Special report · Updated Oct. 26, 2026
From a 2005 police report in Palm Beach to this week's court rulings: the sourced timeline, the official records to read yourself, the hearings on tape, and the fight to make the government release the files.
This week
From our newsroom · Corruption & Accountability
House Judiciary Committee Democrats released a staff report Monday saying there is enough evidence for a criminal investigation. The White House denies the allegations, and Democrats admit Trump's Justice Department is unlikely to act.
Exhibit A
86 dated entries, from the first police report in Palm Beach to this week. Every entry links to its source.
A Palm Beach police investigation, a secret federal deal that left victims in the dark, and a 13-month jail term served largely on work release.
Palm Beach police begin investigating Jeffrey Epstein after a family reports that their 14-year-old daughter was molested at his mansion. Police later say several underage girls told them Epstein paid them for massages that turned sexual.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), NPR
After police sought more serious charges, a Palm Beach County grand jury indicts Epstein on one count of felony solicitation of prostitution, and he is arrested. Police leaders accuse the local state attorney of giving him special treatment, and the FBI opens its own investigation.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), NPR
The U.S. attorney's office in Miami, led by Alexander Acosta, signs a non-prosecution agreement: Epstein avoids federal charges if he pleads guilty to state charges. Victims are not told about the deal, which a federal judge later finds violated their rights.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Professional Responsibility, PBS NewsHour (AP)
Epstein pleads guilty in Florida state court to soliciting prostitution and procuring a minor for prostitution. He is sentenced to 18 months, serves about 13 largely on work release, and must register as a sex offender. He is released in July 2009.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Professional Responsibility, NBC News, PBS NewsHour (AP)
Virginia Giuffre, who has said publicly that Epstein and Maxwell abused her as a teenager, sues Maxwell for defamation after Maxwell called her a liar. The case settles in 2017 without admission of wrongdoing; its sealed records are later unsealed in stages.
A newspaper investigation reopened the case. Federal charges, a death in jail, and Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction followed.
Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown publishes an investigation into how the 2008 deal was reached, including Acosta's role, drawing on women who say Epstein abused them as girls. The series revives public and official interest; FBI and Manhattan prosecutors open a new investigation that December.
Source: Miami Herald, PBS NewsHour (AP)
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra rules that federal prosecutors violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act by keeping the non-prosecution agreement from victims. He later declines to void the deal, and a federal appeals court eventually rules the victims' suit could not proceed.
Source: NBC News, PBS NewsHour (AP)
Epstein is arrested after landing at a New Jersey airport. On July 8, Manhattan federal prosecutors unseal an indictment charging him with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy, alleging abuse from 2002 to 2005 in New York and Florida. He pleads not guilty and is denied bail.
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, SDNY, NPR
Alexander Acosta, the former Miami U.S. attorney who approved the 2008 agreement, announces his resignation as labor secretary, calling the controversy a distraction. A later Justice Department review finds he used 'poor judgment' but did not commit professional misconduct.
Source: NPR, PBS NewsHour
Epstein is found unresponsive in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial. On Aug. 16 the New York City medical examiner rules the death a suicide by hanging. His lawyers and a pathologist hired by his brother dispute the finding; the charges are dismissed.
Source: NPR, PBS NewsHour (AP)
The FBI arrests Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's longtime companion, at a rural New Hampshire property. Manhattan prosecutors charge her with helping recruit and groom underage girls for Epstein in the 1990s, plus perjury. She denies the charges and is denied bail.
The Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility concludes Acosta exercised 'poor judgment' in resolving the Florida case through a non-prosecution agreement and in how victims were treated, but finds no professional misconduct.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Professional Responsibility, CBS News
A federal jury in Manhattan convicts Maxwell on five of six counts, including sex trafficking of a minor, for helping Epstein recruit and abuse girls. Several women, including Annie Farmer, testified. She remains the only person convicted in the federal Epstein cases.
Civil settlements, a watchdog report on the jail, court records unsealed, and the end of Maxwell's appeals.
Prince Andrew settles the lawsuit in which Virginia Giuffre accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17. Terms are not disclosed; he admits no wrongdoing, says he regrets his association with Epstein, and agrees to donate to her charity. He has always denied her allegations.
Judge Alison Nathan sentences Maxwell to 240 months in prison, five years of supervised release and a $750,000 fine. Federal appeals courts later uphold the conviction.
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, SDNY
The Justice Department inspector general finds negligence, misconduct and job failures at the Manhattan jail let Epstein take his own life, including leaving him without a cellmate and skipped checks. It finds no evidence contradicting the FBI's conclusion that no crime caused his death.
