The Epstein Chronicles

Former MCC guard Tova Noel, believed to be the last person to see Jeffrey Epstein alive before his death in August 2019, testified before the House Oversight Committee that Epstein received “special treatment” while housed at the federal jail in Manhattan. According to lawmakers who attended the interview, Noel said Epstein was treated differently from other inmates, including receiving extra bed...

Trump’s campaign against the Republicans who signed the Epstein discharge petition is not ordinary party discipline; it is a punishment campaign aimed at anyone who helped force the Epstein files out of leadership control. The four Republican signers—Thomas Massie, Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Nancy Mace—each became politically vulnerable once they attached themselves to the push fo...

During the Office of Inspector General investigation into the death of Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019, correctional officer Tova Noel gave an interview describing how the morning unfolded when Epstein was discovered in his cell. According to her account, she and fellow officer Michael Thomas were assigned to monitor the Special Housing Unit overnight. Noel t...

During the Office of Inspector General investigation into the death of Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019, correctional officer Tova Noel gave an interview describing how the morning unfolded when Epstein was discovered in his cell. According to her account, she and fellow officer Michael Thomas were assigned to monitor the Special Housing Unit overnight. Noel t...

During the Office of Inspector General investigation into the death of Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in August 2019, correctional officer Tova Noel gave an interview describing how the morning unfolded when Epstein was discovered in his cell. According to her account, she and fellow officer Michael Thomas were assigned to monitor the Special Housing Unit overnight. Noel t...

The persistent rumors of a romantic relationship between Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew have been reignited by the forthcoming book The Rise and Fall of the House of York by royal biographer Andrew Lownie. In the book, Lownie presents testimony from insiders and former friends of the Duke of York who claim Maxwell and Andrew shared more than just a social friendship. According to the book, th...

Newly unsealed court records painted an even darker picture of Ghislaine Maxwell’s role inside Jeffrey Epstein’s operation, including testimony alleging that Maxwell directed groups of underage girls to engage in sexually explicit performances while she and Epstein watched. Witness testimony described Maxwell allegedly instructing the girls to “kiss, dance and touch one another in a sexual way” in...

The U.S. Department of Justice has released more than 3 million pages of documents, images, and videos related to its long-running investigations into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates, including court records, interview transcripts, call logs, and other materials, in the latest compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed by Congress and signed into law last year. The material — whi...

For nearly a century, the Murdaugh family name carried enormous weight across the South Carolina Lowcountry. Three generations of Murdaugh men served as powerful prosecutors in the state’s 14th Judicial Circuit, building a political and legal empire that stretched through Hampton County and beyond. Their influence reached into law enforcement agencies, local banks, courtrooms, and civil litigation...

For nearly a century, the Murdaugh family name carried enormous weight across the South Carolina Lowcountry. Three generations of Murdaugh men served as powerful prosecutors in the state’s 14th Judicial Circuit, building a political and legal empire that stretched through Hampton County and beyond. Their influence reached into law enforcement agencies, local banks, courtrooms, and civil litigation...

Tova Noel’s account of the night Jeffrey Epstein died remains difficult to accept because she was one of the officers assigned to the Special Housing Unit during the exact window when Epstein was supposed to be monitored, checked, and protected, yet nearly every safeguard around him failed. Epstein had been removed from suicide watch, was supposed to have a cellmate, and should have been subject t...

Tova Noel’s account of the night Jeffrey Epstein died remains difficult to accept because she was one of the officers assigned to the Special Housing Unit during the exact window when Epstein was supposed to be monitored, checked, and protected, yet nearly every safeguard around him failed. Epstein had been removed from suicide watch, was supposed to have a cellmate, and should have been subject t...

Former prison employee and whistleblower Noella Turnage alleged that Ghislaine Maxwell received unusually favorable treatment while incarcerated at Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas, claiming Maxwell enjoyed privileges unavailable to ordinary inmates. According to leaked emails and internal communications described by Turnage, Maxwell allegedly had private family visits arranged with snacks, bott...

French prosecutors investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s activities in France say roughly ten previously unidentified women have recently come forward claiming they were victims connected to Epstein or his wider network. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the total number of people who have now contacted investigators has climbed to around twenty after French authorities publicly encouraged potential v...

Mark Middleton was a former special assistant to President Bill Clinton and a longtime Arkansas businessman whose name resurfaced repeatedly in connection with Jeffrey Epstein because of his role in helping facilitate access between Epstein and powerful political circles during the 1990s. Middleton worked in the Clinton White House during the administration’s early years and later became the subje...

When Alex Acosta sat before Congress to explain himself, what unfolded was less an act of accountability and more a masterclass in bureaucratic self-preservation. He painted the 2008 Epstein plea deal as a “strategic compromise,” claiming a federal trial might have been too risky because victims were “unreliable” and evidence was “thin.” In reality, federal prosecutors had a mountain of corroborat...

When Alex Acosta sat before Congress to explain himself, what unfolded was less an act of accountability and more a masterclass in bureaucratic self-preservation. He painted the 2008 Epstein plea deal as a “strategic compromise,” claiming a federal trial might have been too risky because victims were “unreliable” and evidence was “thin.” In reality, federal prosecutors had a mountain of corroborat...

The controversy surrounding the Epstein files has intensified following President Trump’s public directive calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to launch a new investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s associations—specifically targeting political opponents and several high-profile figures in finance and technology. The timing of this announcement is drawing significant s...

The controversy surrounding the Epstein files has intensified following President Trump’s public directive calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to launch a new investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s associations—specifically targeting political opponents and several high-profile figures in finance and technology. The timing of this announcement is drawing significant s...

The controversy surrounding the Epstein files has intensified following President Trump’s public directive calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to launch a new investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s associations—specifically targeting political opponents and several high-profile figures in finance and technology. The timing of this announcement is drawing significant s...

In late May 2022, Justin Welby, then the Church of England’s Archbishop of Canterbury, was asked during an interview about Prince Andrew and the public reaction to him. Welby said that “forgiveness really does matter” and that “we have become a very, very unforgiving society,” adding that there is a “difference between consequences and forgiveness.” He noted that regarding Prince Andrew, “we all h...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick came under intense scrutiny after testifying before congressional investigators about his past relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, a relationship that appeared far more extensive than he had previously admitted publicly. Lutnick insisted that his interactions with Epstein were limited and “inconsequential,” describing only a handful of meetings over the years despi...

The transcripts from Howard Lutnick’s closed-door appearance before Congress painted a picture of a witness trying to minimize both the depth and duration of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein while lawmakers confronted him with records suggesting far more contact than he had previously acknowledged. Lutnick repeatedly described his interactions with Epstein as “inconsequential,” insisting he o...

The transcripts from Howard Lutnick’s closed-door appearance before Congress painted a picture of a witness trying to minimize both the depth and duration of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein while lawmakers confronted him with records suggesting far more contact than he had previously acknowledged. Lutnick repeatedly described his interactions with Epstein as “inconsequential,” insisting he o...

When Alex Acosta sat before Congress to explain himself, what unfolded was less an act of accountability and more a masterclass in bureaucratic self-preservation. He painted the 2008 Epstein plea deal as a “strategic compromise,” claiming a federal trial might have been too risky because victims were “unreliable” and evidence was “thin.” In reality, federal prosecutors had a mountain of corroborat...