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Total Mentions
484
Documents
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Connected Entities
City in and county seat of Wayne County, and largest city in State of Michigan, United States
Watch: Detroit in the Epstein files
1:07Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.
Detroit appears in 484 documents in the archive, but almost always as a place named in news coverage, not as a subject of the Epstein case. Most of the substantive records are law-enforcement news roundups from 2020, covering the Whitmer kidnapping plot, UAW corruption cases and local crime. The files show no direct link between Epstein and Detroit.
The strongest-looking appearances are in legal, government and investigation records, but these are mostly compiled news summaries of federal law-enforcement stories. They mention Detroit-area FBI raids, the Whitmer kidnapping-plot case, the UAW corruption probe, Detroit federal prosecutors, and the FBI Detroit office's comments on Jimmy Hoffa. Other mentions are incidental: an antitrust case over ice-customer allocation in the Detroit area, a law firm's office list that includes Detroit, a lawyer's training-venue list that includes Recorder's Court in Detroit, and a comparison of prostitution in Detroit and Tijuana in one legal document. Most of the 484 documents are emails (320). Many of those are newsletters and press clippings, for example Nahmad Contemporary art newsletters sent to Epstein's own Yahoo account that list a Richard Prince show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. None of the emails has Detroit in the From/To/Cc header, which is expected for a place.
Key Highlights
- •Detroit is a place name, so there is no correspondence to or from it. Zero emails carry it in a header.
- •The government and legal documents that mention Detroit are largely compiled news summaries about unrelated 2020 federal cases, including the Whitmer kidnapping plot, the UAW corruption probe, Detroit gun-crime policy and a Hoffa lead.
- •One legal document mentions Detroit in a passing comparison of prostitution there and in Tijuana. The context there is a writer's opinion, not a finding about any person.
- •Epstein's own Yahoo account received Nahmad Contemporary art newsletters in November and December 2019 that mention the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit exhibition 'Richard Prince: Portraits'. This is a mass mailing, not evidence of a visit.
- •Other mentions come from reprinted articles: Elmore Leonard as the 'Dickens of Detroit', Detroit's bankruptcy, a Detroit-based startup acquired by Bosch, and Detroit as a comparison point for Boulder.
- •The high 'shared document' counts with Epstein, Trump, Bush and Giuffre mostly reflect how many documents mention Detroit, not any link between those people and the city.
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Document Mentions (20 of 484)
EFTA00005971 - EFTA00005993
5 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
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5 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
9 But do I have to cut my nails? Once I was hired to present a massage work- shop at a huge annual convention of nail technicians (manicurists) in Detroit. I never knew so many manicurists existed before. Demonstrating some basic massage moves on the feet of one class member, I then told them to exc
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5 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
erque °Anchorage °Atlanta =Baltimore =Birmingham °Boston. °Buffalo °Charlotte °Chicago °Cincinnati °Cleveland oColumbia °Dallas °Denver =Detroit =El Paso °FEHR) Honolulu o Houston o Indianapolis Jackson o Jacksonville o Kansas City cm Knoxville o Las Vegas o Little Rock o Los Angel
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EFTA00007070 - EFTA00007085
5 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
where the "Billed Phone" call was sent or received. The letter represents the switch or market: Atlanta: (A, switch 1) (B, switch 2) Dallas: (L) Detroit: (D) Florida: (M,I) (N,2) (O, 3) (P.4) Tampa: (7) Sacramento: (Si) San Francisco: (F, switch 1) (G, switch 2) The 1" number represents the sector
Page: EFTA00007085 →where the "Billed Phone" call was sent or received. The letter represents the switch or market: Atlanta: (A, switch 1) (B, switch 2) Dallas: (L) Detroit: (D) Florida: (M,I) (N,2) (O, 3) (P.4) Tampa: (7) Sacramento: (Si) San Francisco: (F, switch 1) (G, switch 2) The 1" number represents the sector
Page: EFTA00007085 →where the "Billed Phone" call was sent or received. The letter represents the switch or market: Atlanta: (A, switch 1) (B, switch 2) Dallas: (L) Detroit: (D) Florida: (M,I) (N,2) (O, 3) (P.4) Tampa: (7) Sacramento: (Si) San Francisco: (F, switch 1) (G, switch 2) The 1" number represents the sector