JPMorgan agrees to pay $75 million to the U.S. Virgin Islands to settle claims that it enabled Epstein's sex trafficking, with most of the money going to charities and victim services. The bank does not admit liability.
Source: NPR, PBS NewsHour (AP)
Under an order by Judge Loretta Preska, records from the 2015 defamation case are unsealed, mentioning many prominent people. NPR notes that appearing in the documents does not imply wrongdoing; those named have denied any. The records add little new information.
Source: NPR
Virginia Giuffre, the most prominent Epstein accuser and a longtime advocate for survivors, dies by suicide at her home in Australia, her family says.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), PBS NewsHour (AP)
The Supreme Court declines Maxwell's bid to overturn her conviction, which argued Epstein's 2007 Florida deal should have shielded her. Her conviction and sentence stand, barring clemency. Trump says he would 'take a look' at a pardon question.
Knopf publishes Virginia Giuffre's memoir, completed before her death, repeating her accounts of abuse by Epstein, Maxwell and others. The publisher says it was fact-checked and legally vetted; men she accuses, including Andrew, deny her claims.
Judge Paul Engelmayer denies Maxwell's habeas petition as 'demonstrably meritless,' saying it rests on 'speculation, distortions, and/or outright falsehoods.' With appeals exhausted, clemency is her remaining avenue.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP)
A promised release, then a memo saying there was nothing more to show, and a bipartisan push in Congress that forced a vote.
Days after saying on Fox News that a client list was 'sitting on my desk,' Attorney General Pam Bondi gives conservative influencers binders labeled 'The Epstein Files: Phase 1' at the White House. The material is largely already public, such as flight logs and a redacted address book.
Source: CBS News, PBS NewsHour (AP)
An unsigned two-page Justice Department and FBI memo says a review found no incriminating 'client list,' no evidence Epstein blackmailed prominent people, and confirms his death was suicide. It says no more files will be released. Jail video released with it has a missing minute, prompting further questions.
Source: NPR, PBS NewsHour (AP), CBS News
The Justice Department fires Manhattan federal prosecutor Maurene Comey, daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, by a memo citing Article II and giving no reason. She had worked on the Epstein and Maxwell prosecutions. She sues in September 2025.
The Wall Street Journal reports that a 2003 album compiled for Epstein's 50th birthday contains a suggestive letter bearing Trump's name, framed by a sketch of a woman. Trump denies writing it and calls the story fake.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), NBC News
Trump files a defamation suit in federal court in Florida against Dow Jones, News Corp, Rupert Murdoch and two Journal reporters, seeking at least $10 billion. Dow Jones says it stands by the reporting's rigor and accuracy.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), CBS News
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump's former defense lawyer, questions Maxwell over two days with limited immunity. She says she never saw Trump act inappropriately. On Aug. 1 she is moved to a minimum-security prison camp in Bryan, Texas. Giuffre's family calls the interview a platform to 'rewrite history.'
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), NBC News
The House Oversight Committee subpoenas Bill and Hillary Clinton, six former attorneys general and two former FBI directors for depositions, and orders the Justice Department to turn over its Epstein files.
Source: NBC News, PBS NewsHour (AP)
The Justice Department publishes hundreds of pages of transcripts and audio of Blanche's interviews with Maxwell, in which she denies seeing wrongdoing by Trump or other prominent men and says she does not believe Epstein died by suicide.
Epstein survivors, some speaking publicly for the first time, rally at the Capitol with Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, whose discharge petition aims to force a House vote on releasing the files. Speaker Mike Johnson calls the bill 'inartfully drafted.'
The Oversight Committee releases records from Epstein's estate, including the 2003 birthday album with the note bearing Trump's name that the Journal described. The White House says Trump did not write or sign it; Trump says 'it's not my signature.'
Committee Democrats release estate emails, including a 2019 message in which Epstein wrote that Trump 'knew about the girls,' without explanation. Republicans release about 20,000 more pages and accuse Democrats of cherry-picking. The White House calls it a 'fake narrative.' Epstein's claims are unverified.
Rep. Adelita Grijalva, sworn in after a seven-week delay, provides the 218th signature on the Massie-Khanna discharge petition, guaranteeing a House vote. Four Republicans signed: Massie, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace.
Source: The Hill, The Washington Post
Trump asks the Justice Department to investigate Epstein's ties to Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman and JPMorgan; Bondi assigns Manhattan U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. All three men deny wrongdoing and none has been accused of a crime. The probe's status remains unclear.
Days after Trump drops his opposition, the House passes the Epstein Files Transparency Act 427-1, with Rep. Clay Higgins the lone no. The Senate passes it the same day by unanimous consent. It orders DOJ to publish its unclassified Epstein files within 30 days.
