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New Epstein files expected — here's the latest
Today's the deadline for the Justice Department to release its files related to the well-connected financier and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Last month, President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law, setting a 30-day countdown for them to be released no later than today.
So what might the new files contain? Business Insider has answers to your most pressing questions and the latest developments — follow along below.
Haven't we already seen a whole lot of 'Epstein files'?
The short answer? Yes. In recent months, the House Oversight Committee has made public Epstein-related documents it obtained through subpoenas, including emails provided by his estate and never-before-seen photos of some of Epstein's powerful acquaintances, including Trump, Bill Gates, Larry Summers, and Steve Bannon.
Those disclosures have already led to some fallout. Summers, a former Treasury Secretary, has been barred from the American Economic Association for life and is no longer teaching classes at Harvard University, pending an investigation.
Catch up with the key background details
Epstein killed himself in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. He was known for rubbing elbows with powerful people — even after he was convicted of soliciting sex from a minor in 2008. Over the years, he has counted Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and other titans of finance, law, politics, and science among his acquaintances.
While a past relationship with Epstein is no indication of wrongdoing, his victims and other members of the public have pushed for the disclosure in hopes that the DOJ's records might shed light on those relationships and law enforcement's handling of the case.
