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BREAKING NEWS: Worldwide chaos erupted last night when Elon Musk released the uncensored list and pictures of all the stars involved with Diddy: ‘Everyone has the right to know.’

Billionaire Elon Musk has not announced plans to release names related to rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Jan. 20 when President-elect Donald Trump takes office, contrary to social media posts saying he has access to such “lists.”

“Hot News: Full Disclosure Elon Musk Announces Diddy and Epstein Client List Release on January 20,” says the caption, opens new tab of one Facebook post sharing the narrative alongside photos of Musk and Combs.

Combs is being held at a Brooklyn jail, opens new tab at the time of writing over sex-trafficking charges and charges that he used his business empire to sexually abuse women. Combs has denied wrongdoing in both cases. Epstein, who faced sex-trafficking charges, was found dead in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019 in an apparent suicide.

Reuters has previously addressed false claims about people mentioned in unsealed testimony about Epstein’s associates and clients. Similar narratives emerged online after Combs’ arrest in September, speculating about attendees at parties thrown by Combs or gatherings he called “Freak Offs.”

However, there are no credible news reports or an announcement from Musk about releasing Combs’ or Epstein’s purported client lists.

Musk has mentioned Combs’, opens new tab parties, opens new tab and Epstein’s, opens new tab purported, opens new tab clients, opens new tab in, opens new tab several posts, opens new tab on the social media platform X, which he owns and actively uses, and told U.S. conservative media personality Tucker Carlson, opens new tab in an interview aired in October 2024 that he believed with a Trump victory, “that Epstein client list is going to become public” (timestamp 23:55).

In September 2024, a U.S. court unsealed hundreds of pages of documents containing more than 150 names of people who had ties with Epstein, including Britain’s Prince Andrew.

Trump tapped Musk to co-lead a new government commission with former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to slash government regulations and workforce, but that would not give the billionaire access to documents related to ongoing, dismissed or settled, opens new tab lawsuits.

The press team at X did not respond to a request for comment.

VERDICT

False. As of Dec. 19, Elon Musk has not announced plans to release purported client lists related to Combs or Epstein.

This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work.