Page: EFTA00007085 →072913 DN.pdf
2 mentionsHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021718 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021728
Jul 29, 2013Source: House Oversight Committee
ising Director Hedy Szabo, Business Manager What a city owes its residents Though it is the biggest city in - U.S. history to file for bankruptcy, Detroit is only one of 26 urban municipalities that have gone into bankruptcy or state receivership for fiscal insolvency since 2008. Detroit should draw att
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021726 →y of states, the federal government, the private sector and voters. It is all of them — all of us — who have a role to play in the stabilization that Detroit:is seeking through bank- ruptcy. All of us have a responsibil- ity to help them give basic health and safety real meaning, and to make this bankruptc
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021726 →EFTA01658113.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA01658113
our Constitution." Detroit Officials Would Welcome Federal Help To Combat Gun Crimes. The AP (7/23) reports, "The federal government wants to help Detroit fight violent crime, not patrol streets in search of protesters, city officials said Thursday." Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan "said Detroit hasn't expe
nd some other federal law enforcement organizations, "does not want to prevent lawful peaceful protests, which are protected by our Constitution." Detroit Officials Would Welcome Federal Help To Combat Gun Crimes. The AP (7/23) reports, "The federal government wants to help Detroit fight violent crime,
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EFTA00136050.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00136050
states/new-mexico/articles/2020-07-23/detroit-would-welcome- federal-help-to-combat-gun-crimes> (7/23) reports, "The federal government wants to help Detroit fight violent crime, not patrol streets in search of protesters, city officials said Thursday." Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan "said Detroit hasn't expe
and some other federal law enforcement organizations, "does not want to prevent lawful peaceful protests, which are protected by our Constitution." Detroit Officials Would Welcome Federal Help To Combat Gun Crimes. The AP <https://www.usnews.corn/news/best-states/new-mexico/articles/2020-07-23/detroit-w
EFTA00149896.pdf
2 mentionsEFTA00149896
nd some other federal law enforcement organizations, "does not want to prevent lawful peaceful protests, which are protected by our Constitution." Detroit Officials Would Welcome Federal Help To Combat Gun Crimes. The AP (7/23) reports, "The federal government wants to help Detroit fight violent crime,
our Constitution." Detroit Officials Would Welcome Federal Help To Combat Gun Crimes. The AP (7/23) reports, "The federal government wants to help Detroit fight violent crime, not patrol streets in search of protesters, city officials said Thursday." Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan "said Detroit hasn't expe
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025041 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025093
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
g America's broken house, not chasing around the world trying to fix everyone else's. The future of America isn't Cairo or Damascus; it's Chicago and Detroit. Aaron David Miller is a distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Article 3. Agence Global Can the United S
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
hanks to its college-town vibe and quick access to nature. “People think we have too much” development, said Bob Yates, a council member. “We’re not Detroit.” An eyebrow salon is surrounded by empty stores at Diagonal Plaza in Boulder. Photographer: Rachel Woolf/Bloomberg Though Yates, a former telecom
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1 mentionYAHOO_010824
ard Prince: Portraits Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit Until Jan. 5, 2020 more information (https://moc
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
ez ¢ Oracle has acquired Zenedge, an Aventura, Fla.-based cybersecurity solutions provider. www.zenedge.com ¢ Bosch has acquired Splitting Fares, a Detroit-based startup that provides ride- sharing platforms. www.splt.io ee De Fundraising ¢ EQT is seeking 10.75 billion euros ($13.2 billion) for a new
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NAHMAD CONTEMPORARY | NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2019
1 mentionYAHOO_005616
ard Prince: Portraits Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit Until Jan. 5, 2020 more information (https://moc
