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Tech billionaire Elon Musk criticized the Trump administration's refusal to release documents related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday, appearing to suggest the declination may be due to President Donald Trump being among those in the files.

"That is a high level of confidence," Musk said on X in response to a post from prediction website Polymarket saying there is a "100% chance" that Trump is named in the files.

Amid Trump's continued criticism of demands from his supporters for the release of the documents, Musk, a former top lieutenant who spent months in the White House alongside the president, maintained: "We were all told that the list was going to be released."

"Not a single Epstein client has been prosecuted. Not even one," Musk said, further casting doubt on Trump's description of the growing Epstein controversy as a "hoax."

"Wow, amazing that Epstein 'killed himself' and Ghislaine is in federal prison for a hoax," Musk said, referring to Ghislaine Maxwell, a former decades-long aide to Epstein.