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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak,David B. Caruso and Larry Neumeister

FBI concluded Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t running a sex trafficking ring for powerful men, files show

Justice Department Jeffrey Epstein - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential people.

But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking ring serving powerful men, an Associated Press review of internal Justice Department records shows.

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