Source: NPR, Congress.gov
Trump signs the bill, which becomes Public Law 119-38 and sets a Dec. 19 deadline. It allows redactions to protect victims and active investigations but bars withholding records for embarrassment or political sensitivity.
Source: Congress.gov, CBS News
The law's deadline, millions of pages, black boxes, survivors' names exposed by mistake, and judges pressing the Justice Department for the rest.
Citing the new law, federal judges in Florida (Rodney Smith) and Manhattan (Paul Engelmayer and Richard Berman) reverse earlier refusals and allow grand jury transcripts and investigative records to be released, with victims' identities redacted.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), CBS News
On the deadline, DOJ posts a first batch to its online 'Epstein Library,' including photos and records. CBS News finds more than 500 pages fully blacked out, and some files briefly disappear. Massie and Khanna say the partial release flouts the law and float contempt for Bondi.
DOJ releases nearly 30,000 more pages, warning some contain 'untrue and sensationalist claims' about Trump. One 2020 prosecutor email says Trump flew on Epstein's jet more often than previously reported; logs show mostly domestic trips. Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
Source: NPR, PBS NewsHour (AP)
Six weeks past the deadline, DOJ posts more than 3 million pages, about 180,000 images and 2,000 videos. Blanche says the department collected roughly 6 million pages and that the release meets the law; critics say about half is still withheld. Blanche says, 'We did not protect President Trump.'
Survivors' lawyers say the January release exposed some victims' names and images, and DOJ pulls material for re-review. A Wall Street Journal review later finds at least 43 victims' personal information exposed. Blanche later tells senators, 'I am sorry that in about 1% of the documents mistakes were made.'
Source: Minnesota Attorney General's Office, PBS NewsHour (AP)
At a House Judiciary oversight hearing, Bondi declines Democrats' calls to apologize to survivors. Massie calls the releases a 'massive failure' and asks who exposed victims' names; Bondi accuses him of 'Trump derangement syndrome.'
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP)
As the law requires, DOJ sends Congress a report listing roughly 300 officials and public figures mentioned in the files. It includes long-dead celebrities found only in news clippings, and DOJ says many names appear in contexts unrelated to Epstein's crimes. Khanna says it 'muddies the waters.'
Source: NPR
The House Oversight Committee votes to subpoena Attorney General Bondi to answer questions about DOJ's handling of the Epstein files; Chairman James Comer issues the subpoena March 17.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), CNN
After NPR reported that more than 50 pages tied to a woman's decades-old allegation against Trump were missing, DOJ posts additional FBI interview summaries, saying 15 documents were 'incorrectly coded as duplicative.' The allegation is unverified; the White House calls such accusations 'completely baseless.'
Trump removes Bondi and names Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche acting attorney general. NPR reports simmering frustration over her handling of the Epstein files; Blanche says only Trump knows why she was fired.
U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles dismisses Trump's defamation suit without prejudice, finding it did not adequately allege actual malice; he does not rule on whether Trump wrote the letter. Trump files an amended $10 billion complaint May 27, which is pending.
The Justice Department's inspector general announces a review of how DOJ identified, redacted, withheld and released records under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, after bipartisan requests from lawmakers. A public report is promised when the review is done.
In a closed-door Oversight interview, Bondi acknowledges 'there were redaction errors' and says she delegated the process to Blanche; a transcript released June 4 quotes her saying he was in charge. She declines to discuss conversations with Trump and rejects claims she blamed Blanche.
In journalist Katie Phang's lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan finds DOJ's redactions likely violate the law and orders it to release unredacted versions of disputed records, including FBI interview notes, or justify withholding them by July 2, and to publish a redaction log. DOJ says it will appeal.
Massie and Khanna introduce a follow-up bill (H.R. 9694) that would let state attorneys general, local prosecutors and victims sue the attorney general over unlawful withholding or redaction, and give victims certain unredacted records on request.
Source: Axios, Rep. Ro Khanna (reposting Axios)
At his Senate Judiciary hearing for attorney general, Blanche denies discussing a pardon with Maxwell or her lawyers, apologizes for redaction mistakes, and pledges to prosecute anyone the files show can be charged. Sen. Thom Tillis conditions his vote on Blanche meeting survivors, which he does the next day.
Source: NPR, PBS NewsHour (AP)
The Senate passes Sen. Jacky Rosen's nonbinding resolution (S.Res. 608) by unanimous consent, stating Maxwell should not receive a pardon or any clemency. Trump has said he is allowed to pardon her but has not committed either way.
Source: Bloomberg Law
The Senate narrowly confirms Blanche, who oversaw the Epstein releases and interviewed Maxwell, in an overnight vote; Republicans Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski join all Democrats in opposition.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), NBC News
After DOJ told the court in July it had already complied and would release nothing more, Sullivan presses government lawyers on why handwritten FBI interview notes were never released, says 'the public has a right to know,' and notes he has held lawyers in contempt before.
