The Epstein Chronicles

The hypocrisy surrounding the U.S. Virgin Islands and Jeffrey Epstein came from the enormous gap between how territorial officials later presented themselves and what survivors alleged had happened while Epstein was alive. After his 2019 arrest and death, the USVI government aggressively pursued Epstein’s estate, JPMorgan and others, portraying the territory as a victim of his trafficking enterpri...

Jeffrey Epstein’s early financial career is cloaked in mystery, with only fragments of fact piercing through layers of rumor and myth. After leaving Bear Stearns in 1981, he founded Intercontinental Assets Group Inc., a consulting firm where he claimed to “recover stolen money for wealthy clients.” What exactly that meant was never made clear, but the business quickly drew speculation that Epstein...

Jeffrey Epstein’s early financial career is cloaked in mystery, with only fragments of fact piercing through layers of rumor and myth. After leaving Bear Stearns in 1981, he founded Intercontinental Assets Group Inc., a consulting firm where he claimed to “recover stolen money for wealthy clients.” What exactly that meant was never made clear, but the business quickly drew speculation that Epstein...

Day four of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing, held July 9, centered on some of the prosecution’s most consequential evidence yet, including a recorded interview with Robinson’s former roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs. In the interview, Twiggs described Robinson’s behavior after Charlie Kirk was killed and authenticated text exchanges in which Robinson allegedly admitted responsibili...

Day four of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing, held July 9, centered on some of the prosecution’s most consequential evidence yet, including a recorded interview with Robinson’s former roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs. In the interview, Twiggs described Robinson’s behavior after Charlie Kirk was killed and authenticated text exchanges in which Robinson allegedly admitted responsibili...

Before Jeffrey Epstein received his extraordinary 2007 non-prosecution agreement, federal prosecutors in South Florida had prepared a sweeping case against him that could have resulted in dozens of federal charges involving the sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Villafaña prepared an 82-page prosecution memorandum laying out the evidence, potential defense...

Before Jeffrey Epstein received his extraordinary 2007 non-prosecution agreement, federal prosecutors in South Florida had prepared a sweeping case against him that could have resulted in dozens of federal charges involving the sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Villafaña prepared an 82-page prosecution memorandum laying out the evidence, potential defense...

The document is a May 3, 2026 Touhy request from the New Mexico Department of Justice seeking access to unredacted and unreleased federal records connected to Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Zorro Ranch. New Mexico said it reopened its investigation in February 2026 after DOJ released redacted Epstein materials that, for the first time, gave state investigators a clearer picture of what may...

Outrage erupted after video from a Donald Trump campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, showed a male supporter assaulting a female protester who was wearing a “Release the Epstein Files” shirt. The footage showed the man shoving her, pulling her hair, striking her in the face and trying to force her toward the ground as people nearby reacted. Law enforcement eventually intervened and escorted the wom...

Now that the Epstein issue has become a mainstream political weapon, voters should be extremely cautious about politicians who suddenly present themselves as champions of transparency after years of institutional silence and indifference. Jeffrey Epstein was protected by failures that crossed party lines, agencies, financial institutions, universities, prosecutors, lawyers, and elite social circle...

Jeffrey Epstein was enabled by a wide network of powerful people across politics, academia, philanthropy, law, business and high society, but the most consequential relationships were arguably the ones that gave him access to money, legitimacy and the financial machinery necessary to sustain his operation. Wealthy patrons, bankers, money managers and executives did more than decorate Epstein’s soc...

Prince Andrew settled Virginia Giuffre’s civil sexual-abuse lawsuit in February 2022, avoiding a trial that would have forced him to answer detailed questions under oath about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Giuffre. The settlement came after Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Andrew’s attempt to have the case dismissed, leaving him facing discovery, depositions and the possi...

Alex Acosta was the U.S. attorney whose office signed off on Jeffrey Epstein’s extraordinarily favorable 2007 non-prosecution agreement, so his name became permanently attached to the deal. But treating the NPA as if it were merely the work of one local prosecutor ignores how consequential and unusual the agreement was. It resolved a potential federal sex-crimes case involving multiple alleged vic...

