“Noam. I d love your advice on how I handle my putrid press,” Epstein wrote, adding that media coverage was “spiralling out of control”.
“Do I have someone write an op ed?” Epstein asked. “defend myself? or try to ignore. realizing that mobs are dangerous.”
A reply from an account labelled in the documents as Noam Chomsky reads: “What the vultures dearly want is public response, which then provides a public opening for an onslaught of venomous attacks, many from just publicity seekers or cranks of all sorts.”
“That’s particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder,” the email added.
The documents also appear to show that the couple turned to the financier for advice on interest payments, and how to communicate with their children about their finances.
“N wants to send the letter below to his children,” an email address identified as Valeria Chomsky wrote in September 2017. “Suggestions? Something to add?”
“Feel free to suggest. We trust you,” the email concluded.
Correspondence between Epstein and Chomsky also featured in previous document releases. Files released last year showed the pair exchanged several messages over the years and Epstein invited him to stay at his homes.
In an undated letter of support included in the trove of emails, Chomsky said the two had held “many long and often in-depth discussions”.
