The following searches produced zero results — these absences are analytically significant:
| # | Question | Category | Status | v2.0 Update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | What occurred during Hoffman's 2014 visit to Little St. James? | Island visit | OPEN | No new evidence |
| Q2 | Did Hoffman respond to the Prince Andrew/China broker email? | Access brokerage | OPEN | No response found in corpus |
| Q3 | What was the Hoffman–Ito joint investment fund (EFTA02468330)? | Financial | OPEN | DugganUSA confirms document but no full text |
| Q4 | Did Hoffman visit Zorro Ranch after the March 2014 invitation? | Property visits | PARTIALLY RESOLVED | Hoffman stated on X (Feb 3, 2026): "I did not go to the ranch." Dec 2013 invitation also found (EFTA01941670). Two invitations documented but no visit evidence. Hoffman's denial is self-reported, not independently verified. |
| Q5 | What was the "Deception" project (Aug 2013 Skype call with Joi, Kevin, and Reid)? | Intellectual | RESOLVED | Academic research collaboration. "Kevin" = Kevin Slavin (MIT Media Lab professor, Playful Systems group). EFTA01929306 confirms April 21, 2014 meeting in Joi Ito's office (room 245) with Slavin, Barnaby Marsh, Martin Nowak, and Epstein. DugganUSA confirms 78 Kevin+Ito+Epstein hits. See Part 13. |
| Q6 | Who is "Mr. West" at the January 2014 lunch with Reid? | Identity | RESOLVED | Professor Geoffrey West (Santa Fe Institute theoretical physicist, scaling laws). EFTA02311873: "Jeffrey is going to be at his ranch in New Mexico the week of Aug 4th and wondering if Mr West would like to come to the ranch." EFTA02312720: "August 9th works great for Professor West to come out to the ranch." West is Epstein's Santa Fe science contact — the Jan 8, 2014 lunch with Reid was a separate NYC meeting. |
| Q7 | Why did Epstein's staff handle Hoffman's passport (Apr 2016)? | Travel logistics | PARTIALLY RESOLVED | See Part 10 — linked to Summers meeting. Sadia (Hoffman's office) thanked Epstein's staff for "finding Reid's passport." |
| Q8 | What are the results of the Trump-ordered DOJ investigation? | Legal proceedings | OPEN | Jay Clayton (SDNY) tapped to lead. No charges as of Feb 21, 2026. |
| Q9 | Did the December 2014 breakfast with Epstein and Gates occur? | Co-presence | RESOLVED | YES — confirmed. Attendees: Epstein, Gates, Josh Harris (Apollo), Ron Baron. Gates told Epstein he "enjoyed the breakfast a lot." See Part 12. |
| Q10 | Who is "Roy" in the multiple "Reid & Roy" scheduling emails (Feb–Mar 2012)? | Identity | PARTIALLY RESOLVED | Likely Roy Black (Epstein's defense attorney, Dershowitz co-counsel, died July 2025). DugganUSA returns 71 "Roy Black" hits — all 2007–2008 legal correspondence. The "Reid & Roy" scheduling pattern (4 emails, Feb 22–28, 2012) suggests joint meetings, possibly legal/advisory. |
| Q11 | What was the "Reid's guy went down on all 7 counts" reference? | Legal | NEW | EFTA02406112 (Sep 19, 2014): Kathy Ruemmler (former Obama White House Counsel) emailed Epstein: "Reid's guy went down on all 7 counts." Epstein: "and thats after turning down misdemeanors? whoops." Ruemmler: "Yep. And now he is a repeat offender." Identity of "Reid's guy" and nature of the case unknown. |
| Q12 | What was the Feb 28, 2013 "Reid/David Mitchell" scheduling about? | Identity | PARTIALLY RESOLVED | David Mitchell = NOT the David Mitchell who was Epstein's trustee (Mitchell Holdings LLC, 801 Madison Ave). DugganUSA shows 240 hits for "David Mitchell" — most are legal/trust documents for a different David Mitchell. The "Reid/David Mitchell" meeting participant remains unidentified. |
| Q13 | What was communicated via Signal encrypted channel? | Communications | NEW (v4.1) | Hoffman asked Epstein to reinstall Signal. Encrypted content unrecoverable. Implies communications beyond what appears in jmail/EFTA corpus. |
| Q14 | Did Hoffman execute the $40M advisory arrangement? | Financial | NEW (v4.1) | Thiel told Epstein that Hoffman "would like the same arrangement." No confirmation of execution found in corpus. If executed, represents direct financial relationship absent from scoring. |
| Q15 | What was the content of the "13 Lies" analysis? | Public statements | NEW (v4.1) | Independent analysis of 1.4M DOJ docs reportedly found 0 of 13 Hoffman public claims fully true. Full methodology and claim list needed. |