The Jeffrey Epstein saga has produced an almost endless supply of sealed files, suspicious timing, institutional embarrassment, political opportunism, and questions that refuse to die. This week, however, a federal judge answered one question quite firmly: Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction is staying put. U.S. District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer rejected Maxwell’s attempt to overturn her five…
The Epstein Files, Maxwell’s Testimony, and the Search for Truth in a World of Shadows
Every so often, Washington, D.C. serves up a story so bizarre, so tangled, that it feels less like real life and more like the plot of a political thriller. That’s exactly where we are right now with the Jeffrey Epstein files finally landing on Capitol Hill, and with Ghislaine Maxwell speaking from prison about President…