I'm constantly surprised by how these emails show off that Epstein is kinda dumb. You hear a lot about billionaires being smart, and I at least expected maintaining his criminal ring going for so many years would require some smarts. Instead he has the arrogance to write and send emails with the intellectual depth of stoned conversations in a bar. Money really is everything.

“As usual i don’t have to agree but will support your decisions, congratulations,” Epstein replies. (Krauss recently told Nature, in response to questions about his interactions with Epstein, that he did not know about the “horrendous crimes” Epstein was accused of and that he was “as shocked as the rest of the world when Epstein was arrested.”)

Erm, just in case some people don't know about alleged sexual harasser Lawrence Kraus and don't want to leave with the wrong impression:

Most of the Krauss-related emails illustrate a friendship that spanned Epstein’s initial legal problems and the misconduct complaints against Krauss.

Krauss shared with Epstein his comments to the Daily Beast for a 2011 story defending Epstein.

“If anything, the unfortunate period he suffered has caused him to really think about what he wants to do with his money and his time, and support knowledge,” Krauss said at that time.

“Jeffrey has surrounded himself with beautiful women and young women, but they’re not as young as the ones that were claimed. I don’t feel tarnished in any way by my relationship with Jeffrey; I feel raised by it,” he said.

And both men gave passing acknowledgement to the sexual misconduct allegations that had derailed their lives and others.

In an April 2018 email, Epstein sent Krauss the long list of expected participants in an upcoming “Women in the World Summit,” promising “a power-packed agenda of remarkable female newsmakers sharing their stories of male misbehaviors.”

Krauss responded, “Let’s do a men of the world conference.” He then identified four men who faced allegations of sexual misconduct: Clinton, the actor Kevin Spacey, former Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota, and director Woody Allen.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/18/physicist-asked-epsteins-advice-accused-sexual-misconduct/87336945007/