The Epstein Chronicles

Since Charlie Kirk’s murder, five major conspiracy theories have dominated the online conversation: that Tyler Robinson was never on the Utah Valley University campus, that another shooter fired the fatal round, that police fabricated the digital and forensic evidence, that people inside Turning Point USA helped arrange or conceal the killing, and that a foreign government ordered the assassinatio...

Since Charlie Kirk’s murder, five major conspiracy theories have dominated the online conversation: that Tyler Robinson was never on the Utah Valley University campus, that another shooter fired the fatal round, that police fabricated the digital and forensic evidence, that people inside Turning Point USA helped arrange or conceal the killing, and that a foreign government ordered the assassinatio...

Since Charlie Kirk’s murder, five major conspiracy theories have dominated the online conversation: that Tyler Robinson was never on the Utah Valley University campus, that another shooter fired the fatal round, that police fabricated the digital and forensic evidence, that people inside Turning Point USA helped arrange or conceal the killing, and that a foreign government ordered the assassinatio...

Lesley Groff told the House Oversight Committee that she worked for Jeffrey Epstein from February 2001 until July 2019 as his secretary/administrative assistant, handling scheduling, calls, travel coordination, calendars, and staff logistics. Her central position was that Epstein kept her separated from his criminal life, that she never witnessed abuse, never had a victim disclose abuse to her, an...

Warren Buffett left the Gates Foundation out of his annual charitable donations for the first time, directing roughly $6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway stock instead to four foundations connected to his family. The omission followed renewed disclosures about Bill Gates’ meetings and correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein. Buffett also accelerated his broader estate plans, announcing that his remaining...

Senator Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon about whether he acted on advice connected to Jeffrey Epstein while lobbying against a proposed British tax on bankers’ bonuses. Warren’s questions follow the release of a 2009 email exchange in which Epstein asked then-Labour minister Peter Mandelson whether Dimon should pressure UK chancellor Alistair Darling...

British whistleblower Simon Andriesz uncovered evidence in the publicly released Epstein records suggesting that Howard Lutnick, now the United States commerce secretary, had a more substantial business relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than Lutnick had previously acknowledged. Andriesz, a former managing director at Lutnick’s Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald, found a 2018 email exchange in whic...

Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with Michael Wolff, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates differed in purpose and duration, but each demonstrates how Epstein sought access to influential people who could enhance his legitimacy. Wolff developed an unusually close source relationship with Epstein, conducting extensive interviews and exchanging emails with him over several years. Released correspondence sugges...

Judge Lewis Kaplan made it clear early in Virginia Giuffre’s civil lawsuit that he would not allow Prince Andrew’s attorneys to bury the case beneath procedural disputes or use technical arguments to postpone confronting the allegations. When Andrew’s legal team challenged whether he had been properly served with the lawsuit, Kaplan authorized Giuffre to deliver the papers through Andrew’s America...

Prince Andrew repeatedly attempted to rebuild his public position after stepping away from royal duties in 2019, but those efforts were firmly resisted by his older brother Charles while he was still Prince of Wales. Andrew reportedly viewed appearances at Prince Philip’s memorial service, the Order of the Garter ceremony and Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee as opportunities to demonstrate th...

Federal prosecutors urged Judge Alison Nathan to impose the maximum sentence available under the applicable federal guidelines against Ghislaine Maxwell, arguing that a prison term of between 30 and 55 years was justified by the seriousness and duration of her crimes. They described Maxwell as an essential participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of underage girls, not a passive companion who was ma...

Writer Christopher Mason says that Ghislaine Maxwell commissioned him to write a birthday song for Jeffrey Epstein that included very lurid and sexualized references—specifically lyrics about “24-hour erections” and “schoolgirl crushes” when Epstein had taught at Dalton School. According to Mason, Maxwell gave him highly explicit instructions about what to include in the lyrics, but prevented him...

