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Gone quiet · last update Jan 5, 2024 / Jeffrey Epstein

The Epstein files: the court records unsealed in January 2024

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

A federal court made records from Virginia Giuffre's lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell public in January 2024. The release identified more than 150 people mentioned in the case, including associates and accusers, and grew to nearly 3,000 pages.[1][2][3][4] The records were not a client list, and being named did not establish wrongdoing.[12] Associated Press reporting said the documents shed little new light on Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls.[3]

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The records were not a client list, and being named did not establish wrongdoing.[12] Associated Press reporting said the documents shed little new light on Epstein's sexual abuse of underage girls.[3]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · monthly average of weekly shares (UTC)

Nov 2022: average weekly share 1% (left 0%, center under 1%, right 1%), from 3 of 3 weeksDec 2022: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJun 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksNov 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2023: average weekly share 4% (left 1%, center 2%, right 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2024: average weekly share 7% (left 2%, center 3%, right 2%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksMay 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 2 of 2 weeks, so far

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Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. Over more than two years each bar is a month: the average of that month's weekly shares, so the shape stays readable. The weekly table below keeps every week. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 5 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (4 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Jan 8, 20241113 of 2431%
Jan 1, 202428332182 of 23235%
Dec 18, 20231018937 of 23616%
Nov 14, 20220156 of 1863%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Jan 4, 2024 · first reported · Headline from CBS 19 Tyler

    Nearly 3,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released, but some questions remain unanswered

Background

Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers, brought the lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell from which the records were released.[4] In November 2022, a judge ruled that the public interest outweighed the privacy interests of people named in some documents.[5] In December 2023, a federal judge in New York ordered further names made public in 2024.[1] One woman objected that identifying her could put her safety at risk.[6]

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The court released the documents in batches in early January 2024.[2][7] They described Epstein's sexual abuse of teenage girls and how he used connections to wealthy and influential people to recruit victims and conceal his crimes.[7][8]

Some records contained allegations about former President Bill Clinton. In a , Epstein accuser Johanna Sjoberg recalled Epstein telling her that Clinton "likes them young"; this was her account of what Epstein said.[9] An email from Giuffre claimed Clinton had pressured Vanity Fair over its Epstein coverage. The magazine's former editor, Graydon Carter, denied that claim.[10]

The release also prompted false accusations online. Images made to resemble court records purported to implicate public figures, including people who had not been named in the released documents.[11]

Supporting stories (12)
  1. Judge Orders Release of Over 150 Names in Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit Documents
  2. Epstein-linked names revealed in unsealed court documents
  3. Nearly 3,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released, but some questions remain unanswered
  4. 2nd batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents released: What they reveal
  5. Jeffrey Epstein documents to be unsealed, judge orders
  6. Jeffrey Epstein list could be delayed by woman who says her safety is at risk
  7. New batch of Jeffrey Epstein court documents are released
  8. With more records, world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged powerful to abuse vulnerable girls
  9. Jeffrey Epstein said Bill Clinton 'likes them young,' accuser testified in newly unsealed deposition
  10. Vanity Fair insiders deny Jeffrey Epstein accuser's claim that Bill Clinton 'threatened' magazine over reporting on his pedophile 'friend'
  11. Images made to look like court records circulate online amid Epstein document release
  12. Jeffrey Epstein documents released: Here's what we know so far

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 12 recorded updates

January 2024

  1. Nearly 3,000 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents released, but some questions remain unansweredHeadline from KREM Spokane · 13 outlets
  2. Vanity Fair insiders deny Jeffrey Epstein accuser's claim that Bill Clinton 'threatened' magazine over reporting on his pedophile 'friend'Headline from Insider · 9 outlets
  3. Images made to look like court records circulate online amid Epstein document releaseHeadline from St. Louis Post-Dispatch · 7 outlets
  4. Jeffrey Epstein said Bill Clinton 'likes them young,' accuser testified in newly unsealed depositionHeadline from Insider · 10 outlets
  5. With more records, world sees how Jeffrey Epstein leveraged powerful to abuse vulnerable girlsHeadline from Minneapolis Star Tribune · 12 outlets
  6. Jeffrey Epstein documents released: Here's what we know so farHeadline from Fox7 Austin · 30 outlets
  7. New batch of Jeffrey Epstein court documents are releasedHeadline from New York Post · 25 outlets
  8. 2nd batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents released: What they revealHeadline from 6ABC Philadelphia · 9 outlets
  9. Epstein-linked names revealed in unsealed court documentsHeadline from Al Jazeera · 48 outlets

December 2023

  1. Jeffrey Epstein list could be delayed by woman who says her safety is at riskHeadline from FOX 5 New York · 4 outlets
  2. Judge Orders Release of Over 150 Names in Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit DocumentsHeadline from Bloomberg · 37 outlets

November 2022

  1. Jeffrey Epstein documents to be unsealed, judge ordersHeadline from Fox7 Austin · 6 outlets

Coverage & sources

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