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The Epstein Files

The latest news and analysis on the Epstein Files and the world of Jeffrey Epstein.

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    Politicians. Business titans. Hollywood figures. See the names — and their correspondence — in latest Epstein files release

Latest news

  • Attorney General Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.
    J. Scott Applewhite/AP
    5 takeaways from Pam Bondi’s fiery testimony
    Feb 11, 2026
  • Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file of Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats Washington, D.C., on December 18, 2025.
    House Oversight Committee Democrats/Reuters
    13 controversial redactions from the Epstein files — and what we’re learning about them
    Feb 11, 2026
  • IN FLIGHT - FEBRUARY 06: U.S. President Donald Trump gaggles with reporters while aboard Air Force One on February 6, 2026 en route to Palm Beach, Florida. The President is spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his private club. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
    Samuel Corum/Getty Images
    What the Trump team claimed vs. what the Epstein files show
    Feb 11, 2026
  • US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Tuesday in Washington, DC.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
    Lutnick’s grilling shows Trump a glimpse of a grim possible future
    Feb 11, 2026
  • Rep. Thomas Massie (left) and Rep. Ro Khanna arrive to offices of the Department of Justice on Monday in Washington, DC.
    Alex Wong/Getty Images
    Justice Department un-redacts more names in Epstein files after pressure from lawmakers
    Feb 10, 2026

More headlines

  • Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
    Lutnick confirms an island lunch with Epstein while insisting they ‘did not have any relationship’
  • President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 1.
    Al Drago/Getty Images/File
    Trump told police in mid 2000s ‘everyone has known’ about Epstein’s misconduct
  • Chappell Roan said she is leaving the talent agency led by Casey Wasserman.
    Etienne Laurent/AFP/Getty Images
    Chappell Roan leaves Casey Wasserman talent agency after Epstein files revelations
  • King Harald and Queen Sonja together with Crown Prince Haakon, Princess Ingrid Alexandra and Crown Princess Mette-Marit pose for a Christmas photo shoot in the Red Salon Palace in Oslo, Norway, December 19, 2024. Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB/via REUTERS   ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NORWAY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN NORWAY.
    Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB/Reuters
    The Epstein files are threatening to split Norway’s royal family in two
  • Documents included in the Jeffrey Epstein files photographed on Sunday, February 1, 2026.
    Jon Elswick/AP
    New roadblocks slow US reckoning over Epstein as Europe races ahead
  • Jeffrey Epstein in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2004.
    Rick Friedman/Corbis/Getty Images
    How polls show Republicans shifted away from caring so much about Jeffrey Epstein
  • Prince William at the University of Bristol on January 22.
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    Prince William and Kate ‘deeply concerned’ by Epstein revelations
  • A document that was included in the US Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files is photographed Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, shows the report when Epstein was taken into custody on July 6, 2019.
    Jon Elswick/AP
    As pressure mounted to release Epstein files, FBI employees compiled allegations against other men
  • Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie speak after viewing unredacted Epstein files on February 9, 2026, in Washington, DC.
    Heather Diehl/Getty Images
    Lawmakers suggest at least a half-dozen men are being protected by over-redactions in Epstein files
  • Prime Minister Keir Starmer is weathering a political storm related to the US Justice Department's latest release of Epstein files.
    Peter Nicholls/Press Association/AP
    ‘Not prepared to walk away’: Starmer defends premiership as UK government reels from Epstein fallout
  • Former Prince Andrew arrives at Westminster Cathedral on September 16, 2025 in London, England.
    Jordan Pettitt/Getty Images
    King Charles ‘ready to support’ police as they assess claim his brother, Andrew, shared confidential material with Epstein
  • Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon
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    How Jeffrey Epstein sought to help Steve Bannon build a global populist movement
  • Thomas Massie and Howard Lutnick
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    GOP lawmaker behind Congress’ Epstein push says Commerce Secretary Lutnick should resign over links
  • Morgan McSweeney resigned on Sunday as Downing Street Chief of Staff after a week of political turmoil over Peter Mandelson's appointment as UK ambassador to the US.
    Leon Neal/Getty Images
    UK PM’s chief of staff resigns over Mandelson’s appointment as US ambassador despite Epstein links
  • Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony opening the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia, in Moscow on February 5.
    Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool/AFP/Getty Images
    Epstein tried to cozy up to Russian officials, including Putin, documents show
  • Jack Lang in Paris, France, on September 30, 2025.
    Stephanie Lecocq/Reuters
    Former French minister Lang resigns from Arab World Institute after Epstein correspondence revealed
  • Navy Secretary John Phelan speaks to sailors on the USS Somerset in National City, California, on August 26, 2025.
    Meg McLaughlin/The San Diego Union-Tribune/Getty Images/File
    Exclusive: Navy secretary John Phelan listed as passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane in 2006
  • Peter Mandelson, pictured on January 10, quit Britain's House of Lords on Wednesday.
    Jeff Overs/BBC/Reuters
    UK police searching two properties linked to Peter Mandelson over Epstein investigation
  • Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file of Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats Washington, D.C., on December 18, 2025.
    House Oversight Committee Democrats/Reuters
    Epstein paid for novel genetic testing in apparent effort to explore extending life, new emails show
  • Casey Wasserman, Chairman of the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games speaks during an IOC meeting ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
    Luca Bruno/AP
    LA Olympics chief faces calls to resign after flirty emails with Ghislaine Maxwell are revealed in Epstein files
  • A photograph appearing to show Prince Andrew with Jeffrey Epstein's accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre and Ghislaine Maxwell.
    Southern District of New York
    Email appears to confirm photo of former Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre is real
  • Bill Gates attends the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 21.
    Denis Balibouse/Reuters
    Bill Gates faces fresh scrutiny for Epstein ties following Justice Department’s document release
  • British Prime Minister Keir Starmer seen at 10 Downing Street on July 16, 2024 in London, England.
    Benjamin Cremel/WPA Pool/Getty Images
    The Epstein storm could topple a world leader — but it’s not Trump
  • Newly-released documents from disgraced late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including a sheaf of entirely redacted pages, are seen in this handouts released by the US Justice Department in Washington, DC, on December 19.
    Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
    Justice Department under scrutiny for revealing victim info and concealing possible enablers in Epstein files
  • Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during an interview on "The Circuit with Emily Chang" at the Pivotal Ventures office in Kirkland, Washington, on March 11, 2025.
    Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg/Getty Images
    Melinda French Gates says ex-husband Bill Gates has questions to answer over Epstein ties
  • Peter Attia speaks onstage during The New York Times Well Festival 2025 at Duggal Greenhouse in New York, on May 7, 2025.
    David Dee Delgado/Getty Images
    Celebrity doctor Peter Attia’s friendly, raunchy Epstein emails rattle his fans
  • Former Prince Andrew attends a service at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, England in April, 2025.
    Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
    Former Prince Andrew moves out of Windsor’s Royal Lodge, CNN understands
  • Peter Mandelson arrives at the Cabinet Office in central London on June 18, 2025.
    Jonathan Brady/AP
    Who is Peter Mandelson, and why have his Epstein ties shaken the British establishment?
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    Illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN
    Word of the Week: Jeffrey Epstein was obsessed with building a ‘harem’
  • Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file of Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats Washington, D.C., on December 18, 2025.
    House Oversight Committee Democrats/Reuters
    New files deepen a critical mystery about those who partied with Jeffrey Epstein

