The Epstein Chronicles

Independent journalist Tara Palmeri said she was removed from the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas and had her press credential revoked shortly after she questioned Republican congressional candidate Robert Burke about the Jeffrey Epstein files. Palmeri entered the American Airlines Center with a valid media credential, accompanied by her producer and three Epstein survivors who had been ad...

FBI Director Kash Patel was shown in newly obtained internal text messages ordering aides to push back aggressively against online criticism of the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, including criticism coming from accounts that appeared to be trolls or provocateurs. According to the messages reviewed by the Daily Mail, Patel became enraged over social-media claims suggest...

Attorney L. Lin Wood made a series of explosive and largely unsubstantiated claims tying Jeffrey Epstein to a broader blackmail operation involving powerful public figures. Wood said he had received information from what he described as a credible confidential source concerning supposed Epstein “blackmail video files,” and he publicly circulated what he claimed was a password or key connected to t...

The Boies-Kessler-New York Times episode began when a mysterious man using the name Patrick Kessler approached lawyers David Boies and John Stanley Pottinger claiming he possessed a vast archive of Jeffrey Epstein material, including communications, financial records and thousands of hours of secretly recorded video showing powerful men in compromising sexual situations. Kessler presented blurry s...

The federal government violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act by secretly negotiating Jeffrey Epstein’s 2007 non-prosecution agreement without consulting the girls and young women he had abused, even though prosecutors had already identified dozens of victims and had drafted a lengthy federal indictment. The CVRA gave victims the right to confer with prosecutors and to be treated fairly, but the U...

Maritza Vazquez, who worked as a bookkeeper for MC2 Model Management, provided critical testimony placing Jean‑Luc Brunel and Jeffrey Epstein at the center of a carefully managed system of underage recruitment and abuse. In her deposition, she identified Brunel as a regular passenger on Epstein’s private jet and noted that Epstein often traveled with girls recruited through MC2—some as young as 14...

Maritza Vazquez, who worked as a bookkeeper for MC2 Model Management, provided critical testimony placing Jean‑Luc Brunel and Jeffrey Epstein at the center of a carefully managed system of underage recruitment and abuse. In her deposition, she identified Brunel as a regular passenger on Epstein’s private jet and noted that Epstein often traveled with girls recruited through MC2—some as young as 14...

Day one of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing on July 6, 2026, largely centered on prosecutors beginning to construct a timeline of Charlie Kirk’s killing at Utah Valley University and establishing the authenticity of the surveillance footage and investigative records they intended to use against Robinson. Former UVU police officer Chris Bagley described the moment the gunshot rang out during Ki...

Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender, had significant connections to the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). Epstein owned a private estate called "Little Saint James" located on the island of Saint Thomas, which he frequently visited. This property gained notoriety as a site where Epstein allegedly engaged in illicit activities involving underage girls. Epstein's prese...

Hillary Clinton’s February 26, 2026 deposition before the House Oversight Committee centered on how much she knew about Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Bill Clinton’s relationship with them. Clinton repeatedly testified that she had never met Epstein, never flew on his plane, never visited Little St. James and knew nothing about his crimes before they became public. She described Maxwell as...

Hillary Clinton’s February 26, 2026 deposition before the House Oversight Committee centered on how much she knew about Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Bill Clinton’s relationship with them. Clinton repeatedly testified that she had never met Epstein, never flew on his plane, never visited Little St. James and knew nothing about his crimes before they became public. She described Maxwell as...

Hillary Clinton’s February 26, 2026 deposition before the House Oversight Committee centered on how much she knew about Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Bill Clinton’s relationship with them. Clinton repeatedly testified that she had never met Epstein, never flew on his plane, never visited Little St. James and knew nothing about his crimes before they became public. She described Maxwell as...

