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American attorney (born 1974)
Ghislaine Maxwell was first publicly tied to Jeffrey Epstein investigations in the 1990s and formally charged in 2020; she was convicted in 2021 and sentenced to 20 years (240 months) in June 2022 . H...
Newly unsealed court filings and related releases tied to the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell investigations have surfaced names beyond previously public flight logs and “black book” entries; go...
The first tranche of Department of Justice documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein contains only a handful of references and images connected to Donald Trump, and his name is described by several outlets as...
The tranche of Jeffrey Epstein materials released by the Justice Department contains only a handful of specific items that reference Donald Trump, and those items are small, often redacted, and ambigu...
Ghislaine Maxwell is alleged to have recruited vulnerable girls for Jeffrey Epstein by befriending them, promising career help or gifts, arranging “massage” appointments that became sexual, and someti...
Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal sentence and — according to multiple news reports and public records cited in available sources — her scheduled release date is in July 2037 (commonly gi...
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) has not released new evidence or independent findings about the fatal Jan. 7 shooting of Renee Good; instead the agency publicly announced it is not...
National security and privacy protections were invoked repeatedly by the Justice Department as lawful bases to withhold or heavily redact portions of the Jeffrey Epstein files, primarily to shield vic...
Survivor advocates publicly demanded near-complete disclosure of Justice Department records about Jeffrey Epstein, arguing that partial releases and heavy redactions have frustrated accountability and...
The Justice Department and the Trump administration point to statutory limits, victim-protection duties and operational realities as the specific grounds for sweeping redactions in the newly published...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial team in 2021 included high‑profile private defense lawyers and white‑shoe firms, while prosecutors were led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New Yor...
Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 criminal trial featured multiple witnesses whose testimony helped secure her conviction; recent reporting and Justice Department commentary in September 2025 focus instead on ...
Todd Wallace Blanche is a high‑profile attorney who transitioned from nearly a decade as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and private white‑collar defense practice to be...
Survivor groups and victim attorneys have broadly condemned the Justice Department’s initial Epstein-file releases as incomplete, inconsistently and excessively redacted, and in some cases actively ha...
A photograph that included an image of President Donald Trump was published by the Justice Department as part of a tranche of Jeffrey Epstein-related files, temporarily removed for review, and then re...
The Justice Department has defended its redactions in the staggered release of Jeffrey Epstein materials as legally necessary to protect victim identities, to avoid jeopardizing ongoing investigations...
The only individually verifiable record ID publicly reported as removed after the Justice Department’s initial Epstein-files release is “document 468,” a photograph the DOJ took down following the rel...
The Justice Department’s staggered unsealing of Epstein-related material in late 2024 and subsequent releases in 2025 produced a small but conspicuous set of items that were either removed from public...
Donald Trump’s legal camp has publicly distanced him from criminal conduct alleged in the newly released Epstein files, emphasizing that none of Epstein’s victims have publicly accused Trump and frami...
Available reporting shows Rep. Jason Crow participated in a short video with several other Democratic lawmakers reminding service members they may refuse "illegal orders" and urging them to uphold the...