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Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche arrives at a news conference to announce an update on the Epstein files at the Department of Justice on January 30, 2026, in Washington, DC. Blanche announced that the department had released three million additional pages in the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
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Over the weekend, the Justice Department released yet another tranche of files from its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex trafficker who paled around with the likes of President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Bill Gates.
The documents don’t contain a lot of meaningfully new information. Sordid details, unverified tips, and explicit photos, yes — but nothing that materially changes our understanding of Epstein’s crimes or associates.
The documents are notable for other reasons, though, like the additional light they shed on Epstein’s relationships with a number of very prominent men. And the fact that the DOJ released them at all in response to intense pressure from Trump’s........