Newly released files shed fresh light on the connection between Jeffrey Epstein and Lawrence Krauss, shown in 2018 at a press conference for the ‘Doomsday Clock’ in Washington.

A physicist who chairs the board of the Free Speech Union of Canada sought advice from Jeffrey Epstein on how to respond to allegations of sexual wrongdoing and, as recently as 2015, discussed visiting the disgraced financier’s private Caribbean island.

Correspondence between Mr. Epstein and Lawrence Krauss, a top-flight academic and major figure in the movement for scientific skepticism, is contained in a large number of files released this week by the U.S. House Oversight Committee.

The relationship between the two men has been known for many years, with Mr. Krauss publicly defending Mr. Epstein, an important s

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