Dhruv Mehrotra
@dmehro.bsky.social
Data Journalism and Investigations at Bloomberg News. Previously: WIRED, Center for Investigative Reporting, Gizmodo, eyebeamnyc.
Tips: dmehrotra11@bloomberg.net or securely @dmehro.89 on Signal
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Dhruv Mehrotra
@dmehro.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
He thinks it is named after the state www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
He thinks it is named after the state www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This ICE sniper-training contractor caught a gun-under-the-influence charge, per Lexis.
/ht @agordon.me
/ht @agordon.me
February 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
This ICE sniper-training contractor caught a gun-under-the-influence charge, per Lexis.
/ht @agordon.me
/ht @agordon.me
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
FOIA data shows ICE employees accused of harassment and abusing law-enforcement databases (including Palantir's systems) were often disciplined unevenly, with outcomes limited to verbal counseling, written reprimands, or short suspensions. The records are here:
2023-ICFO-16340
docs.google.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
FOIA data shows ICE employees accused of harassment and abusing law-enforcement databases (including Palantir's systems) were often disciplined unevenly, with outcomes limited to verbal counseling, written reprimands, or short suspensions. The records are here:
Chuck Schumer Voice: ICE Death Cards must henceforth include both a phone and fax number
When family members arrived on the scene, their loved ones had been disappeared by federal agents. But what they found inside the vehicles was disturbing: a customized ace of spades playing card — a “death card” — that read “ICE Denver Field Office.”
theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
theintercept.com/2026/02/03/i...
February 4, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Chuck Schumer Voice: ICE Death Cards must henceforth include both a phone and fax number
Admin subpoenas are back in the spotlight. Worth remembering ICEs use of a similar tool: hundreds of thousands of warrantless “customs summonses,” often for non-customs cases sent for info about journalists, students, and abortion clinics, with no oversight.
wired.com/story/ice-1509-custom-summons/
wired.com/story/ice-1509-custom-summons/
ICE Is Grabbing Data From Schools and Abortion Clinics
An agency database WIRED obtained reveals widespread use of so-called 1509 summonses that experts say raises the specter of potential abuse.
wired.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Admin subpoenas are back in the spotlight. Worth remembering ICEs use of a similar tool: hundreds of thousands of warrantless “customs summonses,” often for non-customs cases sent for info about journalists, students, and abortion clinics, with no oversight.
wired.com/story/ice-1509-custom-summons/
wired.com/story/ice-1509-custom-summons/
Police used the city’s license plate readers to track a local writer’s movements, then issued a BOLO on him.
No charge, and he was the wrong suspect.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
No charge, and he was the wrong suspect.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
Lenexa police investigated author of column criticizing the department. He's 'pissed off'
A KCUR investigation discovered the department used the city’s license plate readers to track the writer’s movements and it issued a “be on the lookout” for him.
www.kcur.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Police used the city’s license plate readers to track a local writer’s movements, then issued a BOLO on him.
No charge, and he was the wrong suspect.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
No charge, and he was the wrong suspect.
www.kcur.org/politics-ele...
ICE just quietly updated its hunger strike data.
From July 1 to Sept 30, 106 people went on hunger strike.
Two people in ICE custody were subjected to force-feeding or involuntary medical measures this summer
As of Dec 2, ICE reports 14 ongoing hunger strikes
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
From July 1 to Sept 30, 106 people went on hunger strike.
Two people in ICE custody were subjected to force-feeding or involuntary medical measures this summer
As of Dec 2, ICE reports 14 ongoing hunger strikes
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
ICE published a document showing that from April to mid-June, two detained people on hunger strike were subjected to either force-feeding, forced urinary catheterization, or involuntary blood draws.
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
ICE just quietly updated its hunger strike data.
From July 1 to Sept 30, 106 people went on hunger strike.
Two people in ICE custody were subjected to force-feeding or involuntary medical measures this summer
As of Dec 2, ICE reports 14 ongoing hunger strikes
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
From July 1 to Sept 30, 106 people went on hunger strike.
Two people in ICE custody were subjected to force-feeding or involuntary medical measures this summer
As of Dec 2, ICE reports 14 ongoing hunger strikes
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
Made a chart…in case you needed one to show you that the president posts entirely too much.
Data scraped from truth social.
Data scraped from truth social.
December 16, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Made a chart…in case you needed one to show you that the president posts entirely too much.
Data scraped from truth social.
Data scraped from truth social.
No shade to my former employer, but what’s missing from this story is that the same Mormon anti-porn nonprofit behind Relay previously launched a “shameware” app that pinged Facebook when you masturbated — and sent FB your password in plaintext.
