The Vault: The Epstein Files

Newly surfaced court records alleged that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner contacted the FBI in 2005 after then-Playboy Playmate Audra Christiansen told him that she had been sexually abused and trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. According to the filing, Christiansen believed Hefner’s prominence would give the allegation greater credibility with federal authorities and asked him to make the report on her b...

A federal judge sharply warned the Justice Department that it could face contempt proceedings or other penalties if it continued failing to comply with court orders requiring the release of additional Jeffrey Epstein records. During an August 13 hearing, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan pressed DOJ attorneys over outstanding documents, redaction logs and FBI materials that he had previously orde...

Sen. Marsha Blackburn had repeatedly presented herself publicly as an advocate for transparency surrounding Jeffrey Epstein, while Sen. Ron Wyden’s investigation showed that she declined opportunities to help obtain precisely the financial records that could have shed more light on Epstein’s operation. Beginning in 2024, Wyden’s office reportedly approached Blackburn multiple times seeking her sup...

Jeffrey Epstein appeared to make the collection of information about powerful people part of the way he operated, cultivating relationships with politicians, financiers, academics, royalty and business leaders while surrounding himself with extraordinary access to their private lives. Accounts from people in his orbit, along with photographs, correspondence, calendars and other records recovered o...

After Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida in 2008 to state prostitution-related charges involving a minor, he was required to register as a sex offender in Florida and later in New York. But when it came to New Mexico, where Epstein owned the sprawling Zorro Ranch south of Santa Fe, he slipped through a significant legal loophole. Epstein initially registered in New Mexico in 2010, but just...

Jeffrey Epstein’s final weeks at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan placed him in close proximity to several inmates who later became important witnesses to his state of mind and the conditions surrounding his death. One of them was William “Bill” Mersey, who has described himself as one of Epstein’s closest jailhouse companions during the final month of Epstein’s life. Mersey later...

At Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing in June 2022, survivors delivered powerful and emotional victim impact statements that left no doubt about the damage she had inflicted. One woman stated plainly, “I never would have met Jeffrey Epstein if not for you,” holding Maxwell personally responsible for the years of abuse that followed. Another described her as a “monster,” recounting how Maxwell’s groomi...

At Ghislaine Maxwell’s sentencing in June 2022, survivors delivered powerful and emotional victim impact statements that left no doubt about the damage she had inflicted. One woman stated plainly, “I never would have met Jeffrey Epstein if not for you,” holding Maxwell personally responsible for the years of abuse that followed. Another described her as a “monster,” recounting how Maxwell’s groomi...

yler Robinson’s defense filed its written bindover argument on August 11, 2026, responding to the state’s 28-page memorandum asking Judge Tony Graf to order Robinson to stand trial. The defense filing was submitted after the five-day preliminary hearing, during which Robinson’s lawyers challenged several important parts of the prosecution’s evidentiary presentation, particularly the reliability an...

The autopsy reports for University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin documented the extraordinary violence of the November 13, 2022 murders inside the King Road residence in Moscow. Spokane County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Veena Singh determined that all four died from multiple sharp-force injuries consistent with a large fixed-blade knife, includin...

The New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission’s 119-page interim report described Zorro Ranch as a major and largely neglected component of Jeffrey Epstein’s broader operation, concluding that authorities failed for years to seriously investigate what happened there. According to the Commission, Epstein maintained an elaborate, highly controlled compound in New Mexico where survivors reported sexual...

The New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission’s 119-page interim report described Zorro Ranch as a major and largely neglected component of Jeffrey Epstein’s broader operation, concluding that authorities failed for years to seriously investigate what happened there. According to the Commission, Epstein maintained an elaborate, highly controlled compound in New Mexico where survivors reported sexual...

Epstein survivor Lara Blume McGee urged British Prime Minister Andy Burnham to directly press President Donald Trump not to pardon Ghislaine Maxwell, saying the possibility of clemency for the woman she accused of grooming her was deeply disturbing. McGee said Maxwell began grooming her when she was 20 and argued that Britain had a responsibility to speak forcefully because Maxwell is a British ci...

Jeffrey Epstein was reportedly in possession of firearms at his Zorro Ranch in New Mexico even after his 2008 Florida felony conviction, raising questions about why he was never prosecuted for what authorities themselves had identified as potentially illegal gun possession. The New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission cited documentation indicating that Epstein maintained control over firearms at th...

A federal judge in New York ordered the unsealing of grand jury-related materials connected to the investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell, rejecting Maxwell’s attempts to keep the records from becoming public. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska granted the Justice Department’s request to release materials that had originally been obtained through grand jury subpoenas from the law firm Boies Schiller F...

Prince Andrew developed such a reputation for expensive official travel that he was nicknamed “Air Miles Andy,” with taxpayers frequently picking up the cost of flights, accommodation and other expenses connected to his public duties and his role as Britain’s special representative for international trade and investment. One of the clearest examples came in 2019, when Andrew used a private jet to...

JPMorgan argued that the U.S. Virgin Islands could not credibly portray itself as an innocent government blindsided by Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes because, according to the bank, territorial officials had cultivated and financially rewarded Epstein for years. In its defense against the USVI lawsuit, JPMorgan pointed to the extraordinary tax benefits granted to Epstein’s companies through the Virgin I...

Zorro Ranch, Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling property in New Mexico, was surrounded for years by an unusual degree of secrecy that only deepened after the full scope of his crimes became public. The ranch sat in an isolated stretch of desert south of Santa Fe, far removed from the scrutiny that accompanied his homes in Manhattan and Palm Beach, and relatively little was publicly known about what happe...

The so-called phase one release of the Epstein files was nothing more than a pathetic PR puppet show dressed up as transparency. Instead of inviting the only people who actually deserved to be in that room—the survivors—the organizers hand-selected a cast of online clowns and grifters who have about as much understanding of the Epstein case as a houseplant. They paraded around the White House like...

Todd Blanche, the acting U.S. attorney general, told lawmakers during a Senate appropriations hearing that he would not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime associate who is serving a 20-year sentence for sex-trafficking crimes. The statement came after Sen. Chris Van Hollen pressed Blanche to commit that DOJ would not support clemency for Maxwell, whose lawyer prev...

yler Robinson’s defense filed its written bindover argument on August 11, 2026, responding to the state’s 28-page memorandum asking Judge Tony Graf to order Robinson to stand trial. The defense filing was submitted after the five-day preliminary hearing, during which Robinson’s lawyers challenged several important parts of the prosecution’s evidentiary presentation, particularly the reliability an...

The autopsy reports for University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin documented the extraordinary violence of the November 13, 2022 murders inside the King Road residence in Moscow. Spokane County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Veena Singh determined that all four died from multiple sharp-force injuries consistent with a large fixed-blade knife, includin...

The New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission’s 119-page interim report described Zorro Ranch as a major and largely neglected component of Jeffrey Epstein’s broader operation, concluding that authorities failed for years to seriously investigate what happened there. According to the Commission, Epstein maintained an elaborate, highly controlled compound in New Mexico where survivors reported sexual...

The New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission’s 119-page interim report described Zorro Ranch as a major and largely neglected component of Jeffrey Epstein’s broader operation, concluding that authorities failed for years to seriously investigate what happened there. According to the Commission, Epstein maintained an elaborate, highly controlled compound in New Mexico where survivors reported sexual...

Larry Visoski was far more than Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime pilot. For nearly three decades, he occupied a critical logistical position inside Epstein’s world, flying him between New York, Palm Beach, New Mexico, the Virgin Islands and other destinations while gaining firsthand familiarity with Epstein’s properties, travel patterns, employees and associates. Visoski’s importance was underscored by...