DOJ files a notice of appeal of Sullivan's June order in the Phang case, calling it a 'protective' notice because it is unsure the order can be appealed. A DOJ spokesperson says the department 'has not conceded anything.'
Source: The Hill
Sullivan orders DOJ to produce handwritten FBI interview notes and foreign-language materials by Sept. 24 or explain why, calling a contempt finding 'premature' for now but not ruling it out. DOJ says it has produced all responsive documents and is appealing.
Source: The Hill
Having opened a discharge petition Sept. 1, Massie and Khanna say they have commitments for the 218 signatures needed, including Republicans Ralph Norman, Nancy Mace and Brian Fitzpatrick. The House is in recess until after the midterms, so no vote has been held.
Source: Axios, Spectrum News
A coalition of 17 state attorneys general backs the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which would let states and survivors sue to enforce the 2025 law. They say DOJ still has not met its obligations nearly a year after the Dec. 19, 2025 deadline.
Rep. Jamie Raskin asks Attorney General Blanche for records on foreign legal-assistance requests and on DOJ decisions to deny help to state and local investigators pursuing possible Epstein co-conspirators. DOJ says the request is under review.
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman rules the July 2025 firing violated the separation of powers and civil service law, rejecting a claim of unlimited presidential removal power. He reinstates her retroactively with back pay to Dec. 20, 2025, when she took another job. DOJ says it will appeal.
Resignations, depositions, arrests abroad and investigations of the people around Epstein. Arrests are not charges; we note every denial.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer withdraws Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington after published emails show his relationship with Epstein was deeper than previously known, including support after Epstein's 2008 conviction. Mandelson says he deeply regrets the association.
Two weeks after Andrew gave up his Duke of York title, Buckingham Palace says he will be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor and must leave Royal Lodge. The palace says the steps are needed even though he continues to deny the allegations.
Source: NPR, PBS NewsHour (AP)
After the January files show further contacts with Epstein, Mandelson quits the Labour Party and announces he will leave the House of Lords. The Metropolitan Police open an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office over claims he passed confidential government information to Epstein. He denies criminal wrongdoing.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), NBC News
Testifying remotely to the House Oversight Committee, Maxwell invokes the Fifth Amendment. Her lawyer says she would speak fully, and could clear Trump and Clinton, if granted clemency. The same day lawmakers begin reviewing unredacted files at DOJ.
Kathryn Ruemmler, Goldman's general counsel and a former Obama White House counsel, says she will step down after released emails show years of friendly contact with Epstein. Her spokesperson says the relationship was professional.
Norwegian economic-crime police charge former Prime Minister Thorbjorn Jagland with gross corruption, examining whether he received gifts, travel or loans tied to his positions. Released emails show visits to Epstein properties. He denies the charges.
Billionaire Les Wexner, Epstein's longtime client and benefactor, testifies under subpoena from his Ohio home. He says he knew nothing of Epstein's crimes, cut ties nearly 20 years ago and did 'nothing wrong.' His lawyers say prosecutors told them in 2019 he was not a target.
Thames Valley Police arrest the former prince on his 66th birthday on suspicion of misconduct in public office, over allegations he shared confidential trade-envoy material with Epstein. He is questioned for about 11 hours and released under investigation, not charged. He denies wrongdoing.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), NPR
London police arrest Mandelson on suspicion of misconduct in public office and release him on bail. His lawyers call the arrest prompted by a 'baseless' claim that he planned to leave the country. He denies wrongdoing and has not been charged.
Harvard says former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers will retire from teaching at the end of the academic year as it reviews Epstein documents. He had stepped back from public roles and the OpenAI board in November. No survivor has accused him of wrongdoing.
Hillary Clinton (Feb. 26) and Bill Clinton (Feb. 27) give closed-door depositions. He says, 'I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong,' and denies visiting Epstein's island; she says she does not recall meeting Epstein. The committee releases the videos March 2.
Richard Kahn, Epstein's longtime accountant and an executor of his estate, answers Oversight Committee questions about Epstein's finances. He and co-executor Darren Indyke, Epstein's lawyer, tell the panel they did not know about the abuse and were never interviewed by federal investigators.
Source: PBS NewsHour (AP), NBC News
Howard Lutnick, Epstein's former Manhattan neighbor, tells the Oversight Committee in a closed-door interview that his contacts were 'meaningless and inconsequential,' including a 2012 family lunch on Epstein's island that contradicted his earlier claim of cutting ties in 2005. He has not been accused of wrongdoing.
