Do you remember when you first started reporting on Jeffrey Epstein?
I first started reporting on Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 and at the time we were really interested in the sources of his wealth.
That's our colleague investigative reporter, Khadija Saftar.
She's been reporting on Epstein's network for years.
We set out to find out how did this guy get so much money and we found out that he had wormed his way into the lives of many wealthy clients and that he was making his money through those connections.
And then over time, how did that reporting evolve?
There were always just unanswered questions about Epstein and it just didn't feel like the reporting that was out there really answered the questions that the public had.
There was questions about his death.
And then just people wanted to know, like, how deep do his connections go?
Who did he know?
And how was he able to get away with what he was able to get away with?
For years, the public in the press have been asking these questions and more about Jeffrey Epstein.
And last month,
a massive release of new Epstein files by the Justice Department started to give some answers.
These documents further expose Epstein's varied connections.
ranging from British royalty to the wealthy New York elite to intellectual powerhouses.
Just the depth and breadth of people's involvement with Epstein and the types of institutions and the way he had his tentacles and all sorts of aspects of society and politics and business and academia.
I think it speaks to people's feelings about the elite.
the global elite, the institutions,
just a general sentiment that there's widespread systemic corruption.