Epstein Secrets

ned with a painting that resembled works by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. "The host coyly refuses to tell visitors who painted it," the reporter, Vicky Ward, wrote. The article was published around the same time that he started to recruit underage girls to the mansion, according to the indictment unsea

ublication's editor at the time, Graydon Carter, cut out first-person accounts of Epstein's treatment of women from a mother and her two daughters. Ward made the same claim in 2015, prompting a Vanity Fair spokesperson to note that "Epstein denied the charges at the time" and that the claims "were un

le headlined "I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003." Welcome back to Democracy Now! It's great to have you with us, Vicky. VICKY WARD: Thanks, Amy. AMY GOODMAN: So, for people who do not understand who this man is—he's referred to as billionaire hedge fund manager Jef

lly, this year—and I have to say thank you to Julie Brown, the Miami Herald journalist, for highlighting the issue before Congress, and thank you to Ben Sasse, the Republican senator from Nebraska, for joining with 15 Democrats and going back to the Justice Department and saying, "What on Earth happened? T

ned with a painting that resembled works by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. "The host coyly refuses to tell visitors who painted it," the reporter, Vicky Ward, wrote. The article was published around the same time that he started to recruit underage girls to the mansion, according to the indictment unsea

ublication's editor at the time, Graydon Carter, cut out first-person accounts of Epstein's treatment of women from a mother and her two daughters. Ward made the same claim in 2015, prompting a Vanity Fair spokesperson to note that "Epstein denied the charges at the time" and that the claims "were un

le headlined "I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003." Welcome back to Democracy Now! It's great to have you with us, Vicky. VICKY WARD: Thanks, Amy. AMY GOODMAN: So, for people who do not understand who this man is—he's referred to as billionaire hedge fund manager Jef

lly, this year—and I have to say thank you to Julie Brown, the Miami Herald journalist, for highlighting the issue before Congress, and thank you to Ben Sasse, the Republican senator from Nebraska, for joining with IS Democrats and going back to the Justice Department and saying, "What on Earth happened?

researched and reported in the media. See, e.g., Landon Thomas Jr., “Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery,” New York, Oct. 28, 2002; Vicky Ward, “The Talented Mr. Epstein,” Vanity Fair, Mar. 2003; James Barron, “Who Is Jeffrey Epstein? An Opulent Life, Celebrity Friends and Lurid Accusation

eyman of Mystery,” New York, Oct. 28, 2002; Vicky Ward, “The Talented Mr. Epstein,” Vanity Fair, Mar. 2

al Moneyman of Mystery,” New York, Oct. 28, 2002; Vicky Ward, “The Talented Mr. Epstein,” Vanity Fair, M

I. THE INITIATION AND SCOPE OF OPR’S INVESTIGATION After the Miami Herald published its investigative report on November 28, 2018, U.S. Senator Ben Sasse, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, sent a December 3, 2018 letter to OPR