GERB leader Boyko Borissov is mentioned twice in documents within the Epstein files, the vast trove of records linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein , who died in prison in 2019. The files, made public by the U.S. Department of Justice, include a June 2017 report titled “Destruction of Democracy: Goals, Strategies, and Methods of Contemporary Authoritarian Regimes,” though the reason this document is part of the Epstein collection is not clear. Separately, Borissov ’s name appears in