The public disclosure of more than 20,000 pages of newly released documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been the subject of much online discourse this week. While the emails themselves are full of damning revelations, particularly regarding Epstein’s relationship with President Donald Trump, the internet’s attention has been caught on another detail.
“BREAKING: Newly released emails reveal Jeffrey Epstein struggled to compose sentences in English,” journalist Tom Elliott posted on X. “Why can none of these very rich and powerful men type or spell,” journalist Jill Filipovic asked.
In case you haven’t seen it, one such email reads: “i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [REDACTED] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there.” That’s verbatim.
While undoubtedly there are more important things to focus on than Epstein’s grasp of the English language, it is, for many, a point of interest.
“I know that once you get to a certain status, you don’t bother with email signatures and salutations, but taking out proper nouns and punctuation is a psychotic power play,” one X user wrote.
“Gagging here trying to read Epstein emails with these unwarranted spaces before every comma and no caps to speak of,” another added. “Such naked contempt for the reader. Messed up guy no doubt.”
Epstein isn’t the only one who seemingly struggled with email writing. Nearly one in five Americans now turn to AI to help write their emails, making it the most common way people offload to AI in their daily life. ResumeTemplates.com’s August 2025 survey found 25% of ChatGPT users can no longer pen emails without it.
“I never understood why white-collar professionals would need AI to write their emails as if they were that illiterate,” another X user wrote. “but after reading Jeffrey Epstein write ‘hay Grlmane I thk mebbe wire $30K [REDACTED] girl Mrlago’ I kinda get it.”