Video coverage

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    Jayapal asks Bondi to apologize to Epstein victims 3:16
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    Newly released video shows Ghislaine Maxwell pleading the Fifth in deposition 0:52
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    King Charles heckled about former prince Andrew 0:30
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    Ghislaine Maxwell pleads Fifth in deposition 0:46
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    Jimmy Lai’s sentencing is ‘a death sentence,’ says British MP 10:08
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    Steve Bannon was texting with Jeffrey Epstein in the hours before Epstein’s 2019 arrest. What were they discussing? 5:45
  • <p>In an exclusive interview with CNN's Manu Raju, Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie says it's time for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign following the latest release of the Epstein files. Massie was the co-sponsor of the bill to have the files released, but questions where the rest of them are. He also said Trump needs to apologize to the Obamas following his now-deleted, racist video. He also joked that he relished Trump calling him a "moron" at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast. </p>
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    KY Rep. Thomas Massie calls on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign 8:51
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    Trump’s agenda at the White House this week included a desire to nationalize elections and move on from Epstein 4:31
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    Gloria Allred alleges male, sexual predators are being protected by the Epstein files while Jane Does are being revealed 2:04
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    Bill Gates denies Epstein claims 1:55
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    Norway’s crown princess under fire for Epstein emails amid son’s rape trial 0:34
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    GOP congressman says he doesn’t see how Trump could avoid subpoena in congressional Epstein probe 1:52
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