Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn abruptly canceled a Tuesday fundraiser that was set to be co-hosted by a Democratic operative who was mentioned in the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files as allegedly transporting young girls for the late convicted sex offender.
Dana Chasin — a Rockefeller heir who advised Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign as well as former Sens. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) — was listed on an invitation for the Washington event benefiting Osborn, who is running against GOP Sen. Pete Ricketts as an independent.
His name appears in a March 2024 email sent to a Justice Department attorney by Jeanne Christensen, a lawyer representing a young unnamed woman who alleged Chasin flew her on a private plane to Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse for sex with powerful men. The email, which details allegations of sexual abuse, also mentions a second flight with Chasin but does not make a direct accusation against him.
Christensen did not respond to an email seeking comment. A spokesperson for her firm, Wigdor, declined to comment.
POLITICO asked the Osborn campaign Tuesday afternoon whether it was aware of Chasin’s name surfacing in the files. “This event has been cancelled,” a spokesperson replied.
“Anyone who hurt kids or engaged in other illegal activity needs to be arrested and prosecuted,” the statement continued. The spokesperson did not respond to a question about what vetting had been done of the co-hosts in advance of the event.
Chasin — who has donated more than $2 million to Democrats since the 1990s, according to federal records — did not respond to requests for comment. An invitation to the fundraiser listed tickets from $250 to $3,500.
In recent weeks, Osborn has made numerous posts on X calling for justice to be served for Epstein’s victims.
“There is a small, powerful group of ELITES who think they can do anything they want on this earth,” he posted Monday. “They think they are deserving. They think they are exceptional.”
