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Dhruv Mehrotra
@dmehro.bsky.social
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Data Journalism and Investigations at Bloomberg. Previously: WIRED, Center for Investigative Reporting, Gizmodo, eyebeamnyc. Tips: [email protected] or securely @dmehro.89 on Signal
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.

It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.com · 2d
How Debt Collectors Spin Riches from Zombie Home Loans www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

A new investigation from Bloomberg using exclusive #DDoSecrets exposes how debt collectors and the housing industry take advantage of people
How Debt Collectors Spin Riches from Zombie Loans
Bloomberg News obtained a trove of internal records from one debt collector that reveals how the industry uses large bills and threats of foreclosure to blindside homeowners across the US.
www.bloomberg.com
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Surya Mattu @suryamattu.com · 13d
NEW: Jeffery Epstein's emails, obtained by Bloomberg news, shine a freshlight on how the disgraced financier's elite network supported him as investigators closed in.
🎁 LINK: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In
A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his “hour of terror.”
www.bloomberg.com
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 13d
NEW: The latest story from the 18,000+ emails in Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo inbox: beyond his ties to the elite, a quieter circle proved crucial as state and federal investigations began.

Insane reporting from @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson, and team.

Free link:
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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 13d
NEW

WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.

This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it

www.wired.com/story/oral-h...
The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers
WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.
www.wired.com
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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 17d
If you know other cases where DHS/ICE and other agencies demanded data about an activist's online accounts, I'm still digging. My Signal is shawnmusgrave.82
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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 19d
Scoop: DHS is trying to unmask Instagram accounts that named and shamed federal agents. One activist just filed a motion to quash the subpoena which was sent to Meta in early Sept. theintercept.com/2025/09/18/d...
The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents
StopICE.net filed a motion to quash a subpoena about an Instagram video that identified a Border Patrol agent.
theintercept.com
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 15d
NEW: Here's our report on the "SIM farm" the Secret Service discovered, which hopefully helps better explain what the hell is up with all this. @agreenberg.bsky.social, @lhn.bsky.social, & @mattburgess1.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/sim-fa...
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 15d
NEW: CBP has been funneling DNA from US citizens—including kids—into the FBI’s crime database. Nearly 2,000 Americans swabbed, many with no charges. Once for violent offenders, CODIS is becoming a mass-surveillance archive.

analysis by @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social
DHS Has Been Collecting US Citizens’ DNA for Years
Newly released data shows Customs and Border Protection funneled the DNA of nearly 2,000 US citizens—some as young as 14—into an FBI crime database, raising alarms about oversight and legality.
www.wired.com
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 16d
Our story about treatment delays and life-threatening incidents in ICE facilities is cited by ~30 US senators in a letter to Noem, urging her to "cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances."

www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
September 18, 2025 The Honorable Kristi Noem Secretary of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security 2707 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave SE Washington, DC 20528 Secretary Noem: We write to express grave concerns about the prevalence and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. A recent Senate Judiciary Committee site visit and media reports point to the alarming detention of a significant number of pregnant women in ICE custody. We urgently request that ICE cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances and that the agency provide information about the number and treatment of pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women in its custody. Medical research links ICE detention to high rates of pregnancy complications, with physicians finding serious risks to both fetal and maternal health. These already serious risks are heightened by the deteriorating conditions inside detention facilities, including severe overcrowding, reports of inadequate food and water, and lack of emergency medical care.4 According to one media investigation, since January 2025, at least four 911 calls have been recorded from ICE detention facilities involving pregnant women in “distress, bleeding or suffering severe pain”– including one involving a facility staff member.
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 19d
Just got a great set of emails from the FBI.
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Kevin Collier @kevincollier.bsky.social · 20d
New from me: Filings from a Virginia lawsuit offer a rare insight into how often Flock automatic license plate readers track people going about their daily lives: Multiple times a day, and hundreds over a period of a few months this year.
Police cameras tracked one driver 526 times in four months, lawsuit says
Flock Safety says it has become “the largest public-private safety network” in the country.
www.nbcnews.com
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austinkocher.com
Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 20d
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes ICE Arrest Data Accessible to More People

New dashboard makes Deportation Data Project data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.

austinkocher.substack.com/p/new-immigr...
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard Makes Deportation Data Project Data Accessible to More People
New Immigration Enforcement Dashboard makes ICE arrest data accessible through interactive visualizations, bridging the gap between complex datasets and public understanding.
austinkocher.substack.com
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 27d
Want a peak behind the curtain related to our exclusive @business story on Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein's emails and what happened after @harrynwilson.bsky.social reached out to him?

