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First Batch of Government’s Epstein Files Released

The Justice Department’s release had been mandated by Congress.
A group of survivors of deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking pressured Congress last month to demand release of the government’s files.Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, senior editor Joe Sobczyk highlights the first look at the government’s Jeffrey Epstein files. Sign up here. Email our editors here.

The Justice Department released a tranche of its records on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a partial disclosure that will only serve to keep interest in — and questions about — the case stoked.