Democrats have spent $35 million running ads this election accusing Republicans of protecting Jeffrey Epstein.
Now someone just traced the biggest check funding that operation back.
The Democrat bankrolling the Epstein attack ads had ties to Epstein he wanted to keep buried.
Democrats Spent $35 Million on Epstein Files Ads While Their Donor Visited Epstein Island
Democrats are running 160-plus ads this election cycle attacking Republicans for Epstein ties, and ninety percent are Democrat-funded.
The largest check behind the whole operation came from Big Tech billionaire Reid Hoffman – LinkedIn cofounder, Democrat megadonor, and the man DOJ documents show sent gifts to Epstein's girls on Christmas Eve 2014.
Hoffman pumped $5 million into Chuck Schumer's Senate Majority PAC on September 25 and sent another $8.5 million to Hakeem Jeffries' House Majority PAC.
That's $13.5 million from one man – a man DOJ documents show spent the night at Epstein's New York City townhouse, visited his New Mexico ranch, flew to Little Saint James at least three times, and sent Epstein a Christmas Eve email in 2014: ice cream for the girls.
Schumer's PAC used that money to run ads in Iowa accusing Republican Ashley Hinson of taking donations from people named in the Epstein files, while Jeffries' PAC spent $2.3 million on Epstein attack ads across Arizona, Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Schumer Took $22,000 From Epstein and His Super PAC Now Funds Epstein Files Ads
Jeffrey Epstein gave $22,000 to Chuck Schumer's campaigns. Now Schumer's PAC – funded by Epstein's island guest – runs ads calling Republicans Epstein protectors.
James Talarico, the Democrat running for Senate in Texas, has been screaming "the Epstein Class has no place in Texas" at every campaign stop. His super PAC took $11.5 million from Reid Hoffman.
Jon Ossoff in Georgia cashes Hoffman checks – then runs ads hammering Republicans over Epstein connections.
In Kentucky, Democrat candidate Zach Dembo built his entire congressional campaign around ending dark money in politics – calling for the elimination of Citizens United and a ban on corporate PACs.
Then Hoffman routed $500,000 through a super PAC called Kentuckians Not Corruption to back Dembo's race. The campaign's response: Dembo "doesn't solicit money from shady corporate interests or dark money donors."
Democrats spent $35 million turning Jeffrey Epstein into a campaign weapon. The man behind those checks had spent years visiting Epstein's island, his Manhattan townhouse, and his New Mexico ranch.
Even Hakeem Jeffries – whose PAC is running Epstein attack ads across the country – collected $335,700 from Hoffman across his campaign and leadership PAC.
DOJ Epstein Emails Caught Hoffman Lying About His Island Visits
The Washington Free Beacon confirmed Hoffman and Epstein maintained contact through at least 2018 – three full years after Hoffman publicly claimed their relationship ended in 2015. When confronted, he said he was mistaken.
That's a generous word for it.
DOJ documents show Hoffman visited Epstein's island at least three times – not once, as he claimed.
On Christmas Eve 2014, years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a minor, Hoffman wrote that he was sending ice cream for the girls to Epstein's island. A follow-up email confirmed he also sent a metal sculpture – something he described as having an appropriate nature to the island.
Hoffman says he regrets the association. Democrats are still cashing his checks.
The Senate Majority PAC, the House Majority PAC, and Hoffman did not respond to requests for comment.
PolitiFact – not exactly a right-wing outlet – called the Senate Majority PAC's ads against Susan Collins misleading.
The PAC accused Collins of voting to protect pedophiles. Collins had actually voted in favor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
That's the operation Reid Hoffman is funding.
Democrats built their entire midterm strategy around Epstein accountability, then took $13.5 million from the man who sent gifts to Epstein's girls and handed Schumer the ads.
Their own fact-checkers called those ads misleading. Their top donor can't remember how many times he visited a convicted sex offender's private island.
The money, the ads, the hypocrisy – and it all runs through Reid Hoffman.
Sources:
- Chuck Ross, "Liberal Billionaire Who Visited Epstein Island Bankrolls Dem Epstein Ads," Washington Free Beacon, October 27, 2026.
- Amy Curtis, "Follow the Money: Democrats' Epstein Attacks Are Bankrolled by an Epstein Associate," Townhall, October 23, 2026.
- "Dem 'Epstein Class' Attack Backfires as Top Candidates Funded by Epstein-Tied Billionaire," Fox News, 2026.
- "Talarico's Senate Campaign Backed by $11.5 Million From Donor With Ties to Jeffrey Epstein," The Daily Signal, September 17, 2026.
- "Republican Senate Campaign Arm Previews Messaging Offensive Exposing Democratic Hypocrisy," Washington Examiner, August 13, 2026.
- "Reid Hoffman's $500,000 Gift to Pro-Zach Dembo Super PAC Draws 'Epstein Class' Attack From Ralph Alvarado in Kentucky's 6th District," Political.org, October 19, 2026.