Ellie Leonard
@redpencilscript.bsky.social
Author, editor, child wrangler, independent journalist, humor miner, sometimes-filmmaker, Missoulian dropped on my head in NYC. Featured in the NYTimes and HuffPost.
https://ellieleonard.substack.com/
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I write, but I also get to have lots and lots of fun on some very cool film projects. I'm grateful and proud, now go watch them!
Happy Thanksgiving BlueSky! From our wild crew to yours, I hope today is filled with laughter, love, and an incredibly long food coma❤️
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Happy Thanksgiving BlueSky! From our wild crew to yours, I hope today is filled with laughter, love, and an incredibly long food coma❤️
Drink coffee
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November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Drink coffee
Spill tea
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The eerie quiet at the end of Bannon’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, with a simple “all canceled,” as Epstein realized he was about to be arrested at Teterboro Airport.
The culmination of the Epstein-Bannon emails.
#EpsteinFiles
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The culmination of the Epstein-Bannon emails.
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein-Bannon Emails -- 2019 (P2)
Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon struck up a friendship in early 2017, mostly over email, but also traveling and filming their gonzo documentary with all the biggest names in science, academia, and, l...
ellieleonard.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The eerie quiet at the end of Bannon’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, with a simple “all canceled,” as Epstein realized he was about to be arrested at Teterboro Airport.
The culmination of the Epstein-Bannon emails.
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
The culmination of the Epstein-Bannon emails.
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
Continuing to post the Epstein-Bannon emails in chronological order with references, all in one place, easy to read.
Here's 2019 (Part 1)
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
Here's 2019 (Part 1)
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein-Bannon Emails -- 2019 (P1)
Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon struck up a friendship in early 2017, mostly over email, but also traveling and filming their gonzo documentary with all the biggest names in science, academia, and, l...
ellieleonard.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Continuing to post the Epstein-Bannon emails in chronological order with references, all in one place, easy to read.
Here's 2019 (Part 1)
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
Here's 2019 (Part 1)
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
This week I stood up to one of my biggest clients, the @nytimes.com , because I knew what they were doing was wrong. Ehud Barak is a (n alleged) child sexual abuser, both in court records and through private sources who knew Virginia Giuffre.
@politico.com #EpsteinFiles
@politico.com #EpsteinFiles
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This week I stood up to one of my biggest clients, the @nytimes.com , because I knew what they were doing was wrong. Ehud Barak is a (n alleged) child sexual abuser, both in court records and through private sources who knew Virginia Giuffre.
@politico.com #EpsteinFiles
@politico.com #EpsteinFiles
Continuing to post the Epstein-Bannon emails in chronological order and with context.
Here's 2018
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
Here's 2018
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
The Epstein-Bannon Emails -- 2018
Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon struck up a friendship in early 2017, mostly over email, but also traveling and filming their gonzo documentary with all the biggest names in science, academia, and, l...
ellieleonard.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Continuing to post the Epstein-Bannon emails in chronological order and with context.
Here's 2018
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
Here's 2018
#EpsteinFiles
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/the-epstei...
As promised, I’ll start dropping all of Epstein’s emails to Steve Bannon, in chronological order, on my Substack today. Here’s 2017…
#EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
#EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
The Epstein-Bannon Emails -- 2017
Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon struck up a friendship in early 2017, mostly over email, but also traveling and filming their gonzo documentary with all the biggest names in science, academia, and, l...
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
As promised, I’ll start dropping all of Epstein’s emails to Steve Bannon, in chronological order, on my Substack today. Here’s 2017…
#EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
#EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
All right, drumroll please……..
There is a grand total of 76 pages of Bannon-Epstein emails.
I will begin posting them tomorrow.
#EpsteinFiles
There is a grand total of 76 pages of Bannon-Epstein emails.
I will begin posting them tomorrow.
#EpsteinFiles
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
All right, drumroll please……..
There is a grand total of 76 pages of Bannon-Epstein emails.
I will begin posting them tomorrow.
#EpsteinFiles
There is a grand total of 76 pages of Bannon-Epstein emails.
I will begin posting them tomorrow.
#EpsteinFiles
5/4/19 email Epstein - Bannon
2 months before he would be arrested for the last time.
“Burdens of wealth. Inner success vs. external success. Affluenza. Why, if he is so rich, is he still unhappy? Learned helplessness translates into wanting to make a difference, not become irrelevant.”
2 months before he would be arrested for the last time.
“Burdens of wealth. Inner success vs. external success. Affluenza. Why, if he is so rich, is he still unhappy? Learned helplessness translates into wanting to make a difference, not become irrelevant.”
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
5/4/19 email Epstein - Bannon
2 months before he would be arrested for the last time.
“Burdens of wealth. Inner success vs. external success. Affluenza. Why, if he is so rich, is he still unhappy? Learned helplessness translates into wanting to make a difference, not become irrelevant.”
2 months before he would be arrested for the last time.
“Burdens of wealth. Inner success vs. external success. Affluenza. Why, if he is so rich, is he still unhappy? Learned helplessness translates into wanting to make a difference, not become irrelevant.”
“Most of you know by now that I’m an uber-nerd, and I spend most of my time scanning documents for clues. So that’s just what I did. I began on page 1 and just started scrolling. And scrolling. And scrolling.
And at 1am on November 13th, I found it. Proof."
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/alan-dersh...
And at 1am on November 13th, I found it. Proof."
