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February 16, 2026

We asked experts why are Epstein’s emails full of equals signs

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We asked experts why are Epstein’s emails full of equals signs

TL;DR

  • Garbled symbols in Jeffrey Epstein's emails are likely technical artifacts, not a secret code.
  • The symbols are probably remnants of the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) protocol used for encoding emails.
  • Issues during the conversion of emails to PDFs by the Department of Justice software mangled the decoding process.
  • The conversion process likely involved multiple steps, including conversion to PDF, then to image files like JPEG, and back to PDF.
  • Incompatibilities between different email clients, code pages, and the software used for PDF generation contributed to the decoding issues.

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