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
No shade to my former employer, but what’s missing from this story is that the same Mormon anti-porn nonprofit behind Relay previously launched a “shameware” app that pinged Facebook when you masturbated — and sent FB your password in plaintext.
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
A cache of 18,000 emails offers another window into Epstein’s mind. Bloomberg parsed Amazon receipts from that inbox—filtering, verifying, and cataloging book orders—to build this timeline.
NEW: In Oct 2016, when a new book about Jeffrey Epstein came out, he bought 17 copies. In 2019, in Epstein’s last weeks of freedom, he made his final purchases: a guide to raising children, The Annotated Lolita & Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy
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🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Epstein’s Emails Reveal Book Purchases About Trump, Sex, Money and Power
TThe disgraced financier purchased books about making money, treating narcissism, negotiating with anyone, achieving ecstasy and understanding life
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A cache of 18,000 emails offers another window into Epstein’s mind. Bloomberg parsed Amazon receipts from that inbox—filtering, verifying, and cataloging book orders—to build this timeline.
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...
www.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Hack Exposes Kansas City’s Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arres...
www.wired.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
For one of my final stories with @wired.com, I teamed up with @peggylowe.bsky.social at KCUR to dig through a Kansas City, KS police hack
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Inside were some of the most disturbing misconduct files I’ve ever read—and a secret list of cops the department said couldnt be trusted
Here are a few of them:
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
US Senator Jon Ossoff has launched an investigation into the abuse of women and children in US immigration detention, citing among other reports, the WIRED story below: www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
August 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
US Senator Jon Ossoff has launched an investigation into the abuse of women and children in US immigration detention, citing among other reports, the WIRED story below: www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
New from Epstein’s Inbox: In 2007, prosecutors moved to investigate Epstein for financial crimes as part of their sex-trafficking probe.
He and his lawyers went to war to stop them.
He and his lawyers went to war to stop them.
Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
New from Epstein’s Inbox: In 2007, prosecutors moved to investigate Epstein for financial crimes as part of their sex-trafficking probe.
He and his lawyers went to war to stop them.
He and his lawyers went to war to stop them.
Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.
He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.
The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.
He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.
The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
motherjones.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.
He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.
The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.
He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.
The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.
NEW: The latest story from the 18,000+ emails in Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo inbox: beyond his ties to the elite, a quieter circle proved crucial as state and federal investigations began.
Insane reporting from @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson, and team.
Free link:
Insane reporting from @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson, and team.
Free link:
September 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
NEW: The latest story from the 18,000+ emails in Jeffrey Epstein’s Yahoo inbox: beyond his ties to the elite, a quieter circle proved crucial as state and federal investigations began.
Insane reporting from @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson, and team.
Free link:
Insane reporting from @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson, and team.
Free link:
If you are curious how we vetted the emails, we have you covered:
w/ @jeffykao.bsky.social and @suryamattu.com
w/ @jeffykao.bsky.social and @suryamattu.com
September 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
If you are curious how we vetted the emails, we have you covered:
w/ @jeffykao.bsky.social and @suryamattu.com
w/ @jeffykao.bsky.social and @suryamattu.com
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
Story by Harry Wilson and me and a dream reporting team: @jeffkao.bsky.social Ava Benny-Morrison @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson and @dmehro.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: @bloomberg.com has obtained more than 100 previously undisclosed emails between UK Ambassador Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 through 2010 that reveal Mandelson's steadfast support for Epstein after Epstein was charged with sex crimes
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
UK Ambassador Told Epstein ‘I Think the World of You,’ Emails Reveal
Peter Mandelson, the prominent Labour politician who was named British ambassador to the US this year, expressed steadfast support and offered to discuss Epstein’s now-infamous 2008 case with his cont...
www.bloomberg.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Story by Harry Wilson and me and a dream reporting team: @jeffkao.bsky.social Ava Benny-Morrison @suryamattu.com, Max Abelson and @dmehro.bsky.social
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
EXCLUSIVE: @bloomberg.com has obtained more than 100 previously undisclosed emails between UK Ambassador Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 through 2010 that reveal Mandelson's steadfast support for Epstein after Epstein was charged with sex crimes
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
UK Ambassador Told Epstein ‘I Think the World of You,’ Emails Reveal
Peter Mandelson, the prominent Labour politician who was named British ambassador to the US this year, expressed steadfast support and offered to discuss Epstein’s now-infamous 2008 case with his cont...
www.bloomberg.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @bloomberg.com has obtained more than 100 previously undisclosed emails between UK Ambassador Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein from 2005 through 2010 that reveal Mandelson's steadfast support for Epstein after Epstein was charged with sex crimes
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...