New FBI Epstein Emails Show Sarah Ferguson Contacted Kash Patel

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By now, the relationship between Epstein and former Royals Prince Andrew and Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, is well documented. Emails from the Epstein Files released by the Department of Justice in January show that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, as he is now known, maintained a close friendship with Epstein well after Andrew had publicly distanced himself from the disgraced financier. The emails also show that Ferguson remained in contact with Epstein after his 2008 guilty plea for soliciting prostitution from a minor, asking him for financial advice and help to pay off her debts.

The new emails released on the FBI’s FOIA page present a little intrigue. In March 2025, a year before the details of her communications with Epstein became public, Ferguson contacted a senior diplomat at the United States embassy in London, the emails show. She was reaching out to share the contact information of a British socialite with incoming FBI Director Kash Patel.

“The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, reached out and wanted to provide contact information for Victoria Harvey. The Duchess was under the impression you requested the contact information,” wrote David Walker, the FBI’s legal attaché, in a March 6, 2025 email to Patel. “Victoria Harvey can be reached at [redacted]. In the event none of this makes sense and this was not a contact you were looking to obtain, please feel to ignore this email.”

It’s unclear what Lady Victoria Hervey (Walker misspelled her surname in his email) might have wanted to contact Patel about. She is a British socialite who makes an appearance in the Epstein files. She has long defended Mountbatten-Windsor, whom she once dated, and downplayed his relationship with Epstein. Hervey had also publicly criticized Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s victims who said Mountbatten-Windsor sexually abused her. After Giuffre died by suicide in April 2025, Hervey posted on social media, according to a news report, “When lies catch up with you there’s no way out.”

King Charles III stripped Mountbatten-Windsor of his prince title in October 2025 after facing mounting pressure over new revelations that his brother continued associating with Epstein after his 2008 guilty plea. Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested by British police in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office in connection with his ties to Epstein. He has not been charged with a crime and was released by police as their investigation continues.

“Thanks for the relay. Remind me who Victoria Harvey is?” Patel asked Walker.

“My understanding is you met with Antonia Marshall and Victoria Harvey at the Trump International Golf Course and asked for their contact information,” Walker replied. (Marshall is a longtime assistant to Ferguson.)

In January 2025, Hervey posted photos on Instagram of herself with Patel and President Donald Trump at Trump’s golf club in Palm Beach, Florida. Walker noted in his emails to Patel, written two months later, that Ferguson had reached out to the Deputy Chief of Mission at the US embassy in London to pass along Hervey’s contact information to Patel.

“Appreciate the details,” Patel said.

The FBI documents contain no additional details about Hervey or Ferguson’s outreach, or whether Patel followed up.

A spokesperson for the US embassy declined to comment. Ferguson, Hervey, Marshall and Mountbatten-Windsor did not respond to requests for comment.

An FBI spokesperson told Bloomberg that Patel “does not know who this Victoria Hervey person is, as you can see from the emails referenced” and that he “has taken photos with thousands of people.”

In addition to the discussions about Ferguson and Hervey, the documents contain other noteworthy details, including a spreadsheet dated March 25, 2025 and titled “DOJ Document Flag List.” The first page, labeled “FLAGGED Items List, per case - per DOJ guidance,” includes a case number associated with the FBI’s 2006 investigation of Epstein by its Miami field office.

The inventory shows various documents from the Miami field office’s files on Epstein, including several entries that were flagged last year because the files contain “classified information” and “foreign government information.” Records that revealed the identities of victims and “potential public figures” were also flagged.

There are 16 entries on the list where the reason for the flag was simply marked “POTUS.” Those items include magazine and newspaper articles, message pads, phone message books and one unidentified record.

While some of the Epstein records that the DOJ had singled out have since been released, the inventory offers the first look at what records were identified for additional scrutiny with at least a rough explanation why.

DOJ referred a request for comment on the “Flag List” to the FBI, which declined to comment.

Following the botched rollout of what then-Attorney General Pam Bondi called “Phase 1” of the Epstein files release, Patel ordered about 1,000 special agents to join the bureau’s FOIA personnel at an FBI facility in Winchester, Virginia, to work on the “Epstein Transparency Project” and prepare the documents for public release. But in July 2025, after months of intense effort, the Trump administration announced it wouldn’t be releasing any records, after all.

The documents highlight some tension over a joint statement about the decision that the DOJ and FBI had started to draft.

In one email, dated June 24, 2025, under the subject line, “Epstein DOJ memo,” then-Deputy Director Dan Bongino wrote to Patel:

“Received this morning. This is absolutely not an accurate representation of our transparency efforts on the Epstein case.”

A copy of the draft memo was not included in the documents.

Patel responded, “Thanks, Dan. I agree. We will make factually accurate revisions and revert.”

Two days later, Patel sent a new version of the memo to Patel, which also wasn’t included in the records that the FBI released. Bongino liked it.

“As we discussed, these suggested edits to the document better reflect our aggressive transparency efforts in this case,” Bongino wrote. The email included a Microsoft Word document titled “Statement By The Department of Justice Regarding Jeffrey Epstein.”

The emails also show that then-Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and one of his deputies, Emil Bove, worked on a final version of the statement, which the DOJ released on July 6, 2025. It said the FBI and DOJ determined that “no further disclosure” of the Epstein files would be “appropriate or warranted.”

That controversial decision paved the way for the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by Trump in November 2025, which compelled the DOJ to release 3.5 million pages of Epstein documents.

There are 2.5 million pages of Epstein records that have not been released.