The Epstein Chronicles

Jeffrey Epstein presented himself as a sophisticated financier and money manager, yet the precise origins of his enormous fortune were never fully explained. His best-documented client was retail billionaire Leslie Wexner, who gave Epstein extraordinary authority over his finances and property, but Epstein offered few verifiable details about who else paid him, what investments he managed or how h...

Prince Andrew repeatedly ignored warnings about Jeffrey Epstein even after the financier’s conduct had become impossible to dismiss as mere controversy. Advisers and members of the royal household reportedly urged him to distance himself, especially after Epstein’s 2008 conviction, yet Andrew continued the relationship and stayed at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse in 2010. He later claimed the visit...

The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report into Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) presents a disturbing portrait of federal cowardice, systemic failures, and deliberate abdication of prosecutorial duty. Instead of zealously pursuing justice against a serial predator with dozens of underage victims, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District...

In 2016 a woman using the name Katie Johnson filed a federal lawsuit alleging that she had been assaulted as a minor — in her complaint she claimed that in 1994, when she was 13, she was lured by Jeffrey Epstein to his Manhattan residence with promises of modeling, and that Trump and Epstein took turns sexually assaulting her during a series of parties. After filing the suit, the case was dismisse...

Jean-Luc Brunel, a prominent French modeling agent and founder of MC2 Model Management, maintained a long-standing and deeply troubling relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. More than just a social acquaintance, Brunel was widely identified as one of Epstein’s primary suppliers of young girls, using his modeling agency as a pipeline to traffic aspiring models—many of them minors—into Epstein’s contro...

The October 24, 2025 hearing centered on Tyler Robinson’s request to appear at future court proceedings in civilian clothing and without restraints. His attorneys argued that routinely presenting him in jail clothing and shackles would undermine the presumption of innocence, interfere with his ability to participate in his defense and create prejudicial images that could spread through extensive m...

Bryan Kohberger’s request for a new trial will first have to survive an initial review by the Idaho court, which must determine whether his post-conviction petition presents specific, legally sufficient claims that warrant further proceedings. Kohberger alleges that his guilty plea was produced by coercion, misinformation, false promises and the withholding or misrepresentation of potentially excu...

Ted Waitt told the House Oversight Committee that he met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein at a Hong Kong dinner in November 2003 and began dating Maxwell the following year, remaining in a relationship with her until September 2010. Waitt portrayed his own contact with Epstein as extremely limited, saying he had only a brief introduction at the dinner, one arranged meeting at Maxwell’s New Yo...

Ted Waitt told the House Oversight Committee that he met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein at a Hong Kong dinner in November 2003 and began dating Maxwell the following year, remaining in a relationship with her until September 2010. Waitt portrayed his own contact with Epstein as extremely limited, saying he had only a brief introduction at the dinner, one arranged meeting at Maxwell’s New Yo...

The Senate unanimously adopted a nonbinding resolution opposing any presidential pardon, commutation or other form of clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate who is serving a 20-year federal sentence following her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking-related charges. Introduced by Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada, the measure passed by unanimous consent without obje...

Kathy Ruemmler, the former Obama White House counsel and longtime Goldman Sachs legal executive, faced renewed scrutiny after the House Oversight Committee released the transcript of her July 15 interview about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Ruemmler acknowledged that associating with Epstein was a mistake, but drew outrage when she said some allegations made by Virginia Giuffre “lacked in...

A two-page Middle East policy briefing bearing former Treasury secretary Larry Summers’s name was found among the Jeffrey Epstein documents released through the House Oversight Committee. Dated to early 2013, the briefing summarized political and security developments across ten countries during the upheaval of the Arab Spring, including Egypt, Syria, Israel, Iran, Libya, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia....

Melanie Walker’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein reportedly began in the early 1990s, when she said Donald Trump introduced them at New York’s Plaza Hotel. Walker, then a recent college graduate, initially discussed modeling opportunities with Epstein, but he reportedly encouraged her to pursue medicine instead and became a longtime mentor, patron and adviser. She later lived at an address in a...

Larry Visoski and David Rodgers were far more than ordinary pilots in Jeffrey Epstein’s organization. For nearly three decades, they transported Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, young women and girls, wealthy financiers, celebrities, politicians and members of royalty between Epstein’s properties in New York, Florida, New Mexico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as well as destinations around the world. The...

The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report into Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) presents a disturbing portrait of federal cowardice, systemic failures, and deliberate abdication of prosecutorial duty. Instead of zealously pursuing justice against a serial predator with dozens of underage victims, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District...

In December 2005, ten days after their wedding, Summers and New embarked on their honeymoon, travelling first to the Caribbean and then—according to publicly available flight logs—to Epstein’s private island. They departed from Bedford, Massachusetts, on December 21 on Epstein’s plane bound for St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, a typical staging point to transfer onward to Little Saint James. The r...

The article describes a heated confrontation between journalists at a Substack party following the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where tensions escalated over coverage related to Jeffrey Epstein. Former CNN journalist Jim Acosta and independent reporter Michael Tracey clashed after Acosta accused Tracey of aggressively confronting and “bullying” Epstein investigator Julie K. Brown. Tracey la...

The October 24, 2025 hearing centered on Tyler Robinson’s request to appear at future court proceedings in civilian clothing and without restraints. His attorneys argued that routinely presenting him in jail clothing and shackles would undermine the presumption of innocence, interfere with his ability to participate in his defense and create prejudicial images that could spread through extensive m...

Bryan Kohberger’s attempt to withdraw his guilty plea partly rests on his claim that his attorneys failed to tell him about potentially exculpatory evidence, specifically “clumps of unknown hair” reportedly found in Ethan Chapin’s hand. Kohberger alleged that his defense team pressured him into falsely confessing through coercion, misinformation, unfulfilled promises and the withholding of evidenc...

Ted Waitt told the House Oversight Committee that he met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein at a Hong Kong dinner in November 2003 and began dating Maxwell the following year, remaining in a relationship with her until September 2010. Waitt portrayed his own contact with Epstein as extremely limited, saying he had only a brief introduction at the dinner, one arranged meeting at Maxwell’s New Yo...

Ted Waitt told the House Oversight Committee that he met Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein at a Hong Kong dinner in November 2003 and began dating Maxwell the following year, remaining in a relationship with her until September 2010. Waitt portrayed his own contact with Epstein as extremely limited, saying he had only a brief introduction at the dinner, one arranged meeting at Maxwell’s New Yo...

Epstein survivors and legal experts warned that Todd Blanche’s expected confirmation as attorney general could further obstruct efforts to secure accountability for Jeffrey Epstein’s trafficking operation. Survivors urged Republican senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn to reject Blanche, accusing him of repeatedly mishandling the case while serving as acting attorney general. They said his Justice...

An independent investigation commissioned by the Interlochen Center for the Arts documented approximately 70 firsthand accounts of alleged sexual misconduct by adults affiliated with the prestigious Michigan arts school and summer camp. Investigators conducted about 180 interviews and identified 47 accused individuals, including faculty members, teachers, residence staff, donors, trustees and visi...

The City of London Corporation is developing a new internal procedure that could allow it to revoke Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s Freedom of the City of London. Officials concluded that no existing legal mechanism permitted them to simply remove the status, which Andrew obtained through patrimony in 2012 because his father, Prince Philip, was a Freeman. The Corporation had previously asked Andrew t...

Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to Australian political and business circles added another disturbing layer to the larger story of how deeply he penetrated the international elite. Katherine Keating, the daughter of former prime minister Paul Keating, visited Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, exchanged friendly communications with him and remained in contact after his 2008 conviction was publicly known....