The Vault: The Epstein Files

Kathy Ruemmler told congressional investigators that she regretted associating with Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that she did not know he was continuing to abuse girls and young women after his 2008 conviction. The former Obama White House counsel acknowledged meeting with Epstein repeatedly, visiting his properties, exchanging numerous emails with him and accepting professional assistance and g...

Kathy Ruemmler told congressional investigators that she regretted associating with Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that she did not know he was continuing to abuse girls and young women after his 2008 conviction. The former Obama White House counsel acknowledged meeting with Epstein repeatedly, visiting his properties, exchanging numerous emails with him and accepting professional assistance and g...

Western Australia’s Ombudsman has opened an independent investigation into whether police responded appropriately to Virginia Giuffre before her death in April 2025. The inquiry follows a formal request from Giuffre’s brothers, Sky Roberts and Danny Wilson, and their wives, who questioned how officers handled her domestic-violence allegations against her husband, Robert Giuffre. The family specifi...

FirstBank Puerto Rico has asked a federal judge in New York to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the bank of participating in and profiting from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. The anonymous plaintiff, identified as Jane Doe, alleged that FirstBank provided Epstein and his associates with banking services for more than two decades, gaining access to financial information that should have exp...

The Justice Department has still not turned over the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein records requested by New Mexico investigators, missing a July 31 deadline imposed by state Attorney General Raúl Torrez. New Mexico reopened its criminal investigation into allegations of sexual abuse and trafficking at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch earlier this year, but the federal government has provided only 31 pages of la...

Jeffrey Epstein used his friendship with Prince Andrew as a powerful form of social validation. Association with a senior member of the British royal family gave Epstein access to royal residences, aristocratic circles, prominent business figures and influential political contacts that would otherwise have been difficult to reach. Andrew’s presence helped Epstein present himself not merely as a we...

Ghislaine Maxwell has repeatedly tried to recast herself as something other than Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice, shifting between portraying herself as his unsuspecting former girlfriend, a household employee with no knowledge of his abuse, a convenient scapegoat for his crimes and even a victim of an unfair prosecution. At trial, her defense suggested that survivors had unreliable memories and were...

Jeffrey Epstein first appeared on a federal regulator’s radar in 1981, when the Securities and Exchange Commission questioned him under oath during an investigation into trading connected to a corporate tender offer while he was associated with Bear Stearns. That proceeding did not concern sexual abuse and did not result in criminal charges against him, but it showed that Epstein had been subjecte...

In Case No. 9:10-cv-80309-KAM, Jane Doe No. 103 filed a civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleging that she was sexually abused and exploited by Epstein while she was a minor and a resident of Palm Beach County. The complaint, filed on February 23, 2010 and later unsealed on March 9, 2010, outlines claims of intentional inflictio...

In Case No. 9:10-cv-80309-KAM, Jane Doe No. 103 filed a civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, alleging that she was sexually abused and exploited by Epstein while she was a minor and a resident of Palm Beach County. The complaint, filed on February 23, 2010 and later unsealed on March 9, 2010, outlines claims of intentional inflictio...

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...

While studying criminal justice at DeSales University in 2020, Bryan Kohberger wrote a 12-page paper titled “Crime-Scene Scenario Final” describing how investigators should process the fictional stabbing death of a 35-year-old woman. The paper laid out procedures for securing the scene, obtaining a search warrant, contacting supervisors, forensic personnel and the coroner, photographing evidence a...

Kathy Ruemmler told congressional investigators that she regretted associating with Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that she did not know he was continuing to abuse girls and young women after his 2008 conviction. The former Obama White House counsel acknowledged meeting with Epstein repeatedly, visiting his properties, exchanging numerous emails with him and accepting professional assistance and g...

Kathy Ruemmler told congressional investigators that she regretted associating with Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that she did not know he was continuing to abuse girls and young women after his 2008 conviction. The former Obama White House counsel acknowledged meeting with Epstein repeatedly, visiting his properties, exchanging numerous emails with him and accepting professional assistance and g...

Kathy Ruemmler told congressional investigators that she regretted associating with Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that she did not know he was continuing to abuse girls and young women after his 2008 conviction. The former Obama White House counsel acknowledged meeting with Epstein repeatedly, visiting his properties, exchanging numerous emails with him and accepting professional assistance and g...

The discovery of a second Jeffrey Epstein “black book” only deepened the sense that his network was far larger, more organized, and more deliberately hidden than anyone wanted to admit. While the first book had already revealed a dizzying array of names from politics, finance, royalty, and entertainment, this second ledger of connections suggested Epstein kept multiple layers of contact lists—one...

Alan Dershowitz filed a lawsuit against Netflix in 2021 over its docuseries Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, alleging defamation and breach of contract. He claimed the series unfairly presented Virginia Giuffre’s allegations against him without including exculpatory evidence he provided, and argued that producers had promised to air his side of the story but failed to do so. Netflix denied the allega...

Jeffrey Epstein’s “Core Four” referred to the group of women who played key roles in recruiting and managing his trafficking operation. These four women—Ghislaine Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, and Lesley Groff—allegedly helped Epstein lure underage girls into his network, scheduling massages that often turned into abuse. **Ghislaine Maxwell**, the most infamous of the group, acted as Epstei...

Jeffrey Epstein’s “Core Four” referred to the group of women who played key roles in recruiting and managing his trafficking operation. These four women—Ghislaine Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, and Lesley Groff—allegedly helped Epstein lure underage girls into his network, scheduling massages that often turned into abuse. **Ghislaine Maxwell**, the most infamous of the group, acted as Epstei...

Jeffrey Epstein’s “Core Four” referred to the group of women who played key roles in recruiting and managing his trafficking operation. These four women—Ghislaine Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, Adriana Ross, and Lesley Groff—allegedly helped Epstein lure underage girls into his network, scheduling massages that often turned into abuse. **Ghislaine Maxwell**, the most infamous of the group, acted as Epstei...

Jeffrey Epstein’s reach extended far beyond New York, Palm Beach, and the familiar circles of American finance and politics. Newly surfaced records show him probing for influence and opportunity across Latin America and the Caribbean, including Venezuela and Cuba, where he appeared to position himself as a connector for businessmen, political insiders, and power brokers operating in difficult, sen...

Jeffrey Epstein’s reach extended far beyond New York, Palm Beach, and the familiar circles of American finance and politics. Newly surfaced records show him probing for influence and opportunity across Latin America and the Caribbean, including Venezuela and Cuba, where he appeared to position himself as a connector for businessmen, political insiders, and power brokers operating in difficult, sen...

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 has never publicly explained why he murdered University of Idaho students Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. By pleading guilty in July 2025, he avoided both the death penalty and a trial that might have exposed more evidence about his motive. Prosecutors said they found no proof of a sexual assault or a direct relationship between Kohberger and the vi...

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...