting Epstein to global scientific elite via Edge Foundation
EFTA00853250/EFTA02496272: 'Prince Andrew treatment' — Brockman warned of press risk at Edge events, arranged friendly reporters to 'cover the event without mentioning you.' CONFIDENTIAL Master Class guest list included Bezos, Brin, Page, Church, Venter, Sean Parker, and General James Clapper (DNI) as special case. Epstein offered to fly Church and Pinker on his jet (Jun 2015).
EFTA02364089: Post-conviction (Dec 2011) Edge Annual Question invitation sent to Epstein alongside Bezos, Gates, Brin, Page, Musk, Zuckerberg, Schmidt, Sean Parker — kept registered sex offender on same distribution as world's top tech billionaires 3 years after conviction
EFTA02691029: Full Edge event confirmed guest list with Epstein (#10), Steven Pinker, Nick Pritzker, Sean Parker, Daniel Kahneman, Kevin Kelly, Jaron Lanier, Evan Williams. AWAITING: Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg
EFTA01863280: Epstein's response to Krauss criticism being forwarded by Dawkins: 'i have been in contact with krauss, he is not bothered at all.. just goes with the territory' — treated backlash for associating with convicted sex offender as routine
EFTA02463658: Brockman still introducing contacts to Epstein in 2016 — Rupert Sheldrake: 'I spoke to john brockman who said you used to be buddies' (May 2016)
EFTA02701982: Brockman brokered EPSTEIN–LOMBORG MEETING — emailed Bjorn Lomborg (climate contrarian, Copenhagen Consensus) directing him to 'Call Leslie Groff, Jeffrey's asst. to set up a meeting tomorrow. 9 East 71st Street' (Sep 24, 2012) — Epstein CC'd
EFTA01193594: Brockman to George Dyson (cc Epstein at jeevacation@gmail.com): 'Epstein's First Law: Know when you are winning' — birthday email with 'George Among The Oligarchs' prints sent to Freeman Dyson, Epstein, and others (Mar 2014) — Epstein casually embedded in intellectual social circle 6 years post-conviction