What you didn’t know about the Epstein files

你所不知的艾普斯坦文件真相

The Story

2026-02-12

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It’s been almost a fortnight since the release of the Epstein files, and since then we’ve learned a lot about the disgraced financier’s connections to the rich and powerful. But what more have we learned about Jeffrey Epstein himself? Was he a foreign spy? And what do the files tell us about how the world is really run?  This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Guest: Josie Ensor, chief US reporter, The Times.  Host: Manveen Rana.  Producers: Micaela Arneson, Olivia Case.  We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Epstein’s victims: my six-year search for the truth Further listening: Mandelson, Epstein and the fight for survival at No 10 Clips: Sky, AP, TalkTV, ABC News Australia, ITV, LBC, New York Post, CSPAN, House Oversight Committee. Photo: Getty Images. This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • From The Times and The Sunday Times, this is the story.

  • I'm Manveen Rana.

  • It's almost two weeks now

  • since the new tranche of Epstein files were released by the US Department of Justice and landed like a grenade in middle of the British establishment.

  • Morgan McSweeney, Downing Street Chief of Staff, has resigned.

  • He had advised the Prime Minister to appoint Mandelson, despite his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

  • Peter Stammer's Director of Communications, Tim Allen, has now also resigned.

  • Another one of those people who worked very closely with Peter Mandelson.

  • After revelations from the latest tranche of Epstein foals became clear,

  • the pressure has been mounting on the UK's Prime Minister, Sakir Stammer, to stand down.

  • New emails uncovered overnight appeared to show Andrew, when he was Britain's trade ambassador,

  • was sending confidential documents via his office straight to Jeffrey Epstein.

  • Thames Valley police said it was reviewing the files.

  • The Epstein files have convulsed the British system.

  • The police have launched investigations into a former prince and a former minister,

  • both of whom deny any wrongdoing.

  • Buckingham Palace has expressed horror and offered to help,

  • and after a series of resignations at the heart of number 10 and amid a clamour of public outrage,

  • the files almost took down the Prime Minister.

  • A man who'd never even met Jeffrey Epstein,