U.S. Justice Department/ReutersThe chumminess among some of the gilded people in Epstein’s circle has landed at an acutely populist moment. The latest tranche of Epstein files is screaming evidence that there is work to be done and that previous generations had fallen down on the job. Some of the leading figures in the last round of Epstein files had gotten away with the tiniest of reputational stains. The Epstein files featured casually misogynist language in which girls, real and grown, were assessed by the size and aesthetic quality of their body parts. Virginia Giuffre, only 16 when she got caught up in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, is now dead by suicide.

Source: Wall Street Journal February 07, 2026 07:12 UTC