Former U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1981-2011) and later chairman of the Motion Picture Association (2011-2017). Dodd received a $1,000 campaign donation from Epstein in 2003 as part of a broader pattern in which Epstein donated approximately $77,000 to Democratic politicians and committees between 1999 and 2003, including contributions to John Kerry and Richard Gephardt.
Dodd's campaign returned the $1,000 contribution in 2006, the same year Florida authorities were building a case against Epstein. He appears in Epstein's black book. No allegations of personal wrongdoing connected to Epstein have been made against Dodd.