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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

  • Former CEO of Apollo Global Management Leon Black, center, arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on June 26 in Washington, DC.
    Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
    House Oversight panel subpoenas billionaire investor with Epstein ties for deposition and information on NDAs
    Jun 26, 2026
  • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates departs after a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10, 2026.
    Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images
    Bill Gates says he didn’t witness crimes but may have been in presence of Epstein victims
    Jun 24, 2026
  • Vice President JD Vance appeared on “The View” Tuesday morning, just hours after appearing on “Fox & Friends,” as pictured above.
    Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
    JD Vance confesses to ‘The View’ that he’s an Epstein ‘conspiracy theorist’
    Jun 17, 2026
  • House Oversight Chairman James Comer speaks to reporters in Washington June 10, 2026.
    J. Scott Applewhite/AP
    Epstein survivors push Comer to investigate potential leads from DOJ’s files in private meeting
    Jun 16, 2026
  • Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during an interview at the Pivotal Ventures office in Kirkland, Washington, on March 11, 2025.
    Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg/Getty Images/File
    Melinda French Gates has ‘visceral reaction’ recalling ‘abhorrent’ Epstein in new interview
    Jun 13, 2026

More headlines

  • This photo from the US Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein and Jean-Luc Brunel.
    US Department of Justice
    ‘She’s a gift’: How Epstein exploited his fashion world connections to reach young women
  • Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche looks on as he testifies before a Senate subcommittee on the Justice Department's proposed 2027 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2026.
    Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
    Group of Epstein survivors announce opposition to Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination
  • David Solomon, Chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., addresses the Economic Club of New York in New York City on June 2.
    David Dee Delgado/Reuters
    Democrats ask Goldman Sachs CEO why he’s keeping lawyer who said she’d resign over ties to Epstein
  • Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, center, arrives for a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 10.
    Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images
    Bill Gates tells Congress Jeffrey Epstein tried to use information about his infidelities to get close to him
  • Vice President JD Vance, Tucker Carlson and Ghislaine Maxwell.
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    Vance suggested Tucker Carlson interview Ghislaine Maxwell amid Epstein fallout, new book reveals
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace and Thomas Massie.
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    Three of four Republicans who forced the release of the Epstein files are now out of jobs
  • Lesley Groff, center, a former assistant to Jeffrey Epstein, arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
    Longtime Epstein assistant paints late sex offender as master manipulator and denies knowing about his crimes
  • Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives at the U.S Capitol on May 21, 2026 in Washington, DC.
    Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
    Trump formally nominates his former personal lawyer Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general
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    Ellie Stubbs, CNN
    Tracking the firings, resignations and other impacts from the Epstein files
  • From left to right, Frederic Fekkai, Philip Levine and Patrick Demarchelier
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    Here is who Epstein’s longtime assistant accused of sexual abuse
  • Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 29, in Washington, DC.
    Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
    Todd Blanche was ‘in charge’ of Epstein matter, Bondi told lawmakers, according to new transcript
  • Frederic Fekkai, left, and Philip Levine
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    New details revealed of Epstein assistant’s abuse allegations as GOP lawmakers call for DOJ investigation
  • In an aerial view, Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch is shown on March 8, 2026 outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico. A roadside memorial outside the ranch disappeared sometime last week after the manager of the property asked authorities Tuesday whether it could be removed, according to a media report. The manager was told that state law prevents desecration of roadside memorials, the report said.
    Roberto E. Rosales/Getty Images
    New Mexico ‘Truth Commission’ begins investigation into Epstein’s Zorro Ranch, will issue subpoenas
  • Former US Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 29, in Washington, DC.
    Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
    Bondi defends DOJ’s handling of Epstein files but says Blanche was in charge
  • US President Donald Trump looks on during a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2026.
    Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images
    Trump refiles $10 billion lawsuit over Wall Street Journal report on Epstein birthday letter
  • Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., leaves the House Republican Conference caucus meeting at the Capitol Hill Club in Washington on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
    Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images
    ‘Slush fund for crooks’: GOP lawmaker faces criticism over ‘anti-weaponization’ fund, Epstein files and Trump at town hall
  • A skywalk at the Mount Sinai Hospital on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, March 30, 2020.
    Johnny Milano/The New York Times/Redux
    ‘The patient is a VIP’: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s close ties to Mount Sinai Hospital
  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor at Westminster Cathedral on September 16, 2025 in London, England.
    Jordan Pettitt/Getty Images/File
    Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigation could examine sexual misconduct allegations
  • Jeffrey Epstein's former assistant Sarah Kellen arrives to testify at a closed-door interview with the House Oversight Committee on Capitol Hill on May 21 in Washington, DC.
    Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
    Epstein’s longtime assistant accused three previously unknown abusers connected to him, Oversight chair says
  • Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, pictured at Windsor Castle last year, served as a trade envoy for Britain from 2001-2011.
    Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP
    Andrew was not vetted for controversial UK trade envoy role that was late Queen’s ‘wish,’ files show
  • Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before a Senate subcommittee about the Justice Department's proposed 2027 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington.
    Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
    Takeaways from Todd Blanche’s Senate testimony: Weaponization fund, Epstein probes and Trump prosecutions dominate
  • Sherrod Brown leaves the stage after speaking at a primary election night event in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 5, 2026.
    Sue Ogrocki/AP
    Comeback kid or ‘political cicada’? Sherrod Brown tries to find his way back to the Senate
  • Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick departs a closed interview with the House Oversight Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 6.
    Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
    Lutnick downplayed contact with Epstein in House Oversight interview, transcript shows
  • Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Bryan, Texas, on May 30, 2023.
    Sergio Flores/Bloomberg/Getty Images
    Exclusive: Inmates describe being punished for speaking out about Ghislaine Maxwell
  • US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arrives for an interview with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee as part of the panel's ongoing probe of late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on May 6.
    Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
    Lutnick faces lawmakers’ questions for more than 4 hours over past Epstein ties
  • A purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein unsealed by a federal judge. The document is unverified and undated but was placed on the court docket in the case of a former Epstein cellmate who said he had found the note.
    US District Court Southern District of New York
    Judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note
  • Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank are expecting their third child this summer, Buckingham Palace has announced.
    Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
    Princess Eugenie pregnant with third child, palace announces
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi at the US Capitol, on March 18, 2026.
    Matt McClain/Getty Images
    Bondi will testify in House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein probe
  • British Ambassador Christian Turner speaking, at the British Ambassador's Residence in Washington DC, as part of the St Patrick's Day Celebrations in the US capital. Picture date: Wednesday March 18, 2026. (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images)
    Niall Carson/PA Images/Getty Images
    America’s only special relationship is ‘probably Israel,’ says British ambassador to US in leaked comments
  • President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand with King Charles III and Queen Camilla during an arrival ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday.
    Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images
    Epstein scandal lingers in background of King Charles’ visit to Washington

