The Epstein Files: Power, Proximity, and the Limits of Accountability

Washington: Few criminal cases have unsettled the public conscience as deeply as that of Jeffrey Epstein. The story combines extreme wealth, systemic sexual abuse, elite access, institutional failure, and a lingering sense that full justice was never achieved. Even years after Epstein’s death in federal custody in August 2019, the case continues to reverberate—less as a closed chapter and more as an open wound in the public imagination. That fascination reached a new peak with the passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law by U.S. President Donald…

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