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Passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, backed by many of Epstein’s alleged victims and family members, led the DOJ to begin releasing some of the Epstein files. AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

As DOJ begins to release Epstein files, his many victims deserve more attention than the powerful men in his ‘client list’

Powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein are named, dissected and speculated about. The survivors, unless they work hard to step forward, remain a blurred mass in the background.
Survivors, including Anouska De Georgiou, center, during a news conference with victims of Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 3, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Epstein’s victims deserve more attention than his ‘client list’

Powerful men connected to Jeffrey Epstein are named, dissected and speculated about. The survivors, unless they work hard to step forward, remain a blurred mass in the background.
Jeffrey Epstein abuse survivor Lisa Phillips speaks during the press conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 2025. Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

‘Jeffrey Epstein is not unique’: What his case reveals about the realities of child sex trafficking

Child sex traffickers are typically white, wealthy men who often insulate themselves from detection and charges, according to a sexual exploitation scholar.
Protesters rally outside the U.S. Capitol, calling for Congress to release all of the Jeffrey Epstein files, Sept. 3, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Epstein’s ‘birthday book’ transforms private notes into a legacy record

The recently released birthday tribute book that was gifted to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003 demonstrates how power is fortified through social gestures.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington, D.C. His tendency to bullshit may be backfiring in terms of his relationship with his supporters. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Donald Trump’s penchant for bullshit explains MAGA anger about the Epstein files

Donald Trump’s supporters perceive, perhaps for the first time, that they are now targets of his political bullshit about Jeffrey Epstein rather than amused witnesses to it. And they don’t like it
Alleged victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell outside the Maxwell trial. John Minchillo/AAP

Lucia Osborne‑Crowley was in the courtroom with Ghislaine Maxwell at her sex‑trafficking trial. Her final account centres the victims

Lucia Osborne-Crowley’s intrepid trauma-informed journalism put her ahead when reporting on Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial – in terms of access to the courtroom, victims and understanding the role of memory.

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