The Vault: The Epstein Files

Judge Berman Unseals Epstein Related Grand Jury Documents In New York (5/27/26)

11 min · Gisteren
aflevering Judge Berman Unseals Epstein Related Grand Jury Documents In New York (5/27/26) artwork

Beschrijving

Judge  Berman’s decision to unseal the Epstein grand jury documents represents one of the most forceful judicial pushes for transparency in a case that has been defined by secrecy, institutional hesitancy, and years of bureaucratic dodgeball. In his ruling, Berman made clear that the new federal Epstein transparency law leaves no ambiguity: Congress intended these records to be opened, and the courts are obligated to follow that mandate. He dismissed the government’s familiar attempts to stall—claims of “ongoing investigations,” potential harm, or procedural barriers—pointing out that federal authorities had ample time to act and repeatedly failed. His message carried an unmistakable edge: protecting the system’s reputation is not a valid reason to keep the public in the dark. At the same time, Berman cautioned against expecting some blockbuster revelation hidden inside the files. He suggested that the documents will likely confirm what is already obvious—that Epstein benefited from prosecutorial deference, behind-the-scenes dealmaking, and a pattern of decisions that favored a wealthy predator over vulnerable victims. Still, his ruling is a major break from the institutional instinct to bury mistakes. By ordering the documents unsealed, Berman signaled that the era of reflexive secrecy around Epstein is collapsing, and that the public finally has a right to inspect how a serial offender was allowed to operate with impunity for so long. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: DOJ cleared to release files from Jeffrey Epstein's 2019 sex trafficking trial | Fox News [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doj-cleared-release-secret-jeffrey-epstein-case-grand-jury-materials]

Reacties

0

Wees de eerste die een reactie plaatst

Meld je nu aan en word lid van de The Vault: The Epstein Files community!

Begin hier

2 maanden voor € 1

Daarna € 9,99 / maand · Elk moment opzegbaar.

  • Podcasts die je alleen op Podimo hoort
  • 20 uur luisterboeken / maand
  • Gratis podcasts

Alle afleveringen

999 afleveringen

aflevering Pam Bondi Heads To DC For A Closed Door Epstein Related Meeting With Congress (5/29/26) artwork

Pam Bondi Heads To DC For A Closed Door Epstein Related Meeting With Congress (5/29/26)

Pam Bondi’s congressional appearance today is centered on her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files while she was attorney general, especially the messy rollout, the shifting public explanations, and the lingering questions about what the Justice Department released, withheld, redacted, or claimed did not exist. Bondi is appearing before the House Oversight Committee in a closed-door, transcribed interview rather than a public, televised hearing, which is already a major source of criticism because the subject is supposed to be transparency. Lawmakers are expected to press her on her earlier public suggestion that an Epstein “client list” was on her desk, the later DOJ/FBI memo saying there was no evidence of such a chargeable list, the release of millions of pages of Epstein-related material, and the backlash from survivors and members of Congress who argue the process still left too many unanswered questions. The DOJ missed the act’s December 19 deadline and later released documents in a way that drew criticism over redactions, survivor privacy concerns, and whether the most important institutional questions were being dodged. Bondi is expected to defend the department’s handling of the files, while House Oversight members are likely to focus on whether the release was truly comprehensive or another stage-managed disclosure designed to quiet public outrage without fully explaining how Epstein operated, who benefited, and why the system protected him for so long. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Pam Bondi testifies behind closed doors in House committee's Epstein probe - CBS News [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pam-bondi-epstein-files-house-oversight-committee/]

29 mei 202610 min
aflevering Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Links Alleged Attack to Her Epstein Ranch Investigation (5/29/26) artwork

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez Links Alleged Attack to Her Epstein Ranch Investigation (5/29/26)

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, a former newspaper reporter and bestselling novelist who has spent recent years investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in New Mexico, says she has left her home and is preparing to leave the United States after what she claims were “directed energy weapon” attacks connected to her Epstein reporting. She has alleged that her work on Zorro Ranch, local cover-up claims, and possible intelligence-linked trafficking networks made her a target, and she described suffering symptoms she compared to “Havana syndrome,” including neurological pressure-type effects. She claimed the attacks came in multiple episodes, possibly from equipment on or near her roof or from a semi-truck parked near her home. There is no public evidence confirming that she was attacked with directed energy weapons or that her claims about buried victims, military contractors, or intelligence-linked retaliation have been substantiated. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Reporter who investigated Jeffrey Epstein is 'fleeing' the US after alleged attack [https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/media/reporter-who-investigated-jeffrey-epstein-is-fleeing-the-us-after-alleged-attack/]

29 mei 202610 min
aflevering The Strange Arrangement That Kept Andrew and Sarah Ferguson Tied Together (5/29/26) artwork

The Strange Arrangement That Kept Andrew and Sarah Ferguson Tied Together (5/29/26)

