Epstein Files

This post is overdue. It’s been over two months since I posted, in part due to being muddled over launching into this topic. There’s never a good day to stare in the face of human-made evil. As a student of history, I do a fair amount of it. It’s particularly troubling, however, when the horror is committed by contemporaries. I’ve spent too much time going through files on the Epstein Library at the Department of Justice site and find it difficult to sift through — millions of them, much blacked out. I have taken in far more content from secondary sources. Never a conspiracy theorist before, I’m now not even sure that that’s a fair characterization of people with such theories.

At a meeting with some bright and forward thinking writers in the winter, I asked if any of them had looked into the Epstein Files. I myself had done some deep dives. No one else had. “It’s too sensationalized,” one writer offered. Yes, although not because of journalistic device, but because it is so darkly dramatic. It’s received absurdly little coverage from mainstream media, considering the span and depth of crimes, abuse, and number of people involved. That was when I decided I needed to write this post.

Last week, I had a heated debate with one of my favorite family members. He did not believe some of what I’ve come to think probably happened on Epstein’s properties. He may be right, but things I would have scoffed at as absurd years ago now seem possible from victim testimony, articles, news clips, videos, reels, shorts, and the files themselves. He pointed out that information can be easily manipulated, and manipulate our opinions and understandings. I agree. And doing this latest dive for information has been incredibly frustrating. Information — news, media — that I could not avoid in February and March, I now cannot find. I’m searching on Duck Duck Go, Google, YouTube, TikTok and little is popping up. But, I persevere. This won’t be a thorough research piece, as I’d initially planned. But I’ll offer some sources for consideration.

Not everyone can, or ought, look all of this in the eye. Each and every one of us needs to protect our sanity and peace of mind. But I think those of us who can, ought learn something of what’s happened and not let the topic fade away from public attention without some justice for survivors. I have absorbed media that implies that there are more such islands / places actively continuing a sex slave trade. With that possibility in mind, as well as many other reasons, pressure to demand transparency and justice seems vital. I’m putting an * as a trigger warning by sources with graphic descriptions of sexual assault, so that you can skip those as wanted.

It’s been difficult to decide on a direction for this post. 

• I never planned to summarize survivors’ stories. But this * link includes a variety of statements and interviews by survivors.

• I debated the idea of writing about women aggressors and culpability. The majority of sexual predators seem to have been men, but certainly not all, Ghislaine Maxwell being an obvious example. Or perhaps about boy victims, referenced in this * Independent article. I guess my point in that would have been to urge against stereotypic assumptions.

• The problems with redactions in the files, such as redacting names of those communicating with Epstein but failing to protect survivors may alone make an interesting investigation. Here’s a * video incorporated in a TikTok where a survivor’s reaction to this problem is heartbreaking.

• Zorro Ranch could make a fascinating post topic in a creepy Medieval haunting kind of way. I’ll just share this little TikTok video instead. (While attempting to research this source to decide whether or not to include it here, I realized the song was made with AI. So I include it with apologies.) It gives a decent overview without dwelling on speculation. (Here’s a different link. In my final proofread, the link above didn’t work https://www.tiktok.com/@delegatefowler/video/7660991818447736094?q=zorro%20ranch&t=1783891568894 )

• The suspicious facts around Epstein’s death — March 2026 CNN article 

• The similar circumstances of the death of modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, an associate of Epstein, described in this International Business Times article. …

The list of directions one could take, or elements one could study, in this atrocious net of power, control, and abuse goes on and on. I’ve looked at information about a range of celebrities and politicians in the files. Some, I’m sure have done no wrong. I’ll stand behind Michael Jackson always and there is plenty of evidence that he was as good-hearted and innocent as I believed. But there are others that I would never have thought to put nefariously on Epstein property, but am now convinced of their sinister participation, after several months of looking into this on and off. 

I’m not going to detail names, particularly of politicians. If you focus on conservative sources, you may find a list of Democrats implicated as being involved directly or tangentially. And if you look to liberal sources, you may find names of Republicans implicated. And some sites name both and many name none. The Epstein child sex trafficking horror is one of those nonpartisan issues of we the people. From liberals to maga, we all want the release of all the Epstein files; we all want the truth. 

It is confounding how the DOJ is handling this. Here's a timeline of significant legal events related to Epstein for the past twenty years, through last summer. It spans five Presidential terms. It is impossible for me to believe that every administration in that time has not been aware of what Epstein was up to. And maybe the abuse is too widespread to out without risking the foundation of our government. It may be that so many government and business leaders would need to step down in the light of truth, there could be no assurance of smooth continuation of operations of our government. Well, I say let the chips fall where they may. 

I find the argument that Epstein was a spy a compelling one. Here are two interviews by Steven Bartlett. This interview with security expert Gavin de Becker makes this argument that Epstein worked for a foreign intelligence agency and created situations to blackmail people

The REAL Epstein File Secrets They Are Covering Up. 

This is another interview in which Epstein is discussed, but only for about 5 mins around 1:21, but I found it all interesting, so I decided to include the whole thing.CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: They Can See All Your Messages!

Can we handle the truth? 

How can we not be given the opportunity?

If the government doesn’t protect its people… 

If the government protects people involved in a sex slave ring of our children over our children…

If the government doesn’t stand for justice…

This is a big picture post. It makes it feel to me a bit pointless, or perhaps academic. It’s about brutality and corruption certainly, but really, it’s more concerned with stories of kids (now women) who were exploited and abused. I listened to many of the stories. These are mostly girls who were often poor, abused in their homes, and bullied in schools; sometimes undocumented immigrants. Whatever we do to reduce fear and desperation in our communities, may provide salvation, especially for our young.