Name of Mira Nair, mother of NYC Mayor Mamdani, appears in email in newly-released Epstein files

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The parent  of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Mira Nair, reacts during his inauguration ceremonial  successful  New York City, U.S., January 1, 2026.

The parent of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Mira Nair, reacts during his inauguration ceremonial successful New York City, U.S., January 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Indian filmmaker Mira Nair had attended an “after party” for a movie astatine the townhouse of convicted enactment trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, according to the latest Epstein files released by the US Justice Department.

Ms. Nair, the parent of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, is mentioned successful 1 of the emails arsenic portion of further files of probe related to millionaire enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein put retired successful nationalist domain by the Department of Justice connected Friday (January 30, 2026).

“Just near Ghislaine's townhouse... aft enactment for film. Bill Clinton and Jeff Bezos were there... Jean Pigozzi, manager Mira Nair...etc. Film received tepid absorption though women similar it overmuch more... Hillary Swank and Gere astatine anserine enactment successful Bloomingdales inexpensive sportwear department... precise weird.

“Studio went for escaped enactment from store and windows for a month... Going to beryllium successful Wall Street 2 tomorrow.... much to come. xoxo Peg,” an email dated October 21, 2009 astatine 5:37:02 americium by American publicist Peggy Siegal to an code 'jeevacation@gmail.com' said.

While the email does not notation the film’s name, it appears to beryllium the 2009 movie ‘Amelia’, directed by Ms. Nair and based connected the beingness of legendary American aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared implicit the Pacific Ocean successful 1937 during an effort to circumnavigate the world. It starred Hillary Swank and Richard Gere.

PTI sent a connection to Ms. Nair for a remark but has not received a effect yet.

On Friday (January 30, 2026), the Department of Justice published implicit 3 cardinal further pages of the Epstein Files nether the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into instrumentality by President Donald Trump connected November 19, 2025.

More than 2,000 videos and 1,80,000 images are included successful the further publication. Combined with anterior releases, this makes the full accumulation astir 3.5 cardinal pages released, the section said.

The recently released files were collected from 5 superior sources, including the Florida and New York cases against Epstein, the New York lawsuit against Maxwell, the New York cases investigating Epstein’s death, the Florida lawsuit investigating a erstwhile butler of Epstein, aggregate FBI investigations, and the Office of Inspector General probe into Epstein’s death.

Published - February 02, 2026 09:27 americium IST

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