A social media post claiming to list how many times UK political party leaders are mentioned in the Epstein files has been fact-checked. The post said Nigel Farage was mentioned 37 times, Sir Keir Starmer 26 times, Jeremy Corbyn four times, Kemi Badenoch twice, and Sir Ed Davey once. However, being mentioned in the files is not an indicator of any wrongdoing.
Analysis by the Press Association of the US Department of Justice’s Epstein Library shows the names often appear in newsletters, news articles, article links, and news briefings that were discussed or forwarded. Many results are duplicates, repeating the same email conversations because the DoJ “erred on the side of over-collecting materials”.
For Nigel Farage, 21 of the 37 mentions come from a single 2018 email conversation between former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and Epstein, where Farage’s name appears in a translated news article. All results for Sir Keir Starmer are from 2024 and 2025, after Epstein’s death in 2019, with 16 results from duplicate versions of a 2025 email chain with largely redacted senders and recipients.
Jeremy Corbyn appears in a newsletter discussing his Labour leadership and in a personal email to Epstein from a redacted sender who wrote: “Oh and if Corbyn becomes PM we are moving to Portugal”. Kemi Badenoch is not directly mentioned; her name appears within a link to a news article in a set of emails. Sir Ed Davey’s name appears in a 2013 newsletter sent to Epstein, mentioning his role as energy secretary attending a UN climate conference.
The US Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2024, requiring the DoJ to publish all unclassified records related to Epstein. The DoJ has released 3.5 million pages so far, including 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, with the latest release on January 30. A statement noted that the production “may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos”.
