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Zubair Khan
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Watch: Zubair Khan in the Epstein files
1:14Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.
Zubair Khan is the CEO of the social-media analytics startup InsightsPod. The files show him emailing Jeffrey Epstein directly in late 2016 and early 2017, sending election forecasts based on Twitter data and pitching Epstein his business plan.
Most of the 56 documents are emails, and 18 have Khan in the From, To or Cc header. They show a business relationship between Khan and Epstein. From September to November 2016 Khan sent Epstein updates on the Trump–Clinton race drawn from InsightsPod's analysis of millions of tweets. In September 2016 he also sent Epstein the InsightsPod business plan. A separate group of emails from December 2016 to January 2017 involves Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff and an order for more of some product ("5 more sets"). Many of the 56 documents are duplicate copies or forwarded threads of the same few conversations, so the count overstates how many separate exchanges there were. No flight logs, legal filings, financial records or other non-email records mention him.
Key Highlights
- •Khan sent Epstein the "InsightsPod" business plan (prepared September 2016) on September 25, 2016. It describes the company as a tool to "Gather, Visualize, Analyze Public Opinion" from social media. The plan lists Khan as CEO, with prior experience as CEO of the IT security company Tranchulas and as an MBA candidate at Harvard. Epstein replied "Skype this week?", and in an October 8, 2016 thread he answered "yes" while the two arranged a Skype call.
- •From late September to early November 2016, Khan emailed Epstein election updates. He reported 943,338 tweets processed by September 27, 11 million by October 29, and 3 million in the week before November 4. His November 4 report said Trump was more popular in social-media sentiment. Epstein asked whether that accounted for "the electoral college".
- •On September 14, 2016, Epstein asked Khan, "what is your heat map showing for trump Clinton". This shows Epstein actively requesting the analysis, not just receiving it.
- •After the election, on November 11, 2016, Khan wrote that InsightsPod "got 11 right" out of 13 states. He first named New York and Wisconsin as misses, then corrected himself to say only Wisconsin was wrong. Epstein pushed back on the New York claim: "New York? How? It was hillary no doubt always".
- •In January 2017, Epstein told Khan and Groff, "I would like to pay and buy 5 more, in a bit larger shirt size." Groff separately wrote to Khan about "purchasing 5 more sets". The emails shown here don't say what the product was beyond the shirt-size reference, and Khan replied that he had sent details to Groff.
- •A February 18, 2017 email from Khan to Epstein says a close friend was "doing it for brands". The portion shown doesn't make clear what "it" refers to.
- •The statistical overlap with Donald Trump (17 shared documents) and Bill Clinton (12) comes from the election-forecast emails. The documents give no sign that Khan had contact with either man.
Frequently Asked Questions
Books for Further Reading
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
Julie K. Brown
Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open
Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
James Patterson
Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Bradley J. Edwards
Victims' attorney's firsthand account
Document Mentions (20 of 56)
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026626
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Importance: Hi Jeffrey, Zubair Khan a | 10/25/2016 9:07:53 AM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] US Presidential Election Update US_Report3.pdf; Untitled attachment 406272.htm High
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
DENTIAL InsightsPod Gather, Visualize, Analyze Public Opinion to make Intelligent Decisions Business Plan Prepared September 2016 Contact Information Zubair Khan www.insightspod.com HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028815 --- PAGE BREAK --- InsightsPod Table of Contents Executive Summary. Opportunity Expectations..... Opport
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1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028988 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029002
Source: House Oversight Committee
ll be based on opinion of people on social media. • Analyze and predict crime HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028997 --- PAGE BREAK --- InsightsPod founding Team • Zubair Khan (CEO) • CEO, Tranchulas - A multinational IT Security Company (10 Years) • Pursuing MBA from Harvard • Bachelors in Business IT from Curtin Universit
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031518
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Zubair Khan 11/11/2016 5:21:53 AM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Re: Importance: High Out of 13 states we got 11 right. The ones we got wrong are NY and WI.