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/alan-dersh...
Alan Dershowitz's Guilty Conscience
In 2019, Virginia Giuffre sued Alan Dershowitz, ambulance-chasing lawyer to the stars, in a suit where she claimed that not only had Dershowitz defamed her with his constant publicity, declaring that ...
ellieleonard.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“Most of you know by now that I’m an uber-nerd, and I spend most of my time scanning documents for clues. So that’s just what I did. I began on page 1 and just started scrolling. And scrolling. And scrolling.
And at 1am on November 13th, I found it. Proof."
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/alan-dersh...
And at 1am on November 13th, I found it. Proof."
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/alan-dersh...
Currently 43 pages into transcribing Epstein and Bannon's emails, but in the meantime, here's how Epstein owned the ivy league school system and turned it on its head.
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Epstein University
When I wrote the article “How Jeffrey Epstein Cosplayed His Way Into Harvard” last July, I knew it was unfinished.
ellieleonard.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Currently 43 pages into transcribing Epstein and Bannon's emails, but in the meantime, here's how Epstein owned the ivy league school system and turned it on its head.
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/epstein-un...
ellieleonard.substack.com/p/epstein-un...
In 2019 Kathy Ruemmler, principle deputy White House counsel under Obama, wrote up this statement about her friend Jeffrey Epstein for his team to give to the Washington Post.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
In 2019 Kathy Ruemmler, principle deputy White House counsel under Obama, wrote up this statement about her friend Jeffrey Epstein for his team to give to the Washington Post.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
In the last year of his life Epstein was completely isolated, referring to himself as the “pervert hermit,” hiding from the headlines.
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
In the last year of his life Epstein was completely isolated, referring to himself as the “pervert hermit,” hiding from the headlines.
Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein email as much as your mom wishes you would. My brain hurts.
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein email as much as your mom wishes you would. My brain hurts.
Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein wanted to interview the victims in their documentary. Super twisted.
#Epsteinfiles #film
#Epsteinfiles #film
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein wanted to interview the victims in their documentary. Super twisted.
#Epsteinfiles #film
#Epsteinfiles #film
Epstein emailing Bannon about the future of Mohammed bin Salman after killing Jamal Khashoggi. Disgusting.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Epstein emailing Bannon about the future of Mohammed bin Salman after killing Jamal Khashoggi. Disgusting.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
I’ve spent the last 4 days transcribing the Bannon-Epstein emails (there are many). I’ll be posting them soon, in chronological order. Wild stuff.
#EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
#EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon - A Bromance For the Ages
We've all had the unfortunate pleasure of getting to know Steve Bannon, political strategist and former investment banker, over the past nine years as he's lingered like a fast-food fart on the winds ...
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I’ve spent the last 4 days transcribing the Bannon-Epstein emails (there are many). I’ll be posting them soon, in chronological order. Wild stuff.
#EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
#EpsteinFiles
open.substack.com/pub/ellieleo...
Jean Luc Brunel’s email to Jeffrey Epstein about the girl he would bring him on his next visit.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Jean Luc Brunel’s email to Jeffrey Epstein about the girl he would bring him on his next visit.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
Even Epstein's people thought Alan Dershowitz was a liar
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Even Epstein's people thought Alan Dershowitz was a liar
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
No idea who sent this, but...
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
No idea who sent this, but...
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
"You see, I know how dirty Donald is." - Jeffrey Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
November 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
"You see, I know how dirty Donald is." - Jeffrey Epstein
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
Jeffrey Epstein email to Jonathan Farkas, complaining that the allegations are false.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Jeffrey Epstein email to Jonathan Farkas, complaining that the allegations are false.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
In case you were wondering if Donald Trump is a psychopath…
An email from Melanie Spinella to Jeffrey Epstein
11/29/2016
#EpsteinFiles
An email from Melanie Spinella to Jeffrey Epstein
11/29/2016
#EpsteinFiles
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In case you were wondering if Donald Trump is a psychopath…
An email from Melanie Spinella to Jeffrey Epstein
11/29/2016
#EpsteinFiles
An email from Melanie Spinella to Jeffrey Epstein
11/29/2016
#EpsteinFiles
Reposted by Ellie Leonard
Looks like Trump wasn’t the only guy meeting with Mohammad bin Salman (MBS)
Michael Wolff: How long in New York? Get together?
Jeffrey Epstein: wed and fri and yes, Ive set you up to see the right hand of the Dep Cr Prince
Michael Wolff: cool. great.
#EpsteinFiles
Michael Wolff: How long in New York? Get together?
Jeffrey Epstein: wed and fri and yes, Ive set you up to see the right hand of the Dep Cr Prince
Michael Wolff: cool. great.
#EpsteinFiles
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Looks like Trump wasn’t the only guy meeting with Mohammad bin Salman (MBS)
Michael Wolff: How long in New York? Get together?
Jeffrey Epstein: wed and fri and yes, Ive set you up to see the right hand of the Dep Cr Prince
Michael Wolff: cool. great.
#EpsteinFiles
Michael Wolff: How long in New York? Get together?
Jeffrey Epstein: wed and fri and yes, Ive set you up to see the right hand of the Dep Cr Prince
Michael Wolff: cool. great.
#EpsteinFiles
Reposted by Ellie Leonard
So Trump could never keep his story straight about Epstein, got it.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
November 21, 2025 at 3:16 AM
So Trump could never keep his story straight about Epstein, got it.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles