All of these emails were published for the first time alongside 3.5 million other documents in the latest (delayed) release of Epstein files by the Department of Justice. Some posters think Epstein influenced Poole to create /pol/ during their 2011 meeting, although there’s no real evidence for that theory. But even if it’s coincidental, Epstein’s relationship to the center of the burgeoning, internet-driven “alt-right” movement wasn’t. As with Poole, the nature of Epstein’s relationship with Bannon has only become known because of what’s in the Epstein files. Gamergate is mentioned a few times in the Epstein files, but it’s not because Epstein himself was using the term.