Rep. Thomas Massie, co-author of the Epstein law, loses Kentucky's 4th District Republican primary to Trump-endorsed Ed Gallrein in the most expensive House primary on record. Trump targeted Massie over breaks including the Epstein files.
Source: NPR, PBS NewsHour (AP)
In a nearly six-hour transcribed interview, Bill Gates says he had no knowledge of Epstein's crimes, calls their meetings a 'grave error in judgment,' and says Epstein may have contemplated pressuring him with personal information. He has not been accused of any crime.
Starmer says he will step down as Labour leader under party pressure. Coverage lists the Mandelson appointment, and questions over his vetting, among several factors alongside falling support and a leadership challenge.
Source: NBC News
The Wall Street Journal, followed by NBC News citing a law enforcement official, reports that SDNY prosecutors are interviewing witnesses and seeking documents about Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn. DOJ does not comment; both men deny wrongdoing and no charges have been filed.
At a High Court hearing on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor's challenge, police accept that the warrants used to search his homes were unlawful because the wrong legislation was used. The judge says the misconduct investigation continues; police seek to keep the seized material. He has not been charged.
Source: ABC News (Australia), NPR
Attorney General Raul Torrez files a civil suit accusing estate co-executors Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn of helping conceal abuse at Epstein's Zorro Ranch and seeks to block their estate payouts. Their attorney rejects the claims; neither man has been criminally charged.
Source: NBC News (AP), New Mexico Department of Justice, CNN
Judiciary Committee Democrats release a 50-page staff report accusing DOJ of covering up Trump's ties to Epstein and calling for an independent special counsel. It compiles allegations by women, most previously public; none has been proven in court. The White House calls the allegations false; DOJ calls it a 'last-ditch effort' to mislead.
Exhibit B
79 public records you can open and read yourself: the Justice Department's own library, congressional releases, court files and official reports. Every link goes to the official copy.
DOJ's official portal for records released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act: DOJ disclosures, court records, FOIA releases, prior releases, and a full-text search. Requires an 18+ age confirmation.
U.S. Department of Justice · nearly 3.5 million pages (DOJ, Jan 30 2026)
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files.
Open the record ↗Master index. Lists Data Sets 1-12, about 50 court-case folders, FOIA releases (FBI, BOP, CBP, Florida), earlier DOJ releases, the review protocol and DOJ's letters to Congress. Best page to send readers to.
U.S. Department of Justice
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files.
Open the record ↗DOJ's full-text search across the released files. Linked from every Library page; the page sits behind an automated bot check, so it may briefly show a 'verifying' screen.
U.S. Department of Justice
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files.
Open the record ↗First production on the statutory deadline: investigative files, photographs and documents labeled EFTA00000001 onward. Each data set page links to the next. DOJ's own letter called it 'hundreds of thousands of pages.'
U.S. Department of Justice
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files. Reporters found blacked-out text that could be copied out, and DOJ briefly pulled up to 16 photos on Dec 20, 2025 (one restored Dec 21).
Open the record ↗Largest batch: FBI and prosecutors' files, emails, interview summaries, images and video from the Florida and New York cases, the Maxwell case, the death investigations and FBI tips.
U.S. Department of Justice · 3+ million pages, 2,000+ videos, 180,000 images
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files. DOJ says it took down 'several thousand documents' after victims' names were exposed. DOJ also says the set includes unverified tips sent in by the public.
Open the record ↗DOJ's announcement of its final EFTA production. It lists the sources collected, the categories withheld (duplicates, privilege, depictions of violence, unrelated items), and says no notable people or politicians were redacted.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
Open the record ↗Six-page letter from the Deputy Attorney General describing the first release, the ongoing review, and court orders requiring extra victim-privacy review.
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Open the record ↗Six-page letter saying DOJ found more than 6 million potentially responsive pages and describing its review and redaction process. DOJ presents this as its compliance certification.
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Open the record ↗Report the law requires: categories released and withheld, legal basis for redactions, and a list of government officials and 'politically exposed persons' named or referenced in the files.
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Note: Being on this list means a person is mentioned in the files. It is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Open the record ↗Nine-page internal protocol telling DOJ reviewers how to judge responsiveness and redact victim-identifying and other protected information.
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Open the record ↗Attorney General Bondi's announcement of the 'Phase 1' release, made together with the FBI.
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs
Open the record ↗Four PDFs: an FBI evidence list, flight logs entered as a Maxwell trial exhibit (118 pages), Epstein's contact book with contact details redacted (95 pages), and a list with all names redacted.
U.S. Department of Justice
Note: Appearing in a contact book or flight log is not evidence of wrongdoing. Most of this was already public from court cases.
Open the record ↗One-page letter (file EFTA02847765) saying the Attorney General had received about 200 pages, learned the FBI New York office held thousands more, and demanding the full file.