The Tyler Robinson defense is following a familiar capital-case strategy: challenge the evidence, contest deadlines, file repeated motions, preserve every possible appellate issue, and force the prosecution to defend each stage of its case. That approach closely resembles the strategy used by Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys before he ultimately pleaded guilty in exchange for the removal of the death p...

The Tyler Robinson defense is following a familiar capital-case strategy: challenge the evidence, contest deadlines, file repeated motions, preserve every possible appellate issue, and force the prosecution to defend each stage of its case. That approach closely resembles the strategy used by Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys before he ultimately pleaded guilty in exchange for the removal of the death p...

Lesley Groff told the House Oversight Committee that she worked for Jeffrey Epstein from February 2001 until July 2019 as his secretary/administrative assistant, handling scheduling, calls, travel coordination, calendars, and staff logistics. Her central position was that Epstein kept her separated from his criminal life, that she never witnessed abuse, never had a victim disclose abuse to her, an...

Lesley Groff told the House Oversight Committee that she worked for Jeffrey Epstein from February 2001 until July 2019 as his secretary/administrative assistant, handling scheduling, calls, travel coordination, calendars, and staff logistics. Her central position was that Epstein kept her separated from his criminal life, that she never witnessed abuse, never had a victim disclose abuse to her, an...

Jeffrey Epstein survivors are urging the Senate to reject acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department permanently, arguing that his handling of the government’s Epstein document release should disqualify him. In a video released by World Without Exploitation, the women accused Blanche of failing to protect survivors after poorly redacted records exposed names a...

New Mexico prosecutors have issued evidence-preservation notices to more than two dozen technology, financial and travel companies as they investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch and attempt to secure the complete record of Prince Andrew’s communications with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. The notices reportedly cover emails, messages, travel information and other digital records held by compani...

Newly released Justice Department records reportedly show that former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak maintained a close, years-long relationship with Jeffrey Epstein well after Epstein’s 2008 conviction. Emails, visitor records and financial documents trace their association from roughly 2013 through 2019, including repeated stays by Barak and his wife at Epstein’s Manhattan residence, which st...

Jeffrey Epstein demonstrated a sophisticated ability to obscure where his money came from, where it moved and who ultimately benefited from it. He operated through layers of corporations, trusts, offshore accounts and entities registered in secrecy-friendly jurisdictions, making his financial network difficult to trace as a single, coherent operation. Investigative records have shown that his weal...

Zorro Ranch was long one of the least thoroughly examined pieces of Jeffrey Epstein’s world, despite repeated allegations that women and girls were taken there and abused. Unlike his Manhattan townhouse and Palm Beach residence, the sprawling New Mexico property was not searched by federal authorities after his 2019 arrest, leaving years of activity at the ranch largely unexplored. Its remote loca...

As Jeffrey Epstein faced prosecution in Florida, his friends and associates sent a letter to prosecutors portraying him as a generous, accomplished and valuable member of society who deserved leniency. That intervention was part of a broader effort to replace the image emerging from the evidence with a carefully manufactured portrait of a respectable financier, philanthropist and trusted adviser t...

The story that Jeffrey Epstein tried to blackmail Bill Gates over an alleged affair with a Russian bridge player is now being touted as the extent of their connection—but that narrative reeks of damage control. It's suspiciously convenient that this "blackmail attempt" is framed as Epstein desperately trying to attach himself to Gates, painting Gates as a distant, disinterested party who barely kn...

The story that Jeffrey Epstein tried to blackmail Bill Gates over an alleged affair with a Russian bridge player is now being touted as the extent of their connection—but that narrative reeks of damage control. It's suspiciously convenient that this "blackmail attempt" is framed as Epstein desperately trying to attach himself to Gates, painting Gates as a distant, disinterested party who barely kn...

Newly disclosed emails drawn from the vast Epstein files show Maxwell and her late partner Jeffrey Epstein actively cultivating relationships with a wide circle of wealthy, powerful men and women — including business leaders, politicians, financiers, and media figures. In some exchanges, Maxwell appears to be coordinating introductions, social events, and even personal contacts between Epstein and...