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson are being portrayed as a scandal-bound royal duo whose relationship long outlived their marriage because it benefited both of them. Royal author Andrew Lownie describes them as the royal family’s “Bonnie and Clyde,” arguing that their post-divorce bond was built around mutual loyalty, shared self-interest, financial survival, and the preservation of status. Andrew gave Sarah continued access to royal proximity, prestige, and money-making opportunities, while Sarah remained fiercely loyal to Andrew even as his public image collapsed. Their history includes the 1986 wedding, the 1996 divorce, tabloid scandals, Andrew’s reputation as “Air Miles Andy” and “Randy Andy,” Sarah’s own controversies, and the unusual fact that they continued living closely together long after their marriage ended. The Epstein fallout has turned that long-running royal arrangement into something far more damaging. Andrew’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, Virginia Giuffre’s allegations, his disastrous Newsnight interview, the loss of his royal duties and titles, and years of public scrutiny have made his name toxic. Sarah has also been pulled back into the scandal because of her own past dealings with Epstein, including accepting money from him after publicly condemning him. The broader point is that Andrew and Sarah’s relationship now looks less like eccentric royal loyalty and more like a survival pact between two people trapped inside the same reputational wreckage. What once played as tabloid weirdness has become part of the larger Epstein stain on the House of York. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Former Prince Andrew, Fergie were 'Bonnie and Clyde' of royal scandal: author | Fox News [https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/former-prince-andrew-sarah-ferguson-dubbed-royal-familys-bonnie-clyde-epstein-fallout-grows-author]

29 mei 202617 min
aflevering Trump Refiles the $10 Billion Epstein Lawsuit Against the Wall Street Journal (5/29/26) artwork

Trump Refiles the $10 Billion Epstein Lawsuit Against the Wall Street Journal (5/29/26)

Donald Trump has refiled a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over its reporting on his alleged ties to Jeffrey Epstein, specifically an article describing a birthday card to Epstein as bearing Trump’s signature. The new filing came after a federal judge threw out Trump’s earlier complaint in April, ruling that it failed to meet the “actual malice” standard required in defamation cases involving public figures. Trump’s lawyers argue that the paper either recklessly disregarded the truth or deliberately avoided discovering it, while Trump maintains the card is fake, even after lawmakers investigating Epstein released it publicly. The lawsuit names Rupert Murdoch, Dow Jones, News Corp, CEO Robert Thomson, and two Wall Street Journal reporters as defendants, claiming the reporting caused Trump major reputational and financial harm. Dow Jones has defended the reporting and said it will fight the case. The broader significance is that the lawsuit sits inside a larger pattern of Trump using defamation actions against media organizations while the Epstein issue continues to haunt his political orbit. It also keeps the Epstein connection alive in court rather than burying it, because every filing, defense response, discovery fight, and judicial ruling has the potential to drag the underlying questions about Trump, Epstein, the card, and the paper trail back into public view. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com source: Trump refiles $10bn lawsuit against WSJ over report on alleged Epstein ties | Donald Trump | The Guardian [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/28/trump-refiles-10bn-lawsuit-against-wsj-over-report-on-alleged-epstein-ties]

29 mei 202610 min
aflevering Mega Edition: The DOJ And Their Refusal To Put an End To Epstein's Crimes (5/29/26) artwork

Mega Edition: The DOJ And Their Refusal To Put an End To Epstein's Crimes (5/29/26)

For close to four decades, Jeffrey Epstein was treated less like a target of the full weight of federal law enforcement and more like a problem the system kept managing, minimizing, delaying, or quietly passing along. From the early warning signs around his access to young girls, to the Palm Beach investigation, to the federal review that could have produced a sweeping sex-trafficking case, the pattern was not one of urgency. It was hesitation, deference, and institutional cowardice. The clearest example remains the 2007–2008 non-prosecution agreement, where the Department of Justice allowed Epstein to escape a potentially devastating federal indictment and instead accept a state-level plea that turned a sprawling abuse operation into a grotesquely soft jail arrangement. Even worse, the agreement protected potential co-conspirators and was kept from the survivors, meaning the people most harmed by Epstein’s crimes were cut out while the machinery of government quietly made peace with the man who abused them. That pattern did not end with the sweetheart deal. For years afterward, the federal system seemed more interested in explaining away its failures than confronting them. Epstein’s network remained underexplored, his alleged accomplices were largely untouched, his financial enablers were not dragged into the public square with the force the case demanded, and even after his 2019 arrest, the government’s handling of his custody ended in another institutional disaster: his death inside a federal jail under circumstances that exposed staggering incompetence, missing accountability, and a bureaucracy that once again asked the public to accept failure as coincidence. The DOJ had chance after chance to break the pattern — to treat Epstein not as an embarrassment to contain, but as the center of a decades-long trafficking operation that demanded a full public reckoning. Instead, again and again, it turned the other cheek, protected the institution, and left survivors watching the most powerful justice system in the world behave like it was afraid of its own case. to contact me: bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

29 mei 202645 min