David Brooks
New York Times op-ed columnist and author; regular contributor to PBS NewsHour
David Brooks — New York Times op-ed columnist and author; regular contributor to PBS NewsHour — is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. A photograph released by the House Oversight Committee in December 2025 shows Brooks at a post-conviction dinner with Epstein and Google co-founder Sergey Brin in 2011. The image was reported by The Intercept and AP. The release was particularly noted because Brooks had published a New York Times column in October 2025 titled "The Epstein Story? Count Me Out," in which he discouraged coverage of the Epstein files. The New York Times stated that Brooks's attendance was "for journalistic purposes and confined to a single 2011 event." No wrongdoing is alleged against him. This profile is auto-generated from public reporting and is pending editorial review; inclusion does not imply guilt or wrongdoing.
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Is David Brooks in the Epstein files?
Yes. David Brooks (New York Times op-ed columnist and author; regular contributor to PBS NewsHour) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. A photograph released by the House Oversight Committee in December 2025 shows Brooks at a post-conviction dinner with Epstein and Google co-founder Sergey Brin in 2011. The image was reported by The Intercept and AP. The release was particularly noted because Brooks had published a New York Times column in October 2025 titled “The Epstein Story? Count Me Out,” in which he discouraged coverage of the Epstein files. The New York Times stated that Brooks’s attendance was “for journalistic purposes and confined to a single 2011 event.” No wrongdoing is alleged against him.
Being named in the files is not evidence of any crime or wrongdoing. People appear in these documents in many contexts — correspondence, flight logs, contact books, scheduling, photographs, or passing references. See the sources below for the specific, documented context, and the note at the bottom of this page.
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