Dhruv Mehrotra
@dmehro.bsky.social
Data Journalism and Investigations at Bloomberg. 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.
1/ Maxwell is now asking Trump to commute her sentence.
She’s still telling the same story: that she wasn’t really involved, didn’t see what was happening around Epstein.
She’s still telling the same story: that she wasn’t really involved, didn’t see what was happening around Epstein.
Ghislaine Maxwell to seek commutation, document indicates
Ghislaine Maxwell to seek commutation, document indicates
She is to make her plea to President Donald Trump.
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
1/ Maxwell is now asking Trump to commute her sentence.
She’s still telling the same story: that she wasn’t really involved, didn’t see what was happening around Epstein.
She’s still telling the same story: that she wasn’t really involved, didn’t see what was happening around Epstein.
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:
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
I PROMISE you, our aggressive, unflinching, investigative reporting isn't going anywhere—ever.
This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I PROMISE you, our aggressive, unflinching, investigative reporting isn't going anywhere—ever.
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.
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
This is absolutely worth reading. Among other things, it features an ICE agent testifying in a sworn affidavit that the defendant had a removal order and final tags…based on assumptions another agent made that as it happened were wrong.
This dismissal opinion on a failed ICE arrest that @seamushughes.bsky.social found is worth reading in its entirety. Come for the debunking of DHS "fiction," stay for the snark about wiener dog, but definitely take time to read the 18 USC 111 analysis.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![The sworn affidavit submitted in support of the Criminal Complaint in this matter tells a
very different—and largely fictional—story. For example, Special Agent Steven Fuentes of ICE,
HSI, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) swore to the following:
On June 20, 2025, [HSI, ICE-ERO, and TxDPS] were conducting
surveillance at a residence on Benrus, in San Antonio, Texas, in the Western
District of Texas. Database checks indicated that Jaime Albert
QUINTANILLA-Chavez, with a Final Order of Removal from an
Immigration Judge, was residing at the above address. At approximately
0715 a.m., QUINTANILLA exited the residence and entered a white Dodge
Ram. The Dodge Ram was towing a trailer containing construction
equipment. Both license plates for the truck and trailer were expired.
ECF No. 1 ¶ 2 (emphasis added). Fuentes also swore that (1) the Defendant refused to “follow any
commands”; (2) after the Defendant was blocked in between the officers’ vehicles, he was given
“multiple verbal commands to exit the vehicle”; and (3) the Defendant “fought the law
enforcement officers.” Id. ¶¶ 3–4. Fuentes further testified at the preliminary hearing that the
Defendant was surveilled (and taken into custody) because he was subject to a Final Order of
Removal from an Immigration Judge. See ECF No. 12, 6/26 Preliminary Hr’g Tr. at 4:20–25.
Despite HSI’s sworn statement to the Magistrate Judge that the vehicle was stopped
because of expired license plates, the Assistant U.S. Attorney conceded at a bond hearing in July
2025 that Fuentes had “misrepresented what was going on.” ECF No. 29, 7/10 Hr’g Tr. at 8:12–](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreie6x3oqkmgiyywtsyowz35tyuqw2ra27hpaxj2h2npzdlaskrurjm@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is absolutely worth reading. Among other things, it features an ICE agent testifying in a sworn affidavit that the defendant had a removal order and final tags…based on assumptions another agent made that as it happened were wrong.
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:
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Our story about treatment delays and life-threatening incidents in ICE facilities is cited by ~30 US senators in a letter to Noem, urging her to "cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances."
www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
September 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Our story about treatment delays and life-threatening incidents in ICE facilities is cited by ~30 US senators in a letter to Noem, urging her to "cease detaining pregnant, postpartum, and nursing women absent exceptional circumstances."
www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.cantwell.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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...
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
En respuesta a una de nuestras solicitudes de FOIA, CBP publicó documentos que muestran que recopiló ADN de aproximadamente 133,000 niños y adolescentes, que incluye al menos uno de 4 años, y añadió sus perfiles a CODIS. @dmehro.bsky.social cubrió esto para @wired.com
The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database
Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
www.wired.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
En respuesta a una de nuestras solicitudes de FOIA, CBP publicó documentos que muestran que recopiló ADN de aproximadamente 133,000 niños y adolescentes, que incluye al menos uno de 4 años, y añadió sus perfiles a CODIS. @dmehro.bsky.social cubrió esto para @wired.com
If I were president I’d call in the national guard to fix the oig.dc.gov subdomain, because clearly it was hijacked.
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If I were president I’d call in the national guard to fix the oig.dc.gov subdomain, because clearly it was hijacked.
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A Chicago woman went to immigration court. Her case was dismissed; she and her infant were taken by federal agents who turned her over to contractor MVM. They spent five days confined at the Sonesta O'Hare hotel without communication to the outside world.