Office of the Attorney General
Open the record ↗Unsigned two-page DOJ-FBI memo (file EFTA02846455) describing the review, saying it found no incriminating 'client list' and no credible evidence of blackmail, and that Epstein died by suicide. It is filed with the jail video.
U.S. Department of Justice / FBI
Open the record ↗Video files (EFTA02731862-74 and others) from cameras at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on the night before Epstein's death, released with the July 2025 memo.
U.S. Department of Justice / Bureau of Prisons
Note: WIRED's metadata analysis found the 'raw' video had been edited together from clips. A one-minute timestamp jump (11:58:58 to 12:00:00) has been disputed.
Open the record ↗Redacted transcripts and 16 audio files of the Deputy Attorney General's two-day interview of Maxwell in Tallahassee (July 24-25, 2025). Also filed in the Library's 'Maxwell Proffer' section.
U.S. Department of Justice
Note: Maxwell is a convicted sex trafficker. Her statements are unsworn claims, not findings. Victim names are bleeped with a tone.
Open the record ↗Six key files: the OPR executive summary and full 348-page OPR report on the 2007-08 Florida deal, the 128-page OIG report on the MCC, OIG's press release and video script, and the Bondi-Patel letter.
U.S. Department of Justice
Open the record ↗Earlier Freedom of Information Act releases, now in one place: 22 FBI file parts, BOP and CBP records, and Florida public-records audio, video and documents. FOIA redactions apply.
U.S. Department of Justice
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files.
Open the record ↗Bill text and history. Introduced July 15, 2025 by Rep. Ro Khanna (Rep. Thomas Massie co-led the discharge petition); passed the House 427-1 on Nov 18; passed the Senate by unanimous consent; signed Nov 19, 2025.
Congress.gov (Library of Congress)
Open the record ↗The official public-law version of the Act, as PDF and text: it orders release of all unclassified Epstein-related records within 30 days, limits redactions, and requires a report to Congress.
GovInfo (U.S. Government Publishing Office)
Open the record ↗Member-by-member vote: 427 yes (216 R, 211 D), 1 no (Rep. Clay Higgins), 5 not voting.
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House
Open the record ↗Records DOJ produced under Chairman Comer's Aug 5 subpoena, posted in Google Drive and Dropbox folders linked from this release. Committee Democrats said about 3% was new.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · 33,295 pages
Note: Contains investigative material on sex crimes. The committee hosts it on Google Drive/Dropbox; link to this release page.
Open the record ↗First estate production under the Aug 25 subpoena: the 2003 50th-birthday album, Epstein's will, address book entries and the 2007 non-prosecution agreement. Includes Chairman Comer's statement.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Note: The album page bearing Trump's name is disputed; Trump denies writing it. Describe it as the document the estate produced.
Open the record ↗Transcript of former Attorney General William Barr's Aug 18, 2025 deposition, released with letters from former AGs Gonzales and Sessions and a second set of estate documents.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Release page linking the transcript of former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta's Sept 19, 2025 interview about the 2007-08 deal, plus letters from Holder, Garland and Comey and more estate records.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗The majority's full release of the estate's emails and documents, posted the same day Democrats published three emails from this production.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform · 20,000 pages
Note: Unvetted private correspondence; statements in emails are not established facts.
Open the record ↗Three redacted emails from the estate: a 2011 Epstein-Maxwell exchange and 2015 and 2019 exchanges with author Michael Wolff that mention Donald Trump. PDF linked on the page.
House Oversight Committee Democrats
Note: These are Epstein's own claims in private emails. The White House disputes how Democrats described them.
Open the record ↗Partial records from the estate's third production: phone message logs, flight logs and manifests, financial ledgers, and Epstein's daily schedules, redacted to protect victims.
House Oversight Committee Democrats
Note: A name in a schedule or log is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Open the record ↗Photos and videos of the island property produced by the U.S. Virgin Islands government, hosted in a Dropbox folder linked from the release.
House Oversight Committee Democrats
Open the record ↗A selection from about 95,000 estate photos, released without captions or context, with victims' faces and personal data redacted. An earlier batch of 19 came out Dec 12.
House Oversight Committee Democrats
Note: Released without context. Showing a person in a photo does not show wrongdoing. Estate photos are not government works; link only.
Open the record ↗Full video of the former L Brands chief's Feb 18, 2026 deposition in Ohio, posted on the committee's YouTube channel.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Full videos, each about 4.5 hours, of Hillary Clinton's (Feb 26) and Bill Clinton's (Feb 27, 2026) depositions. They agreed to testify after the committee began contempt proceedings.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Transcripts of Ted Waitt's Apr 30 and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's voluntary May 6, 2026 interviews.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Transcripts of the interview with Tova Noel (May 18), one of the MCC guards on duty the night Epstein died, and of former Attorney General Pam Bondi (May 29, 2026).