Video coverage

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    CNN
    The Odds: Bill Gates 3:08
  • Model scout Daniel Siad speaks to CNN
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    CNN
    Model scout who sent young women to Epstein: ‘I trusted him’ 8:23
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    Lawmakers question Bill Gates over Epstein ties 3:21
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    Bill Gates faces congressional investigators over ties to Jeffrey Epstein 0:33
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    Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime executive assistant to testify on Capitol Hill 1:35
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    • Video 6:05
    CNN
    Former AG Pam Bondi to testify before lawmakers amid probe into Epstein files 6:05
  • Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies before a Senate subcommittee on the Justice Department's proposed 2027 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19, 2026.
    • Video 0:57
    Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
    Watch: Blanche, pressed on Epstein, says: ‘He’s dead.’ 0:57
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    • Video 8:23
    CNN
    Ohio’s Sherrod Brown tries to flip a red seat and hand Democrats the Senate majority 8:23
  • A purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein unsealed by a federal judge. The document is unverified and undated but was placed on the court docket in the case of a former Epstein cellmate who said he had found the note.
    • Video 2:21
    US District Court Southern District of New York
    Judge releases purported Jeffrey Epstein suicide note 2:21
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    • Video 7:18
    CNN
    Lawyer for Epstein survivors calls Republicans considering a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell ‘insulting, stupid’ 7:18
  • A photograph shows Jeffrey Epstein with someone redacted
    • Video 7:38
    Department of Justice
    Epstein victims say they were trafficked to other men, raising doubts about investigations 7:38
  • <p>Dani Bensky first met Jeffrey Epstein when she was a 17-year-old aspiring ballet dancer. Following the release of the Epstein files, Bensky shared with CNN new details of her abuse — and what she found when she looked through the Justice Department’s Epstein Library.</p>
    • Video 9:52
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    What one Epstein survivor discovered in the Epstein files 9:52
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