Epstein Files Show Financial Ties to DOD Deputy Secretary Feinberg

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Hundreds of documents in the newly released Epstein files shed light on connections between the sex offender and Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm formerly led by Department of Defense Deputy Secretary Steve Feinberg.

Feinberg, a billionaire who cofounded the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, is referenced by name in at least 20 documents in the Epstein files, while his company Cerberus appears in 360 files – including in emailed communications with Epstein himself. The emails raise questions regarding Feinberg’s company’s ties to the disgraced financier and sex criminal.

Feinberg has already come under fire over business practices at Cerberus. He stepped down from his role as CEO in 2025 in order to accept the second-highest ranking position in the Pentagon.

“Your private equity record is rife with mismanagement,” Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wrote in a letter to Feinberg following his Pentagon nomination, in which she raised alarms about conflicts of interest and fraud. A Cerberus holding, DynCorp, has faced multiple Department of Justice lawsuits over fraud allegations in recent years.