"Trashy Ruminations By Convicted Criminal": India On PM's Mention In Epstein Files

India on Friday moved swiftly to reject any suggestion of impropriety after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name surfaced in a reference contained in newly released United States Justice Department files linked to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

"We have seen reports of an email message from the so-called Epstein files that has a reference to the Prime Minister and his visit to Israel," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal. "Beyond the fact of the Prime Minister's official visit to Israel in July 2017, the rest of the allusions in the email are little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal, which deserve to be dismissed with the utmost contempt."