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Transcripts of Bill Gates's June 10 and former Epstein assistant Lesley Groff's June 9, 2026 interviews.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Transcripts of Leon Black's June 26 and Doug Band's June 30, 2026 transcribed interviews.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Transcript of the July 15, 2026 interview of the former White House counsel.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Redacted transcript of the former JPMorgan and Barclays executive's July 24, 2026 interview.
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Open the record ↗Minority staff report, based partly on bank Suspicious Activity Reports, alleging JPMorgan Chase, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America delayed reporting Epstein's transactions.
Senate Finance Committee (Ranking Member Ron Wyden)
Note: Partisan minority staff report; the banks dispute it. Present its conclusions as allegations.
Open the record ↗53-page minority staff report, released today, built from interviews, survivor accounts, FBI records and EFTA files. It accuses DOJ of a cover-up and asks for a special counsel. PDF linked on the page.
House Judiciary Committee Democrats (Ranking Member Jamie Raskin)
Note: Partisan staff report containing unproven sexual-assault allegations against President Trump, which he denies; DOJ disputes it. Attribute every claim and use 'alleges.'
Open the record ↗Two-count federal indictment (sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy), unsealed July 8, 2019.
U.S. District Court S.D.N.Y. (via CourtListener RECAP)
Note: Describes abuse of minors in legal terms.
Open the record ↗Free docket: detention filings, the Aug 29, 2019 dismissal (nolle prosequi) after Epstein's death, and the 2025 grand-jury unsealing litigation.
CourtListener (Free Law Project)
Open the record ↗Full text of the deal the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami signed with Epstein, plus the Oct 2007 addendum, as filed as an exhibit in a 2010 federal case. 16 pages.
U.S. Department of Justice (Epstein Library, Data Set 8, EFTA00011386)
Note: Opens only after the Library's 18+ confirmation; if it fails, send readers to the Library and search 'EFTA00011386'.
Open the record ↗Docket of the Crime Victims' Rights Act suit two victims brought against the government over the secret plea deal (S.D. Fla., Judge Kenneth Marra). DOJ's Library also hosts filings from it.
CourtListener (Free Law Project)
Open the record ↗33-page ruling that federal prosecutors violated victims' rights by concealing the non-prosecution agreement from them. The court did not void the deal; the case was later dismissed as moot after Epstein died.
U.S. District Court S.D. Fla. (via CourtListener)
Open the record ↗185-page en banc decision (7-4) holding that CVRA rights did not attach because no federal charges were filed in Florida. Includes strong dissents. The Supreme Court denied review in 2022 (No. 21-351).
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
Open the record ↗Defamation case Virginia Giuffre brought against Maxwell. Sealed filings were released in stages after the 2nd Circuit's 2019 ruling, including the January 2024 batch naming many people.
CourtListener (Free Law Project)
Note: Contains graphic sexual-abuse testimony. Many people named are not accused of anything; the January 2024 documents name them for many reasons.
Open the record ↗The ruling that began unsealing the Giuffre v. Maxwell record (the Miami Herald and Alan Dershowitz had sought it); the first documents came out in August 2019.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit (via CourtListener)
Open the record ↗Full criminal docket: indictment, Dec 2021 trial transcripts, June 2022 judgment (20 years), 2025 grand-jury rulings, and the 2026 habeas litigation.
CourtListener (Free Law Project)
Note: Trial transcripts include graphic testimony by abuse survivors.
Open the record ↗DOJ's folder of Maxwell case records, including government trial exhibits such as the flight logs, property photographs and contact book pages entered in evidence.
U.S. Department of Justice
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files.
Open the record ↗Published opinion (118 F.4th 256) rejecting Maxwell's arguments, including that the 2007 Florida non-prosecution agreement protected her, and affirming her conviction and sentence.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit (via CourtListener)
Open the record ↗Maxwell's petition for review, the government's opposition, amicus briefs, and the Oct 6, 2025 order denying review.
Supreme Court of the United States
Open the record ↗Judge Engelmayer's opinion denying Maxwell's bid to vacate her conviction, which in part relied on material DOJ released under the EFTA. A motion to reopen was filed in October 2026.
U.S. District Court S.D.N.Y. (via CourtListener RECAP)
Open the record ↗Ruling that the law then in force did not permit unsealing; the judge found the materials would reveal little that was new.
U.S. District Court S.D.N.Y. (via CourtListener RECAP)
Open the record ↗Decision and order rejecting the July 2025 request to unseal the 2019 Epstein grand jury transcripts and exhibits.