In the report dated January 22, 2021, Dechert reviewed over 60,000 documents and interviewed more than 20 witnesses to examine Black’s social and business ties to Epstein, including payments, introductions, and services rendered. It concluded that there was no evidence that Black or his affiliates were involved in Epstein’s criminal activities, or that Epstein introduced Black to any under-age wom...

The renewed release of information surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s network has highlighted a striking shift among groups that previously positioned themselves as vocal crusaders against child exploitation and elite corruption. During the height of Epstein’s second arrest in 2019, many of the loudest online voices—particularly those aligned with the QAnon movement—used Epstein’s case as a rallying po...

Day four of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing, held July 9, centered on some of the prosecution’s most consequential evidence yet, including a recorded interview with Robinson’s former roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs. In the interview, Twiggs described Robinson’s behavior after Charlie Kirk was killed and authenticated text exchanges in which Robinson allegedly admitted responsibili...

Day four of Tyler Robinson’s preliminary hearing, held July 9, centered on some of the prosecution’s most consequential evidence yet, including a recorded interview with Robinson’s former roommate and romantic partner, Lance Twiggs. In the interview, Twiggs described Robinson’s behavior after Charlie Kirk was killed and authenticated text exchanges in which Robinson allegedly admitted responsibili...

Before Jeffrey Epstein received his extraordinary 2007 non-prosecution agreement, federal prosecutors in South Florida had prepared a sweeping case against him that could have resulted in dozens of federal charges involving the sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Villafaña prepared an 82-page prosecution memorandum laying out the evidence, potential defense...

Before Jeffrey Epstein received his extraordinary 2007 non-prosecution agreement, federal prosecutors in South Florida had prepared a sweeping case against him that could have resulted in dozens of federal charges involving the sexual exploitation and trafficking of minors. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Villafaña prepared an 82-page prosecution memorandum laying out the evidence, potential defense...

At a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, a woman wearing a “Release the Epstein Files” shirt was assaulted by an apparent Trump supporter after drawing attention from the crowd. Video showed the man shoving her, punching her in the face, grabbing her by the hair and trying to force her toward the ground while people nearby chanted “USA.” Police eventually intervened and escorted the woman out of t...

Ghislaine Maxwell’s shrinking legal options have renewed speculation that she could eventually decide to cooperate with investigators or Congress and provide information about Jeffrey Epstein’s powerful associates, including Prince Andrew. Maxwell recently lost another major post-conviction challenge, leaving her with few realistic avenues for reducing her 20-year sentence through the courts. That...

LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, whose past association with Jeffrey Epstein has drawn renewed scrutiny, has contributed at least $11.5 million to Lone Star Rising PAC, a super PAC supporting Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico. According to federal campaign-finance filings cited by the New York Post, Hoffman gave the PAC $10 million in June after Talarico defeated Jasmine Crockett i...

Jeffrey Epstein’s finances presented exactly the sort of profile that should have drawn sustained scrutiny from the IRS, yet there is no public evidence that the agency ever mounted a serious, comprehensive tax investigation into the core financial arrangements that made him extraordinarily wealthy. Epstein was paid enormous sums for purported tax and estate-planning work despite having no formal...

In the wake of Jeffrey Epstein’s death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, multiple core federal jail protocols failed at once. Epstein had recently been removed from suicide watch and placed in the Special Housing Unit, where he was supposed to have a cellmate and receive regular inmate checks, including rounds every 30 minutes. Instead, he was left alone in his cell, required rounds were no...

The FinCEN Files were a massive 2020 investigative project built around more than 2,100 leaked Suspicious Activity Reports, or SARs, that banks had filed with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Those reports covered more than $2 trillion in transactions that financial institutions themselves considered suspicious between 1999 and 2017. A SAR is not proof that a crime o...