Read this

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Story Behind the Story of Mandelson’s Epstein Emails
At 3:36 p.m. London time on Monday, Bloomberg News sent a 2,000-word email to Peter Mandelson, then Britain’s ambassador to the US, seeking comment on emails he had exchanged with Jeffrey Epstein.
www.bloomberg.com
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
If you are curious how we vetted the emails, we have you covered:

w/ @jeffykao.bsky.social and @suryamattu.com
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 27d
Bloomberg reports that Epstein consulted Ghislaine on what state charge he should plead to.

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Question,” Epstein wrote to Maxwell on May 23, 2008. “Which one do you prefer,,, lewd and lscivious conduct ,, or procuring minors for prostituion.” At the time, he and his star-studded team of defense lawyers were closing in on a generous plea deal with federal and state officials in Florida, and Epstein was trying to negotiate the state charges to which he’d plead guilty. Maxwell’s response was matter-of-fact: From: gmax <gmax[REDACTED]> To: J. Epstein <jeeproject@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, May 23 2008 3:22 PM Subject: Re: I suppose Lewd and lecivious conduct..I would prefer lewd and lescivious conduct w/a prositute if possible
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
Yikes I meant @jeffykao.bsky.social
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
All of this is brought to you by a dream team of @jasonleopold.bsky.social , @jeffkao.bsky.social , @suryamattu.com, Ava Benny-Morrison , Harry Wilson, and Max Abelson.

It’s also my first story for Bloomberg

Tips: dmehro.89 on Signal or [email protected]
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
TLDR version: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Key Takeaways from Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s Emails
Bloomberg News obtained over 18,000 messages to and from the disgraced financier, revealing the deep ties to the people around him.
www.bloomberg.com
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
This inbox isn’t just about Epstein and Maxwell.

It’s a window into how money, access, and loyalty helped protect a serial abuser

This is just one story in a series based on the cache. More to come

Read it here: www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
The inbox is surreal. Epstein made more than 600 Amazon purchases, including:

• A leather bullwhip
• Girls’ school uniforms
• A prostate massager
• An FBI agent costume
• Size 12 Crocs
• Nilla Wafers
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
Maxwell told the DOJ she stepped away from Epstein around 2003.

But the emails show that they were emailing almost every day, even as he prepared to serve his 2008 jail sentence.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
One email attachment, a spreadsheet, tracked nearly $2 million in spending:

• A $71K Lexus for Alan Dershowitz
• A $35K watch for a top Clinton aide
• Lingerie and wire transfers to teenage girls
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
He and Maxwell tried to have a baby in secret.

She helped distribute $1.8 million in gifts and wire transfers to underage girls and powerful men.

They coordinated efforts to discredit women who came forward.

And she nurtured Epstein’s ties to the world’s elite.
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 27d
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.

It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 28d
Story by Harry Wilson and me and a dream reporting team: @jeffkao.bsky.social Ava Benny-Morrison @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson and @dmehro.bsky.social
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 28d
EXCLUSIVE: @bloomberg.com has obtained more than 100 previously undisclosed emails between UK Ambassador Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 through 2010 that reveal Mandelson's steadfast support for Epstein after Epstein was charged with sex crimes

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
UK Ambassador Told Epstein ‘I Think the World of You,’ Emails Reveal
Peter Mandelson, the prominent Labour politician who was named British ambassador to the US this year, expressed steadfast support and offered to discuss Epstein’s now-infamous 2008 case with his cont...
www.bloomberg.com
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