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Investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse, including the release of documents and materials
The claim that Donald Trump “threw a baby in Lake Michigan” stems from an unverified tip contained in a batch of DOJ files related to Jeffrey Epstein in which a complainant alleged her newborn was kil...
Newly released materials from the and supporting reporting show internal prosecutorial emails and portions of Epstein-era flight logs that list “” as a passenger multiple times, with the most-cited su...
Newly released Epstein files and media reporting have spawned sensational claims linking to “demonic” worship, ritual sacrifice and occult networks — claims that appear in some tip reports and on part...
’s publicly released and contain the names of many well‑known public figures spanning politics, business, entertainment and academia; reporting and the released documents list individuals such as , , ...
The newly released files include at least one documented reference to an ancient Gilgamesh artefact—the so‑called —which US authorities later seized as part of investigations tied to Epstein ; however...
The release of more than three million documents connected to does contain explicit mentions of the words “cannibal” (reported as appearing 52 times) and “” (reported six times), but those textual occ...
Social posts claiming the newly released “Epstein files” include a photo of a baby or child placed between two chickens on a cutting board are misleading: the image predates the document dump, is tied...
The newly posted “ files” include victim interview materials and 302 summaries, but reporting and the department’s own disclosures show many of those 302s were either withheld, heavily redacted, or re...
The most concretely identified from the Epstein file releases was a letter purportedly from to that federal agents concluded was fake after it was flagged by jail staff and examined by the . Beyond th...
Newly released batches of documents include multiple references that use the word “” in disparate contexts — from an email allegedly saying “I loved the torture video” to a private exchange where Epst...
The newly released files contain millions of pages that include allegations of , names of powerful people who associated with Epstein, and internal summaries used by investigators — but the documents ...
did not attempt to stop the release of the Epstein files; rather, they repeatedly pressed for broader disclosure, criticized ’s redactions and timing, and in some instances publicly released material ...
The newly released Epstein files have rekindled online claims about and cannibalism, partly because they reference disturbing allegations tied to yacht parties and extreme conduct, but the reporting i...
The newly released Epstein files contain multiple lurid allegations describing and occult activity—ranging from claims of scimitar wounds and “ritualistic sacrifices” to vivid accounts of bleeding dur...
The recently released files contain multiple types of documentary material — emails arranging or discussing travel to , photographs and video of the island, flight and contact records among the trove,...
The massive release of -related material contains thousands of and allegations, many of which news outlets and the Department itself describe as unverified and unsupported by evidence; reporting shows...
Major responded to ’s massive document release with a mixture of rapid reporting, deep-dive verification and visible course‑corrections: broadcast and legacy outlets mobilized teams to sift millions o...
to surfaced in newly released Epstein-related documents and have been reported widely, but the record is thin, ambiguous and contested: a document mentions “George Bush 1” and an email quoting a purpo...
News organizations treating the newly disclosed Epstein-era materials have largely converged on the same basic fact: a 2020 email and flight manifests show listed as a passenger on ’s plane multiple t...