U.S. District Court S.D.N.Y. (via CourtListener RECAP)
Open the record ↗After the Act passed, the court granted DOJ's motion to unseal the Maxwell grand jury materials, subject to the Act's victim-privacy protections. Judge Berman issued a similar order in the Epstein case on Dec 10.
U.S. District Court S.D.N.Y. (via CourtListener RECAP)
Open the record ↗Records from the case Judge Robin Rosenberg opened after declining DOJ's July 2025 request. In December 2025, after the Act passed, she allowed release of the 2005-07 federal grand jury material.
U.S. Department of Justice (Epstein Library)
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files.
Open the record ↗Records from the Palm Beach Post's lawsuit, including the roughly 150 pages of 2006 Palm Beach County grand jury testimony that Circuit Judge Luis Delgado released on July 1, 2024 under a new Florida law.
U.S. Department of Justice (Epstein Library)
Note: Graphic testimony about abuse of minors (names redacted).
Open the record ↗Palm Beach County criminal case files, including the 2008 case in which Epstein pleaded guilty to state prostitution charges, one involving a minor.
U.S. Department of Justice (Epstein Library)
Note: Official DOJ notice: may contain material of a sexual nature and, despite redaction, victim-identifying information. Link to index pages; do not rehost files.
Open the record ↗The Virgin Islands' suit alleging the bank enabled Epstein's trafficking; it settled in 2023 for $75 million. Unsealed exhibits include internal bank emails.
CourtListener (Free Law Project)
Open the record ↗Journalist Katie Phang's suit claiming DOJ violated the Act. Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered a redaction log and certain unredactions (June 25, 2026); DOJ appealed to the D.C. Circuit on Sept 17, 2026. Still active.
CourtListener (Free Law Project)
Open the record ↗Report 23-085, 128 pages, finding serious misconduct and failures by Bureau of Prisons staff (missed checks, falsified records, no cellmate) that left Epstein unmonitored before his death.
U.S. DOJ Office of the Inspector General
Note: Discusses suicide.
Open the record ↗13-page summary: OPR found Acosta used 'poor judgment' but committed no professional misconduct, and that victims were not treated with the forthrightness and sensitivity expected.
U.S. DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility
Open the record ↗The full OPR investigation, file EFTA02847284 in the Library. Before the EFTA it went only to Congress and victims.
U.S. Department of Justice (Epstein Library) · 348 pages
Open the record ↗FBI's FOIA reading room with 22 parts of heavily redacted Epstein records released in response to public-records requests.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Open the record ↗The investigative series that identified about 80 victims, put several on the record, and exposed how the 2007-08 federal deal was made. Credited with prompting the 2019 federal case; Polk Award.
Miami Herald (Julie K. Brown, Emily Michot)
Note: May hit the Herald's meter or paywall. Survivors describe abuse.
Open the record ↗Early profile of Epstein's wealth, homes and social circle, written before the Florida investigation began.
Vanity Fair (Vicky Ward)
Open the record ↗2002 profile, widely quoted for its interviews with Epstein's acquaintances at the time.
New York magazine (Landon Thomas Jr.)
Open the record ↗Free, sourced news account of the January 30 production, DOJ's claim that it had now released everything, and the gap between what DOJ collected and what it released.
NPR
Open the record ↗Full video of Kash Patel's Senate testimony; the Epstein files were a main line of questioning.
C-SPAN
Open the record ↗Full video. Members pressed Patel on whether he would release the Epstein files; the committee then rejected Democratic motions to subpoena Epstein-related witnesses.
C-SPAN
Open the record ↗Full video of the Attorney General's Senate oversight hearing, which included questions about the Epstein files.
C-SPAN
Open the record ↗Testimony after the EFTA releases. Members questioned why survivors' names were exposed while others were redacted. Part 2 is at C-SPAN program 673247.
C-SPAN
Open the record ↗Committee business meeting where members voted 24-19 to subpoena the Attorney General over her handling of the Epstein files.
C-SPAN
Open the record ↗Acting AG Todd Blanche before Senate Judiciary after Bondi's firing; Epstein-file questions dominated, and he apologized for 'mistakes' in the release.
C-SPAN
Open the record ↗Committee-posted video of the full deposition.
House Oversight Committee (YouTube)
Open the record ↗Committee-posted video of the full deposition.
House Oversight Committee (YouTube)
Open the record ↗Committee-posted video, about five hours.
House Oversight Committee (YouTube)
Open the record ↗Original audio of the July 24-25, 2025 Blanche-Maxwell interview, with victim names replaced by a tone. Large WAV files.
U.S. Department of Justice
Note: Unsworn statements by a convicted sex trafficker.
Open the record ↗Exhibit C
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