Newly released Epstein files exposed another twisted chapter in the convicted sex offender's life.
This revelation connects him to experiments that horrified the scientific world.
And Epstein caught funding designer baby scheme that scientists called "monstrous."
Epstein bankrolled mad scientist's plan to create first human clone
Jeffrey Epstein was backing a self-described "mad scientist" who wanted to create the world's first designer babies and human clones within five years.
Department of Justice files released Friday show Epstein exchanging emails with Bryan Bishop starting in July 2018.
Bishop pitched genetically enhancing offspring and ultimately replicating humans.
Epstein replied he had "no issues with investing" but worried about being seen as the public face.
"The problem is only if I am seen to lead," Epstein wrote back.
Classic Epstein — willing to bankroll disturbing projects as long as he could hide in the shadows.
Bishop told Epstein his team needed $1.7 million per year for up to five years plus $1 million for lab setup.
Total cost: $9.5 million to play God with human genetics.
The self-described transhumanist was running "garage biology" experiments in Ukraine with mouse testing and microinjections.
Epstein loved it.
"I like implant embryo, wait 9 months. Great ending," Epstein replied.
Project aimed to create babies with superhuman traits
Bishop's business plan sounds like science fiction nightmare fuel.
Parents could have children who "grow muscle without weightlifting," possess genes from people who lived past 100, or receive other genetic enhancements.
Scientists who reviewed the plans called them "ethically troubling and technically unproven."
By November 2018, Bishop shifted to an even more radical approach.
"My team has been working on a new technique which does not involve stem cells in the testis, instead it's an embryo editing technique more similar to cloning," Bishop wrote Epstein.
He called it a "bolt of lightning" idea.
Bishop told Epstein he could do research in the United States while using "medical tourism" for the actual procedures.
He proposed selling "additive DNA" to overseas clinics and taking commissions for referring customers.
"In the US, self-experimentation is not explicitly banned. US animal testing is open," Bishop wrote.
Trump Administration exposes what Biden tried to bury
These emails sat in government files while Joe Biden ran out the clock on transparency.
Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act and suddenly we're seeing what the elites wanted buried forever.
Epstein was shopping for scientists to create designer babies in 2018 — ten years after his first conviction for sex crimes involving minors.
He was on probation and actively funding experiments the scientific community calls "monstrous."
The New York Times reported years ago that Epstein told scientists he "hoped to seed the human race with his DNA by impregnating women at his vast New Mexico ranch."
People thought that was just Epstein being weird at dinner parties.
Wrong.
These emails prove he was writing checks to make it happen.
Bishop's project mirrors the experiment that landed Chinese scientist He Jiankui in prison.
In November 2018 — the exact month Bishop pitched embryo editing to Epstein — He announced he'd created the world's first gene-edited babies using CRISPR.
Medical ethicist Julian Savulescu called it "monstrous." Nobel Prize winners condemned it as "irresponsible" and "dangerous."
China sentenced He to three years in prison.
That's the work Epstein was ready to fund.
Bishop was a Bitcoin investor and transhumanist who contacted Epstein through Bitcoin developer Jeremy Rubin.
Cryptocurrency connections, offshore labs in Ukraine, "medical tourism" to dodge U.S. regulations — this is how the elite operates when nobody's watching.
Epstein wanted to freeze his head and genitals after death because he actually believed he could create a master race with his DNA.
This wasn't eccentric rich guy behavior.
This was a convicted sex offender with unlimited resources trying to literally remake humanity in his image.
The Trump Administration is delivering the transparency previous presidents promised but never provided.
Every document released raises the same question — what else were they hiding?
Sources:
- Stacy Liberatore, "Jeffrey Epstein's disturbing plans to fund baby-making clinics and human cloning revealed in new files," Daily Mail, February 2, 2026.
- Antonio Regalado, "The DIY designer baby project funded with Bitcoin," MIT Technology Review, February 1, 2019.
- Dennis Normile, "Chinese scientist who produced genetically altered babies sentenced to 3 years in jail," Science, December 30, 2019.
- Mindy Weisberger, "Jeffrey Epstein Dreamed of 'Improving' Humanity With a Baby-Making Ranch (and His DNA)," Live Science, August 1, 2019.
- U.S. Department of Justice, "Epstein Library," DOJ.gov, January 30, 2026.
