Stacey Plaskett’s Correspondence With Epstein Revealed in Latest Document Release

Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a nonvoting delegate for the Virgin Islands, appears in the Department of Justice’s newly released Jeffrey Epstein files hundreds of times, including emails showing the convicted sex offender attempting to schedule a trip for Plaskett to his island and his associates scheduled a “phone date” between Plaskett and the disgraced financier.

In 2014, years after Epstein was first convicted of child sex crimes, Plaskett emailed one of the sex offender’s associates about meeting on his island.

“Hello Stacey, just circling back...will you be able to meet with Jeffrey on his island on Monday Aug. 18th at 11am? Erika, if Stacey is available for this, will you be going as well? Wasn’t sure,” the email, dated Aug. 14, 2014, from one of Epstein’s associates to Plaaskett reads.

“Sorry, I thought I responded yes I will be available. Please share details on time and transportation to Jeffrey,” Plaskett responded.

On Aug. 15, 2014, an associate of Epstein’s emailed someone else saying “just want to make sure...did you send Stacey Plaskett instructions on how to get to JE’s island on Monday Aug. 18? She has an appt with him at 11am on the island—it is possible Erika Kellerhals comes as well..trying to find out…”

Later on Aug. 15, 2014, someone sent a message asking for Plaskett “to meet with JEE at the office rather than on the island” because her schedule for Monday is “looking fairly tight.”

Epstein’s associate responded that “Jeffrey says the Office is fine to meet at.”

Plaskett’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Plaskett has long been under fire for her connections to Epstein. The now-deceased sex offender had deep ties to the U.S. Virgin Islands. He owned numerous private islands on Great St. James and Little St. James, which have since become infamous.

Plaskett, who has represented the Virgin Islands in Congress since 2015, was in contact with Epstein dating back to 2014, according to the documents.

Throughout the released files, Epstein and his associates are seen scheduling meetings with Plaskett. At one point in 2017, Epstein’s longtime assistant Lesley Groff scheduled a “phone date” between him and the delegate.

In another email from 2016, Groff told Plaskett that “Jeffrey has tried for you a few times on your cell but has been unsuccessful” and asked her to call him back.

“Thanks. Spoke with him,” Plaskett responded five minutes later.

The delegate also routinely asked Epstein and his associates to donate money to her campaign.

In another email in 2017, Plaskett’s campaign invited Epstein to a fundraiser for her campaign, headlined by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, who is now the House minority leader.

Last year, after Republicans accused Jeffries of knowing Epstein, Jeffries told CNN that he “never had a conversation with him, never met him, know nothing about him other than the extreme things that he’s been convicted of doing.”

It is unclear if Epstein attended the fundraiser.

In 2018, Plaskett emailed Groff, “If you would share this invitation with Jeffrey I’d be much appreciative. I would be grateful for his support and the support of those that he may direct to assist me. I’ll be in New York City the Thursday of the event through the weekend.”

Groff then replied to Plaskett, saying, “Jeffrey is asking for the maximum amount that is allowed...can you let me know?”

Plaskett responded by laying out the limits.

The delegate came under intense scrutiny in late 2025 after The Washington Post reported she texted him during a 2019 committee hearing and took advice from him about what to ask Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former fixer.

Republicans in Congress tried to censure Plaskett over her texts with Epstein during the committee hearing, but the effort narrowly failed 209-214.

“Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes shocked the nation. For any Member of Congress to seek his input in the conduct of official proceedings and then position themselves publicly as champions of justice and accountability is the height of hypocrisy,” Rep. Ralph Norman, who introduced the measure, said in a statement at the time.