Billionaire with Epstein ties emerges as top Dem donor bankrolling ads weaponizing disgraced financiers files
Billionaire with Epstein ties emerges as top Dem donor bankrolling ads weaponizing disgraced financiers files
Reid Hoffman, the billionaire co-founder of LinkedIn who has faced scrutiny over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, was among the largest donors to House Majority PAC, a key Democratic fundraising group that is now using Epstein-themed ads to target GOP candidates, according to Federal Election Commission filings released last week.
In recent weeks, HMP has begun spending heavily as Election Day nears, pressing the case that Republicans have failed to make good on promises to bring transparency to Epsteins child sex trafficking activities and whether he facilitated illegal sexual encounters for others. The filings do not identify which donor funds were used for specific advertisements, but Hoffmans contribution came as HMP ramped up spending on Epstein- focused ads just two weeks ahead of election night.
In one such campaign, HMP targeted Rep. Nick Begich, R-Alaska, over his vote against a procedural motion that would have advanced consideration of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Begich later voted in favor of the legislation, which passed with near-unanimous support.
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"How did Jeffrey Epstein hide it? He was protected by the elites — elites like Nick Begich. Begich voted against releasing the Epstein Files, trying to hide the truth. Alaskans need someone who cares more about bringing down costs than protecting a rapist," the ad claims.
The legislation, which became law in November 2025, requires the Justice Department to release records related to Epstein, with some protections to conceal the identity of his victims.
HMP has spent $543,300 on the ad campaign, according to FEC records.
But the group has also targeted races in a number of other battleground states, spending $ 480,000 in Iowas Second Congressional District, $ 2.06 million in Pennsylvanias 1st District, $550,150 in Arizonas 2nd District and $628,000 in Pennsylvanias 8th Congressional District. All the ads launched within the past week, according to ADMO, an advertising- tracking service.
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At least one Republican argued that Hoffmans ties to Epstein made his contribution — and HMPs Epstein-focused ads — hypocritical.
"Democrats have no problem with money in politics so long as it benefits their own campaign, even if it comes from certified perverts like Reid Hoffman who maintained a relationship with Epstein after his conviction," Natalie Baldassarre, a spokesperson for the Republican National Committee (RNC), said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"Democrats have no morals when power and money are on the line, and theyll take both from anyone willing to write a check."
For many years, Epstein and Hoffman exchanged correspondence and gifts. They also helped raise money for MITs Media Lab. According to records made public through the DOJs Epstein Files library, Hoffman joined Epstein at his private island and visited him at his residence in New York.
