The Epstein fallout

爱泼斯坦事件的余波

Today, Explained

2026-02-06

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Millions of new documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation have been released, and it doesn't look good for the world's rich and powerful. This episode was produced by Dustin DeSoto, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado and Ariana Aspuru, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Jeffrey Epstein posing with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 1997. Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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  • The Department of Justice has released more than 3 million documents related to the Jeff Free Epstein investigation.

  • And honestly, they're kind of a mess.

  • It's not just 3 million documents.

  • It's 3 million documents that have no rhyme or reason, right?

  • If there's no context, they're messy, they're full of typos, they're duplicates.

  • But they also shed new light on how some of the world's richest and most powerful people use that power.

  • Epstein, in an exchange with Elon Musk, discusses sending his helicopter to take him to his island.

  • In these messages from 2013, the convicted sex offender connecting New York Giants co-owner,

  • Steve Tish, with various women.

  • Emails also show Trump Cabinet Secretary Howard Lutnick coordinating a visit in the Caribbean in 2012.

  • It's not clear if the meetings happened.

  • So, will there be any actual fallout?

  • That's coming up on Today Explained from Vox.

  • Megan Rapinoe here.

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  • Gotham FC's A Rose Laval joins us to talk about FIFA's very first Champions Cup,

  • her incredible year of wins,

  • and some of her greatest pranks of all time, unfortunately, on yours truly.

  • Plus, with the WMBA's CBA negotiations still stalled, I gotta ask the question, is it time to worry?

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