The Vault: The Epstein Files

Prince Andrew became entangled in another financial controversy through Selman Turk, a former Goldman Sachs banker who was later accused in London’s High Court of defrauding Turkish millionaire Nebahat Isbilen. Andrew was reportedly introduced to Turk in 2019 by Tarek Kaituni, a Libyan-born businessman with a criminal conviction for attempting to smuggle a submachine gun. Months later, Turk’s comp...

Michael Thomas was a veteran correctional officer employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan — a federal detention facility — where Jeffrey Epstein was being held in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Thomas had been with the Bureau of Prisons since about 2007 and, on the night of Epstein’s dea...

Michael Thomas was a veteran correctional officer employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan — a federal detention facility — where Jeffrey Epstein was being held in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Thomas had been with the Bureau of Prisons since about 2007 and, on the night of Epstein’s dea...

Michael Thomas was a veteran correctional officer employed by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan — a federal detention facility — where Jeffrey Epstein was being held in the Special Housing Unit (SHU) while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges. Thomas had been with the Bureau of Prisons since about 2007 and, on the night of Epstein’s dea...

Les Wexner, the billionaire founder of L Brands and longtime CEO of Victoria’s Secret, was not just an associate of Jeffrey Epstein—he was Epstein’s most powerful and influential patron. Wexner granted Epstein an extraordinary level of access to his financial empire, entrusting him with power of attorney and essentially giving him control over vast portions of his wealth and decision-making author...

In 1997, Jeffrey Epstein quietly became part-owner of a luxurious ski-in, ski-out Euro-style chalet in Vail, Colorado. The property—located at 375 Mill Creek Circle—was transferred to him via a trust he controlled, following an earlier purchase by an heiress of Johnson & Johnson, Elizabeth Ross “Libet” Johnson. This arrangement, formalized in 1998, granted Epstein significant control over the...

Day two of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing focused heavily on prosecutors’ effort to connect Robinson to the Utah Valley University campus and to the physical evidence recovered after Charlie Kirk was shot. Investigators introduced additional surveillance footage they said showed Robinson moving around UVU before and after the shooting, while the State also turned to forensic evidence recover...

Day two of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing focused heavily on prosecutors’ effort to connect Robinson to the Utah Valley University campus and to the physical evidence recovered after Charlie Kirk was shot. Investigators introduced additional surveillance footage they said showed Robinson moving around UVU before and after the shooting, while the State also turned to forensic evidence recover...

Jes Staley’s lawyers used the May 2023 filing to argue that JPMorgan Chase’s third-party claims against him should be dismissed outright. The bank had sought contribution and indemnification from Staley in the lawsuits brought by a Jane Doe plaintiff and the U.S. Virgin Islands over JPMorgan’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, but Staley argued those claims were legally defective. His attorneys s...

Jes Staley’s lawyers used the May 2023 filing to argue that JPMorgan Chase’s third-party claims against him should be dismissed outright. The bank had sought contribution and indemnification from Staley in the lawsuits brought by a Jane Doe plaintiff and the U.S. Virgin Islands over JPMorgan’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, but Staley argued those claims were legally defective. His attorneys s...

A potential investigation into Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn could focus on the network of companies, trusts and accounts that formed the financial backbone of Jeffrey Epstein’s operation, with investigators tracing where money came from, how it moved between entities and where it ultimately ended up. Indyke, Epstein’s longtime attorney, and Kahn, his accountant and financial administrator, would...

A potential investigation into Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn could focus on the network of companies, trusts and accounts that formed the financial backbone of Jeffrey Epstein’s operation, with investigators tracing where money came from, how it moved between entities and where it ultimately ended up. Indyke, Epstein’s longtime attorney, and Kahn, his accountant and financial administrator, would...

Judge Emmet Sullivan denied the Justice Department’s request for a partial stay of his September 16 order requiring Todd Blanche, in his official capacity as acting attorney general, to begin reviewing and producing foreign-language materials that could fall under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Sullivan ruled that Blanche’s motion could be denied on procedural grounds alone because the govern...

Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell maintained a close friendship for years, moving in the same social circles in Britain and the United States and appearing together at royal residences, private gatherings and events connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Maxwell had unusually direct access to Andrew, and records released over the years have shown just how familiar their relationship was. Andrew’s contact...

Jeffrey Epstein’s operation was built around far more than one source of money or influence. Over the years, he inserted himself into tax planning, estate work, mergers, private banking, investments and introductions between wealthy clients, collecting enormous fees despite not being a licensed tax attorney or certified public accountant. Financial records showed that Les Wexner and Leon Black alo...

In this episode, we’re taking a look back at the Jeffrey Epstein headlines from September 8th, 10th and 15th of 2025, revisiting the stories, developments and revelations that were shaping the case during that stretch. From the continuing fallout surrounding Epstein’s associates to the legal, political and financial questions that remained unresolved, those three days produced another round of sto...

Darren Indyke was accused in civil litigation and regulatory records of repeatedly structuring cash withdrawals from Jeffrey Epstein’s accounts in amounts designed to avoid triggering federal banking-reporting requirements. One frequently cited episode occurred in July 2016, when Indyke brought two checks to a bank, one for $7,500 from Epstein’s account and another for $4,000 from Indyke’s busines...

Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn were not peripheral figures in Jeffrey Epstein’s world but central operators who helped build, maintain, and financially sustain his criminal enterprise. As Epstein’s longtime lawyer and accountant, they created and managed the complex web of trusts, shell companies, bank accounts, and legal entities that allowed money to move discreetly while obscuring its purpose....

Day two of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing focused heavily on prosecutors’ effort to connect Robinson to the Utah Valley University campus and to the physical evidence recovered after Charlie Kirk was shot. Investigators introduced additional surveillance footage they said showed Robinson moving around UVU before and after the shooting, while the State also turned to forensic evidence recover...

Day two of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing focused heavily on prosecutors’ effort to connect Robinson to the Utah Valley University campus and to the physical evidence recovered after Charlie Kirk was shot. Investigators introduced additional surveillance footage they said showed Robinson moving around UVU before and after the shooting, while the State also turned to forensic evidence recover...

Leon Black’s attorneys asked Judge Jessica Clarke to reconsider whether the woman suing him as Jane Doe should continue to be allowed to proceed anonymously, arguing that her own conduct had undermined the justification for keeping her identity hidden. In a January 5, 2026 letter, Black’s legal team pointed to communications Doe allegedly had with people outside the litigation concerning the case...

Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn are now reportedly under federal investigation over their longtime roles in Jeffrey Epstein’s financial and legal world, raising the obvious question of why that scrutiny did not come years earlier. Indyke was Epstein’s longtime lawyer, Kahn his longtime accountant, and both men occupied positions that gave them direct visibility into the structures surrounding Epste...

Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn are now reportedly under federal investigation over their longtime roles in Jeffrey Epstein’s financial and legal world, raising the obvious question of why that scrutiny did not come years earlier. Indyke was Epstein’s longtime lawyer, Kahn his longtime accountant, and both men occupied positions that gave them direct visibility into the structures surrounding Epste...

Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have opened an investigation into Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, two of Jeffrey Epstein’s longest-serving advisers and the co-executors of his estate. Indyke served for years as Epstein’s attorney, while Kahn worked as his accountant, placing both men deep inside the financial and legal machinery surrounding Epstein. According to the Wall Street Journal, prosecuto...

Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell has largely avoided the sustained public scrutiny that has followed other powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein, despite being directly accused by Virginia Giuffre in sworn testimony. Giuffre said Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell directed her to have sex with Mitchell on more than one occasion while she was being trafficked through Epstein’s network. The allega...