The name of filmmaker Mira Nair, the mother of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has surfaced in the latest batch of Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice on Friday, 30 January 2026.
According to reports, the documents include an email dated 21 October 2009, sent by publicist Peggy Siegel to late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The email refers to an afterparty hosted at the New York townhouse of Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted for her role in Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.
The afterparty was organised following a screening of Nair’s film Amelia. In the email, Siegel mentioned that the gathering was attended by several high-profile figures, including former US President Bill Clinton and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, along with Nair and others from the film and social circuit. Siegel reportedly described the reception to the film as lukewarm.
The newly released Epstein files are part of a larger cache of documents linked to the investigation into Epstein’s activities. The files reportedly contain testimonies from victims of sexual abuse, along with internal communications and emails that reference numerous well-known individuals. Among the names appearing in the documents are Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, current US President Donald Trump, and George Bush, though it remains unclear whether the reference is to former President George H W Bush.
The Epstein files comprise thousands of pages of records connected to federal investigations into Epstein, who died in custody in 2019. The Department of Justice began releasing the documents in December last year, following sustained political pressure and a legal deadline established under a law passed by the US Congress.
Source: OpIndia
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