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Epstein's criminal activities and investigations
No public, independent verification of audio recordings has been confirmed: multiple outlets state that courts, , and reputable news organizations have not authenticated the tapes or the allegations t...
No state attorney general or federal prosecutor has publicly confirmed opening a criminal probe specifically tied to the Sasha (Sascha) Riley audio recordings, and the Department of Justice and courts...
Independent technical reviewers and mainstream fact‑checkers have identified at least one deliberately fake surveillance clip and highlighted multiple anomalies in the Justice Department’s Epstein rel...
The recently released trove of -related documents does contain multiple references to “babies” and related, highly graphic allegations—some in email fragments and others in witness summaries—but those...
’ claim—that its review of the newly released trove turned up “ containing more than 38,000 references” to , his wife, and related phrases—was produced by a newsroom search of the dump using what the ...
’s recent releases contain hundreds of references to — including photos among Epstein’s personal snapshots, news clippings and email chains, an -compiled list of anonymous tips alleging misconduct, an...
files do not contain documentation that the says criminally implicates ; investigators reviewed the materials and concluded they did not find credible information warranting further investigation . Th...
Since ’s January 2026 mass publication of -related materials, federal prosecutors have largely framed their role as disclosure and containment rather than new criminal charging: the DOJ completed a br...
The newly released files include hundreds—indeed thousands—of references to , and among those are a range of allegations and tips that claim sexual misconduct or abuse; however, the public tranche of ...
has published roughly 3–3.5 million pages of -related material, including a previously unseen 2007 prosecution memorandum and draft indictments, but reporting and congressional sources say the core vi...
of more than three million documents contains lurid allegations and repeated mentions of terms such as “cannibal” and “ritualistic sacrifice,” but the specific claim that a photographed scene of peopl...
Recent releases from the ’s multi‑million‑page files include raw tips, emails and interview summaries that contain references some outlets and social posts have interpreted as "" material, but the new...
trove contains thousands of references to , but reporting indicates the bulk of those mentions come not from implicating him directly but from public-source material (news clippings and other public d...
There is no credible reporting in the released -related documents or mainstream coverage that alleges ate a child’s intestine; the recent “” releases contain uncorroborated, sometimes sensational tips...
Journalists and investigators have treated the files’ most lurid tips — claims of , cannibalism and worship of Baal/Moloch — the way responsible reporters treat any explosive but singular allegation: ...
are explicitly reporting from and about the of roughly three million files, and their coverage shows clear evidence that the new material is being incorporated into reporting while also prompting fres...
The newly released files include allegations and documents that some readers and social accounts have characterized as describing “” behavior, and a handful of items circulating online explicitly refe...
The newly released tranche of -related records contains hundreds to thousands of references to , but appearing in the files is not the same as being accused or proven guilty; the DOJ and its deputy at...
’s 2020 report concluded that ’s decision to resolve the investigation with a non‑prosecution agreement (NPA) reflected “poor judgment,” but OPR did not find that Acosta or the other Department attorn...
The newly released trove of -related files places squarely in Epstein’s social orbit in the 1990s and early 2000s, with hundreds to tens of thousands of mentions and photos and emails that reference T...