After Ghislaine Maxwell’s July 2020 arrest, members of her private security operation pushed back hard against the government’s portrayal of her as a fugitive deliberately hiding from law enforcement. Her security adviser, former British military man Matt Hellyer, later said Maxwell had been “the most hunted lady” in the United States and perhaps the world, explaining that his team constantly move...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers pushed for a sweeping gag order almost immediately after her 2020 arrest, asking Judge Alison Nathan to prohibit prosecutors, government agents and lawyers for potential witnesses from making public statements about the criminal case. The defense argued that the enormous publicity surrounding Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell threatened her ability to receive a fair trial bef...

Judge Jed Rakoff approved a $290 million settlement between JPMorgan Chase and Jeffrey Epstein's victims, emphasizing that the case sent a strong message to the financial industry about the responsibilities of banking institutions. The settlement, which did not require JPMorgan to admit liability, resolved claims that the bank ignored red flags to maintain Epstein as a client, benefiting from his...

Judge Jed Rakoff approved a $290 million settlement between JPMorgan Chase and Jeffrey Epstein's victims, emphasizing that the case sent a strong message to the financial industry about the responsibilities of banking institutions. The settlement, which did not require JPMorgan to admit liability, resolved claims that the bank ignored red flags to maintain Epstein as a client, benefiting from his...

Immediately after Bryan Kohberger’s arrest on December 30, 2022, the public knew remarkably little about the man accused of murdering Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin. Kohberger was 28 years old, originally from Pennsylvania and was pursuing a Ph. D. in criminology at Washington State University, only about ten miles from Moscow. He had previously earned undergraduat...

Maritza Vazquez, who worked as a bookkeeper for MC2 Model Management, provided critical testimony placing Jean‑Luc Brunel and Jeffrey Epstein at the center of a carefully managed system of underage recruitment and abuse. In her deposition, she identified Brunel as a regular passenger on Epstein’s private jet and noted that Epstein often traveled with girls recruited through MC2—some as young as 14...

Maritza Vazquez, who worked as a bookkeeper for MC2 Model Management, provided critical testimony placing Jean‑Luc Brunel and Jeffrey Epstein at the center of a carefully managed system of underage recruitment and abuse. In her deposition, she identified Brunel as a regular passenger on Epstein’s private jet and noted that Epstein often traveled with girls recruited through MC2—some as young as 14...

Day one of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing on July 6, 2026, largely centered on prosecutors beginning to construct a timeline of Charlie Kirk’s killing at Utah Valley University and establishing the authenticity of the surveillance footage and investigative records they intended to use against Robinson. Former UVU police officer Chris Bagley described the moment the gunshot rang out during Ki...

JPMorgan Chase’s memorandum of law opposed Jes Staley’s effort to dismiss the bank’s third-party claims against him in the Epstein litigation, arguing that Staley’s own conduct was central to why JPMorgan faced massive legal exposure in the first place. The bank portrayed Staley as far more than an executive who happened to know Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that he was Epstein’s principal internal ad...

JPMorgan Chase’s memorandum of law opposed Jes Staley’s effort to dismiss the bank’s third-party claims against him in the Epstein litigation, arguing that Staley’s own conduct was central to why JPMorgan faced massive legal exposure in the first place. The bank portrayed Staley as far more than an executive who happened to know Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that he was Epstein’s principal internal ad...

JPMorgan Chase’s memorandum of law opposed Jes Staley’s effort to dismiss the bank’s third-party claims against him in the Epstein litigation, arguing that Staley’s own conduct was central to why JPMorgan faced massive legal exposure in the first place. The bank portrayed Staley as far more than an executive who happened to know Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that he was Epstein’s principal internal ad...

JPMorgan Chase’s memorandum of law opposed Jes Staley’s effort to dismiss the bank’s third-party claims against him in the Epstein litigation, arguing that Staley’s own conduct was central to why JPMorgan faced massive legal exposure in the first place. The bank portrayed Staley as far more than an executive who happened to know Jeffrey Epstein, alleging that he was Epstein’s principal internal ad...

From the very beginning of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, survivors were repeatedly treated as secondary to the reputations, careers and legal interests of the powerful people and institutions surrounding him. In Palm Beach, girls who came forward were subjected to aggressive scrutiny while Epstein received an extraordinarily favorable non-prosecution agreement negotiated in secret. Federal prosecut...