Billionaire LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman donated $500,000 to House Majority PAC, a major Democratic super PAC, according to Federal Election Commission filings released last week. The contribution arrived just two weeks before Election Day as the PAC ramped up a new advertising push centered on Jeffrey Epstein's child sex trafficking crimes.
The timing is notable: Hoffman himself has faced public scrutiny over past connections to Epstein, the convicted sex offender who died in jail in 2019.
House Majority PAC's Epstein-focused ads target Republican candidates, accusing them of blocking transparency about Epstein's activities and his potential facilitation of illegal sexual encounters.
One target was Representative Nick Begich, an Alaska Republican. House Majority PAC ran ads attacking Begich for initially voting against a procedural motion to advance the Epstein Files Transparency Act—though he reversed course and voted for the bill when it came up for final passage. The legislation, enacted in November 2025, requires the Justice Department to release records related to Epstein while protecting victim identities.
The Begich ad stated: "How did Jeffrey Epstein hide it? He was protected by the elites—elites like Nick Begich. Begich voted against releasing the Epstein Files, trying to hide the truth. Alaskans need someone who cares more about bringing down costs than protecting a rapist."
House Majority PAC spent $543,300 on the Begich ad campaign alone, FEC records show. The PAC has expanded that strategy across battleground districts. According to ad-tracking service ADMO, the group has spent $480,000 in Iowa's 2nd Congressional District, $2.06 million in Pennsylvania's 1st District, $550,150 in Arizona's 2nd District and $628,000 in Pennsylvania's 8th District in recent weeks.
Kentucky Republican Ralph Alvarado publicly seized on the donation, calling on his Democratic opponent, Zach Dembo, to reject what Alvarado termed "dirty Epstein-class money" tied to Hoffman.
