Senator Ben Sasse appears in the Epstein files as a government oversight figure who led Congressional efforts to investigate the DOJ's handling of Epstein's 2008 plea deal, not as someone connected to Epstein personally.
All 18 mentions relate to Sasse's role as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Oversight. The documents show his letters demanding DOJ investigations into prosecutorial misconduct, his statements after Epstein's death calling for accountability, and correspondence about the Office of Professional Responsibility's investigation. These are government oversight records, not evidence of any personal connection to Epstein.

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mission to leave most of the day under a liberal work release program that wasn't granted to other convicted sex offenders. He was released in 2009. Sasse, in his letter, said he was dis- turbed that federal prosecutors would have given Epstein such a break. “The fact that this monster received such a
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the fact that the plea deal ensured that victims of the pervert would be denied the ability to comment on or object to the leniency of his sentence. Sasse is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts. Sen. Marco Rubio, a longti
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ee wrongdoing. The office's findings, at worst, typically result in employees being fired, and they are not usually made public, though Boyd wrote to Sasse that the office would "share the results with you at the conclusion of its investigation as appropriate." It is possible, even likely, the investigat
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Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)

Alexander Acosta
PersonAmerican attorney and politician

Donald Trump
PersonPresident of the United States (2017–2021, 2025–present)

Ben Sasse
PersonAmerican politician and college president (born 1972)

Julie K. Brown
PersonAmerican journalist
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Bill Clinton
PersonPresident of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1946)
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William Barr
Person77th & 85th United States Attorney General (born 1950)

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Office of Professional Responsibility
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Kenneth Marra
PersonAmerican judge

Cynthia McFadden
PersonAmerican journalist

Ken Starr
PersonAmerican judge and educational administrator (1946–2022)