The Vault: The Epstein Files

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...

Prince Andrew has been progressively shut out of prominent royal occasions as his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and the allegations made by Virginia Giuffre turned him into a reputational liability for the monarchy. Organizers planning Prince Philip’s 100th-birthday commemorations reportedly intended to exclude Andrew from the principal celebrations and omit photographs of him from a planned e...

In January 2022, U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Prince Andrew’s effort to have Virginia Giuffre’s civil sexual-abuse lawsuit thrown out, dismantling several of the arguments advanced by the prince’s legal team. Andrew’s attorneys had argued that Giuffre’s 2009 settlement with Jeffrey Epstein protected Andrew from being sued because the agreement released certain “potential defendants.”...

Ghislaine Maxwell spends nearly two years in pretrial detention at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn following her July 2020 arrest, repeatedly describing her confinement as unusually harsh and punitive. Through her attorneys, she tells the court that she is kept under constant surveillance, subjected to invasive searches and awakened throughout the night by guards shining flashlights...

Jes Staley was expected to remain chief executive of Barclays for another two years despite mounting controversy surrounding his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and a growing list of conduct problems. At the time, Barclays continued to back Staley even as British regulators examined whether he had been fully transparent about the nature of that relationship. That support was striking because the...

JPMorgan spent more than $20 million on its own legal fees defending the U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit over the bank’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, according to figures that surfaced during the litigation. The case generated an enormous amount of discovery, depositions and motion practice as the Virgin Islands accused JPMorgan of knowingly benefiting from Epstein’s trafficking operation and ig...

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...

Todd Blanche’s reply argues that the court should partially stay its enforcement order while the Justice Department appeals, particularly as it relates to the review and production of foreign-language Epstein materials. The government contends that the court’s September enforcement order went beyond simply implementing the earlier injunction and instead imposed new obligations and deadlines that D...

Todd Blanche’s reply argues that the court should partially stay its enforcement order while the Justice Department appeals, particularly as it relates to the review and production of foreign-language Epstein materials. The government contends that the court’s September enforcement order went beyond simply implementing the earlier injunction and instead imposed new obligations and deadlines that D...

Ghislaine Maxwell bought the secluded 156-acre New Hampshire estate known as “Tucked Away” for about $1.1 million in December 2019, roughly seven months before the FBI arrested her there. Newly released Justice Department records showed that Swiss banking giant UBS transferred nearly $8 million from an account tied to a trust associated with Maxwell shortly before the purchase, with the money then...

Highbridge Capital Management was a major New York hedge fund founded by Glenn Dubin and Henry Swieca that had grown into one of the most successful alternative-asset managers on Wall Street by the early 2000s. In 2004, JPMorgan Chase acquired a majority stake in Highbridge, which was managing roughly $7 billion at the time, giving the bank a much larger foothold in the rapidly expanding hedge-fun...

Highbridge Capital Management was a major New York hedge fund founded by Glenn Dubin and Henry Swieca that had grown into one of the most successful alternative-asset managers on Wall Street by the early 2000s. In 2004, JPMorgan Chase acquired a majority stake in Highbridge, which was managing roughly $7 billion at the time, giving the bank a much larger foothold in the rapidly expanding hedge-fun...

Julie K. Brown, the investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, not only reignited the Jeffrey Epstein case by exposing the sweetheart non-prosecution agreement in Florida but also turned her spotlight to Epstein’s Caribbean operations. In a 2023 Miami Herald piece titled “U.S. Virgin Islands cozied up to Jeffrey Epstein. Now they’re profiting from his sex crimes,” Brown detailed how Epstein bene...

Julie K. Brown, the investigative reporter for the Miami Herald, not only reignited the Jeffrey Epstein case by exposing the sweetheart non-prosecution agreement in Florida but also turned her spotlight to Epstein’s Caribbean operations. In a 2023 Miami Herald piece titled “U.S. Virgin Islands cozied up to Jeffrey Epstein. Now they’re profiting from his sex crimes,” Brown detailed how Epstein bene...

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...

Katie Phang is opposing Attorney General Todd Blanche’s request to partially stay a September 16 enforcement order requiring the Justice Department to begin reviewing and producing foreign-language materials potentially covered by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Phang’s filing argues that Blanche has already ignored the underlying June 25 preliminary injunction for nearly three months, includi...

Katie Phang is opposing Attorney General Todd Blanche’s request to partially stay a September 16 enforcement order requiring the Justice Department to begin reviewing and producing foreign-language materials potentially covered by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Phang’s filing argues that Blanche has already ignored the underlying June 25 preliminary injunction for nearly three months, includi...

Newly released records show that Jeffrey Epstein cultivated a surprisingly deep relationship with the emerging cryptocurrency world years after his 2008 conviction, positioning himself as an investor, connector and adviser while Bitcoin and other digital assets were still in their infancy. The records detail his dealings with crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce, who introduced Epstein to early invest...

Newly released records show that Jeffrey Epstein cultivated a surprisingly deep relationship with the emerging cryptocurrency world years after his 2008 conviction, positioning himself as an investor, connector and adviser while Bitcoin and other digital assets were still in their infancy. The records detail his dealings with crypto entrepreneur Brock Pierce, who introduced Epstein to early invest...

Epstein survivors say the financial consequences of the abuse have continued long after their encounters with Jeffrey Epstein ended, affecting their ability to work, obtain medical treatment and maintain financial stability. Survivors described paying significant out-of-pocket costs for therapy, physical rehabilitation and other health care while also losing income because of trauma, advocacy work...

Prince Andrew was excluded from the Buckingham Palace balcony appearance during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, underscoring his diminished royal standing following the scandal over his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The Queen restricted the appearance to working royals, leaving Andrew outside one of the most prominent public moments marking her 70-year reign. He had withdr...

Alan Dershowitz has faced sustained criticism over both his legal work for Jeffrey Epstein and the depth of his personal relationship with him. Dershowitz was part of Epstein’s defense team during the Florida investigation that ultimately produced the extraordinarily favorable 2007 non-prosecution agreement, and he later defended that deal publicly even after its terms became a national scandal. C...

Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with George Mitchell, Frédéric Fekkai and Marvin Minsky showed how deeply his network reached into politics, luxury services and academia. Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell appeared in Epstein-related records and was accused by Virginia Giuffre of being one of the powerful men she said Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell directed her to have sex with while she...