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    Court documents reveal names of powerful men allegedly linked to Jeffrey Epstein

    Epstein, a convicted sex trafficker who took his own life in 2019, has been linked to some of the world's most powerful men. Names included in the court documents aren't evidence of wrongdoing.
    by Brian Mann Jan 04, 2024 4 minutes

    Court documents made public on Wednesday disclosed the names of dozens of powerful men with alleged connections to convicted sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein who died by suicide in 2019.

    Federal Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan unsealed the documents, revealing the names of numerous individuals described in a 2015 civil lawsuit as associates, affiliates or victims of Epstein.

    The documents include references to former Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, the magician David Copperfield, Prince Andrew, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, actor Kevin Spacey, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, the late New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former Vice President Al Gore, among others.

    The fact that people were named in these documents doesn't mean any of them face allegations or evidence of wrongdoing.

    Many of the most prominent individuals, including U.S. politicians, British royalty, tech tycoons and bankers, were already

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