Epstein Files Update: 5 Key Takeaways in Major New York Times Report
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... In a blistering new report, The New York Times presents an account of the Epstein files triggering a behind-the-scenes crisis inside President Donald Trump's White House, with top officials scrambling in secret meetings, fearing backlash from their own political base and debating strategies they knew might not fully deliver transparency.

The report comes after months of fallout tied to the government's handling of the files involving Epstein -- a sex offender and financier who in 2019 died in a New York City jail cell while awaiting his sex-trafficking trial -- beginning with a 2025 Department of Justice (DOJ) memo that found no evidence of a "client list" and fueled backlash among Trump's supporters, followed by the release of millions of pages of records mandated by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. ...