1 mention
ment. In K. Nelson (Chair), Children's memory for real-world events. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Meetings, Detroit, MI. Goodman, G. S., Haith, M. M., Guttentag, It, & Rao, S. (1982, April). Automatic processing of word meaning by bilingual children. Paper presen
Page: EFTA00018337 →EFTA00040879.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00040879
hed how the ruling applies to a separate House lawsuit seeking President Donald Trump's federal tax returns. [Continue Reading] Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI): "U-M doctor's accusers: University allowed horror show to go on for decades," David Jesse, March 05, 2020, 1:06 PM The University of Michigan
Sponsored
1 mention
nds like the info this guy wants to provide is old, so no rush. Thanks, From: Sent: Frida Janua 21 2022 3:42 PM Subject: Epstein stuff Meet from Detroit yourselves. M UT! as someone reaching out to him with info on Epstein y'all talk amongst FBI - New York Office Child Ex loitation and Human Tra
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1 mentionEFTA00065870
viding (1) 15:18 19:16 37:19 38:9 26:5 47:19,22 64:24 20:11,18 40:24 41:12 December (1) 48:11 document (32) 54:16 56:18 43:7 52:12 10:6 Detroit (1) 13:4,8,12,17 75:13 62:13,22 decide (1) 17:7 13:19,22 cop (1) 63:14 65:11 50:11 Developmen... 15:9 19:25 50:14 66:5,7 75:24 deductio
EFTA00073070.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00073070
iversity, Jerusalem Cornell University Washington Assn of Criminal Defense Lawyers Tennessee Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers Recorder's Court, Detroit 1988 California Judicial Studies (Judges) Washington Criminal Justice Training Committee (Police) ATLA, New York New York University Northwest
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EFTA00078835.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00078835
Inc., for participating in a conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition by allocating packaged-ice customers in southeastern Michigan and the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan area. McNulty had been an employee of Arctic Glacier, and was told of the conspiracy. Id. at 346-47. When he refused to par
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028675 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028727
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
g America's broken house, not chasing around the world trying to fix everyone else's. The future of America isn't Cairo or Damascus; it's Chicago and Detroit. Aaron David Miller is a distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Article 3. Agence Global Can the United State
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Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
266 docs266 co-mentions
George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009
158 docs158 co-mentions
Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
155 docs155 co-mentions
Virginia Giuffre
PersonAdvocate for sex trafficking victims (1983–2025)
143 docs143 co-mentions
Michigan
LocationState of the United States of America
141 docs141 co-mentions
Joe Biden
Person46th President of the United States (2021–2025)
138 docs138 co-mentions
Department of Justice
OrganizationUnited States Department of Justice, federal executive department responsible for law enforcement
133 docs133 co-mentions
LB
Leon Black
PersonAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1951)
130 docs130 co-mentions
Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
129 docs129 co-mentions
United States
LocationCountry located primarily in North America
128 docs128 co-mentions
Michael Jackson
PersonAmerican singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer (1958–2009)
126 docs126 co-mentions
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OrganizationAmerican privately held financial, software, data, and media company
126 docs126 co-mentions
Julie K. Brown
PersonAmerican journalist
125 docs125 co-mentions
Barack Obama
PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017
125 docs125 co-mentions
Atlanta
LocationCapital city of Georgia, United States
118 docs118 co-mentions
Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
116 docs116 co-mentions
Stephen Hawking
PersonBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)
107 docs107 co-mentions
Prince Charles
PersonKing of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms since 2022 (born 1948)
107 docs107 co-mentions
Eric Trump
PersonAmerican businessman and reality television personality (born 1984)
104 docs104 co-mentions
George Mitchell
PersonFormer U.S. Senator from Maine and special envoy, connected to Epstein through flight logs and social events
103 docs103 co-mentions