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Zubair Khan 11/11/2016 6:34:29 AM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Re: Importance: High Just checked report again. NY is correct. We only got WI wrong. Regards
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: jeffrey E. [[email protected]] 11/11/2016 5:29:35 AM Zubair Khan I Re: Importance: High New York? How? It was hillary no doubt always On Friday, 11 November 2016, Zubair Khan Out of 13 states we got 11 right. The o
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032319
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Zubair Khan 10/29/2016 1:40:09 PM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Re: Importance: High Hi Jeffrey, Looks like Trump is back in game. We processed 11 million t
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
Zubair Khan 11/4/2016 12:43:32 PM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Election Update Election_Update_4Nov.pdf; Untitled attachment 121551.htm High Attachments: I
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Zubair Khan 11/4/2016 1:07:21 PM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Re: Election Update Importance: High Trump is definitely winning popular vote so far. Accordi
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HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033171 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_033172
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Zubair Khan 9/27/2016 9:46:03 PM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] Update on US Elections Importance: High We have processed 943,338 tweets since the start of t
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1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
From: Sent: To: Subject: Zubair Khan 10/13/2016 1:39:13 PM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] US Election Update Importance: High Hi Jeffrey, Since the start of 2nd US Presidential Elect
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1 mentionEFTA00500352
From: Lesley Groff To: Zubair Khan Subject: Re: Jeffrey Epstein Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 15:21:23 +0000 EFTA00500352
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EFTA00812818.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00812818
From: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> To: Zubair Khan Subject: Re: Election Update Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:46:37 +0000 thats in the popular vote , not talking into account the elctoral college? On
EFTA00813472.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00813472
3% positive. We are trying to correlate that into popular vote outcome and electoral votes received. Regards, Zubair On Sep 15, 2016, at 5:15 AM, Zubair Khan < wrote: Hi Jeffrey, We are in the process of removing data from bots and making a clean report which I will share with you in few hours. Overall
EFTA00818230.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00818230
From: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> To: Zubair Khan Subject: Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:04:01 +0000 what is your heat map showign for trump Clinton please note The information contained in this comm
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EFTA00442052.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00442052
From: Zubair Khan <I To: Lesley Groff Subject: Re: Jeffrey Epstein Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 23:02:11 +0000 Thanks. Best regards, Zubair Khan Chief Executive Offi
EFTA00442296.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00442296
From: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> To: Zubair Khan < >, Lesley Groff < Subject: Re: Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:00:42 +0000 I would like to pay and buy 5 more, in a bit larger shirt size. please gi
EFTA00442309.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00442309
From: Lesley Groff To: Zubair Khan <I Subject: Jeffrey Epstein Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:46:03 +0000 Hello Zubair. Please let me know how best to go about purchasing 5 more sets! T
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EFTA00498558.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00498558
From: Lesley Groff <Ma To: Zubair Khan <MMINI > Subject: Re: Jeffrey Epstein Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2017 12:21:20 +0000 EFTA00498558
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026014 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026016
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
effrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: thats in the popular vote , not talking into account the elctoral college? On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 1:43 PM, Zubair Khan > wrote: Hi Jeffrey, According to InsightsPod Trump is more popular. We processed 3 million tweets this week. [have attached detailed report. Regard
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Connected Entities(16)
Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
53 docs53 co-mentions
Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)
17 docs17 co-mentions
Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
12 docs12 co-mentions
Lesley Groff
PersonExecutive assistant to Jeffrey Epstein (2001-2019)
11 docs11 co-mentions
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Zubair
PersonBadminton player
8 docs8 co-mentions
InsightsPod
OrganizationOrganization referenced in documents
8 docs8 co-mentions
Auckland I Islamabad
LocationLocation referenced in documents
7 docs7 co-mentions
KU
Kurta
PersonSurname or name fragment in documents
6 docs6 co-mentions
SH
Shalwar
PersonSurname or name fragment in documents
6 docs6 co-mentions
Auckland
LocationCity on the North Island, New Zealand
5 docs5 co-mentions
Hillary Clinton
PersonAmerican politician and diplomat (born 1947)
4 docs4 co-mentions
Tranchulas
OrganizationOrganization referenced in documents
3 docs3 co-mentions
AR
Anya Rasulova
PersonName reference in documents
2 docs2 co-mentions
Islamabad
LocationCapital city of Pakistan
2 docs2 co-mentions
Curtin University of Technology
OrganizationOrganization referenced in documents
2 docs2 co-mentions
BA Economics
OrganizationSocial science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services
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