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Jeffrey Epstein's sex-trafficking crimes and the investigations surrounding them
’s sex‑trafficking saga spans decades: early accusations and a controversial 2007 non‑prosecution plea deal, a federal arrest in July 2019 on new sex‑trafficking charges, his death in custody in Augus...
The newly released Justice Department trove contains numerous references to Donald J. Trump — flight logs showing him as a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet, photographs that place him social...
Several anonymous and named complaints in the so‑called “” allege parties and sex‑for‑payment activity at Mar‑a‑Lago; a handful of former Mar‑a‑Lago employees have told reporters the club sent spa wor...
The newly released files do name and reference in multiple ways — flight records, photos, prosecutorial notes and an allegation that Epstein introduced a 14‑year‑old to Trump at Mar‑a‑Lago are all in ...
After ’s July 2019 arrest, two high‑profile deaths tied directly to the saga are documented in contemporaneous reporting and official records: Jeffrey Epstein himself, who died in custody on August 10...
The short answer: yes — ’s name and photographs appear among documents and images released in the so‑called “Epstein files,” but those entries do not constitute an allegation or finding of criminal co...
Publicly released records documenting Jeffrey i prime minister consist mainly of Epstein’s schedules, email exchanges, travel logs and photos that were obtained and reported on by media outlets and re...
The public record contains contemporaneous documents and later-released materials that place socially and logistically in Epstein’s orbit — photographs, flight logs or references to flights, and a cou...
and were social acquaintances who moved in the same wealthy, party-oriented circles from roughly the late 1980s into the early 2000s, appearing together in photos and at events and, according to fligh...
The evidence released so far documents a well‑known social and travel association between Donald across the 1980s–2000s and contains hundreds of references to Mr. Trump in newly disclosed files, but p...
was arrested while was president: federal agents took Epstein into custody on July 6, 2019, on new federal sex‑trafficking charges, and that arrest occurred during Trump’s first term in office (2017–2...
No credible reporting in the provided materials shows participated in discussions that produced the 2007–2008 non‑prosecution agreement (NPA) for ; contemporary reporting and public records instead id...
There is no credible, publicly documented evidence that is a child molester, and no criminal child‑molestation charges against him have been reported by major news organizations or prosecutors . Alleg...
Three well-known public figures—Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and R. Kelly—have been credibly implicated in trafficking-related investigations that resulted in prosecutions or convictions, and m...
has repeatedly denied any knowledge of or involvement in ’s crimes, insisting his friendship “soured” years ago and that he “never saw any wrongdoing,” while simultaneously amplifying conspiracies abo...
Multiple credible federal and congressional document productions and long-form press investigations have examined ’s association with : the ’s staggered releases of Epstein case files, disclosures, an...
Since 2019 major news organizations have moved between investigative deep-dives and cautious, source‑driven reporting when covering allegations that tie high‑profile figures to trafficking networks, o...
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein maintained a social and business-adjacent relationship from the late 1980s through the 1990s and into the early 2000s, appearing together at parties and in photographs...
’s public Epstein tranche contains multiple, distinct item types that reference i prime minister Ehud Barak: thousands of document mentions and media clippings, contemporaneous emails and logistical n...
’s web of contacts — revealed in court filings, trust documents and investigative reporting — includes a long list of high-profile people who remain alive and have been publicly identified as associat...