My first byline at @injusticewatch.org:
My first byline at @injusticewatch.org:
ICE contractor locked an immigrant and her baby at an O’Hare hotel for five days
Valentina Galvis' detention at a hotel raises questions about the types of facilities being turned into de facto detention centers as the Trump administration ramps up immigration detention.
www.injusticewatch.org
August 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A Chicago woman went to immigration court. Her case was dismissed; she and her infant were taken by federal agents who turned her over to contractor MVM. They spent five days confined at the Sonesta O'Hare hotel without communication to the outside world.
My first byline at @injusticewatch.org:
My first byline at @injusticewatch.org:
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"Was George Floyd killed by a police officer? The official answer, according to a newly revealed set of federal government records, is no." Excellent reporting here by @themarshallproject.org www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/07/d...
Why Doesn’t the U.S. Government Know How Many People Die in Custody?
Under the Death in Custody Reporting Act, the government is supposed to track how many people die in law enforcement custody — but the data is a mess.
www.themarshallproject.org
August 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Was George Floyd killed by a police officer? The official answer, according to a newly revealed set of federal government records, is no." Excellent reporting here by @themarshallproject.org www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/07/d...
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled
The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”
NO PAYWALL!
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”
NO PAYWALL!
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
July 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled
The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”
NO PAYWALL!
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”
NO PAYWALL!
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Reposted by Dhruv Mehrotra
WIRED has relaunched subscriptions with a bunch of new exclusive stuff. To give a sense of what readers get for $2 a month, I'm going to highlight some of the collaborative stories I've been a part of this year, one of the most inspiring in my 11+ years in this newsroom. Thread!
Today, we're launching a new, improved subscription to give our fans more of the @wired.com they love. It includes:
- Five exclusive, subscriber-only newsletters
- Livestreams to connect with our journalists
- A new commenting experience + more
It's been a remarkable year so far. A look back: 🧵
- Five exclusive, subscriber-only newsletters
- Livestreams to connect with our journalists
- A new commenting experience + more
It's been a remarkable year so far. A look back: 🧵
July 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
WIRED has relaunched subscriptions with a bunch of new exclusive stuff. To give a sense of what readers get for $2 a month, I'm going to highlight some of the collaborative stories I've been a part of this year, one of the most inspiring in my 11+ years in this newsroom. Thread!
Friday was my last day at WIRED. Today I started a new job at Bloomberg on a dream desk with @suryamattu.com and @jeffykao.bsky.social.
Got a tip? A dataset? Something we should look at? Find me on Signal at dmehro.89
In no particular order, here’s some stuff I’d like to continue to dig in to:
Got a tip? A dataset? Something we should look at? Find me on Signal at dmehro.89
In no particular order, here’s some stuff I’d like to continue to dig in to:
July 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Friday was my last day at WIRED. Today I started a new job at Bloomberg on a dream desk with @suryamattu.com and @jeffykao.bsky.social.
Got a tip? A dataset? Something we should look at? Find me on Signal at dmehro.89
In no particular order, here’s some stuff I’d like to continue to dig in to:
Got a tip? A dataset? Something we should look at? Find me on Signal at dmehro.89
In no particular order, here’s some stuff I’d like to continue to dig in to:
New: Metadata shows nearly 3 minutes were cut from what the DOJ & FBI described as “full raw” Epstein surveillance footage.
WIRED previously revealed the video was stitched together in Premiere Pro. Now we’ve found one of the source clips was nearly 3 mins longer than what was released
WIRED previously revealed the video was stitched together in Premiere Pro. Now we’ve found one of the source clips was nearly 3 mins longer than what was released
The FBI's Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out
Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
New: Metadata shows nearly 3 minutes were cut from what the DOJ & FBI described as “full raw” Epstein surveillance footage.
WIRED previously revealed the video was stitched together in Premiere Pro. Now we’ve found one of the source clips was nearly 3 mins longer than what was released
WIRED previously revealed the video was stitched together in Premiere Pro. Now we’ve found one of the source clips was nearly 3 mins longer than what was released
The DOJ released what it called “raw” footage from the prison where Epstein died—but metadata shows it was stitched from multiple clips and processed by Adobe Premier before being made public.
Experts say its unclear what was changed, but absent an explanation it will fuel conspiracies.
Experts say its unclear what was changed, but absent an explanation it will fuel conspiracies.
Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death.
www.wired.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The DOJ released what it called “raw” footage from the prison where Epstein died—but metadata shows it was stitched from multiple clips and processed by Adobe Premier before being made public.
Experts say its unclear what was changed, but absent an explanation it will fuel conspiracies.
Experts say its unclear what was changed, but absent an explanation it will fuel conspiracies.
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...
July 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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...