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Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit, groom and traffic underage girls; prosecutors said she “assisted, facilitated and participated” in those abuses from at leas...
The FBI’s role in the Jeffrey Epstein matter began as a federal follow-up to local Palm Beach investigations and solidified into a formal FBI probe in mid‑2006, later known internally as , which colle...
The Palm Beach Police Department opened a criminal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in March 2005 after the family of a 14‑year‑old reported she had been molested at his Palm Beach mansion; PBPD col...
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan brought the July 2019 indictment that reopened the Jeffrey Epstein matter; assistant U.S. attorney Maurene Comey was publicly identified as a lead prosecutor on the Ma...
The 2005 Jeffrey Epstein investigation was led initially by local Palm Beach law enforcement and later handled at the federal level, with initiating the probe and compiling victim statements, and ulti...
Allegations against Jeffrey Epstein have been both robustly corroborated in many core respects—by victim interviews, police evidence and FBI compilations—and repeatedly contested or debunked when indi...
Three distinct investigative threads into Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and his 2019 jailhouse death figure in the newly disclosed materials: the original 2005 Palm Beach police probe, the 2008 federal pro...
The earliest public accounts disagree on whether the initial 2005 Palm Beach police report was filed by a girl’s , but the core fact is uniform: a family member reported that a 14‑year‑old had been se...
The FBI became involved in the Epstein matter after a local Palm Beach Police investigation that began in March 2005 into allegations that Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused a 14‑year‑old at his Palm Bea...
The 2005 Palm Beach police probe into Jeffrey Epstein led to a 13‑month local investigation, a 2006 state grand‑jury indictment on a solicitation charge, and ultimately a controversial 2008 state plea...
In 2005–2006 state investigations in Florida centered on Palm Beach County, prosecutors and police sought multiple charges against Jeffrey Epstein, but the public record shows he was ultimately indict...
Available reporting identifies Palm Beach Police as the agency that led the 2005 criminal inquiry into Jeffrey Epstein and names at least one detective, Joseph Recarey, as involved in relaying victims...
The first formal law-enforcement inquiry that triggered the modern saga began with a police investigation in March 2005 after the family of a 14-year-old girl reported she had been molested at Epstein...
The Police Department launched a detailed 13‑month probe in 2005 after a stepmother reported that her 14‑year‑old had been molested at ’s Palm Beach home, and investigators gathered corroborating witn...
Palm Beach officials and residents have reacted to repeated presidential visits to Mar‑a‑Lago with a mixture of official accommodation, regulatory pushback and private frustration: town leaders and la...
Donald Trump was not the person who started the Jeffrey Epstein investigation; law-enforcement inquiries began with local police in Palm Beach in 2005 and led to a 2006 grand-jury indictment, and late...
Television networks gave the Epstein matter limited, local and episodic attention in 2005 when Palm Beach police first investigated allegations, but national TV coverage intensified dramatically after...
Federal prosecutors at Maxwell’s 2021 trial presented testimonial, documentary and digital evidence that she “help[ed] Epstein to recruit, groom, and ultimately abuse” underage girls — a finding refle...
Palm Beach police began the 2005 investigation after a parent reported that Jeffrey Epstein had molested her 14‑year‑old stepdaughter; detectives by October 2005 had identified between "at least 21" a...
Public records and reporting show formal law‑enforcement attention to Jeffrey Epstein beginning in March 2005, when Palm Beach police opened an investigation after a family reported their 14‑year‑old ...