I Analyzed 1,500 “Pizza” Mentions in the Epstein Files. Here’s What I Found.
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Analysis finds pizza references in Epstein files were literal food mentions, not codes.
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A journalist analyzed nearly 1,500 mentions of "pizza" across more than 10,600 pages of Epstein files and found they were overwhelmingly literal references to food, business dealings, and social activities rather than coded language. The analysis revealed pizza references in Bear Stearns statements showing sales of 500 California Pizza Kitchen shares, $2 million in Domino's Pizza stock trades, and extensive correspondence between Epstein and comedian Bobby Slayton about sharing pizza in New York. The findings contradict conspiracy theorists who claim the pizza references validate the debunked Pizzagate theory linking the word to child trafficking.
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