The Epstein Files/CASE 10/Jul – Aug 2019

The death

The 2019 arrest

A private jet from Paris, a safe full of photographs and a judge who said no to bail

Epstein’s townhouse at 9 East 71st Street, Manhattan, photographed 13 July 2019, a week after the FBI search.
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RECORD / AT A GLANCE

Documented

Documented. The charges were never tried, so they remain allegations; the evidence prosecutors described, and the bail ruling, are on the record.

THE EVENTS / THE INVESTIGATION / THE STORY

The chronology.

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Evidence & assessment.

01

The charges

What New York said he did.

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The townhouse and the safe

What agents found, by the prosecutors’ account.

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The question that hung over everything

Who else was in those files?

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT THIS FILE

The claims, rated.

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DOCUMENTED The arrest & the death

“Agents found cash, diamonds and a fake passport in Epstein’s safe.”

Prosecutors said the safe held more than $70,000, 48 loose diamonds and an expired 1980s Austrian passport with his photo and another name.

Who says it: Prosecutors’ court letter.

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DOCUMENTED The arrest & the death

“Agents found discs labeled with girls’ names.”

Prosecutors said the safe held CDs with handwritten labels such as “Young [Name] + [Name]” and “Misc nudes 1.” Their contents have not been made public.

Who says it: Prosecutors’ bail memo.

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OPEN THE RECORD

Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

  1. U.S. Attorney’s Office (SDNY): Jeffrey Epstein charged with sex trafficking of minors, 8 Jul 2019 ↗

    The federal charges and the prosecutors’ description of the case. Allegations, never tried.

  2. SDNY: Remarks of U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman on the Epstein indictment, 8 Jul 2019 ↗

    Prosecutor’s press remarks, including the appeal for more victims to come forward.

  3. USA Today: Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s New York mansion, 10 Jul 2019 ↗

    Report on what prosecutors said agents found in the townhouse safe.

  4. NBC News: Jeffrey Epstein denied bail, must remain behind bars until trial, 18 Jul 2019 ↗

    Report on Judge Richard Berman’s ruling, with the prosecutors’ list of what was in the safe.

  5. U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.): Judge Berman’s bail decision, United States v. Epstein, 18 Jul 2019 ↗

    The written ruling denying bail.

  6. DOJ and FBI: Memorandum on the Epstein investigation, 7 Jul 2025 ↗

    Two pages: no incriminating “client list,” no credible evidence of blackmail, death ruled a suicide, jail video released. The agencies’ own conclusion, attacked from the left and the right.

  7. DOJ Inspector General: Investigation and review of the BOP’s custody, care and supervision of Jeffrey Epstein at MCC New York, Jun 2023 ↗

    The most detailed official account of the night he died: the cellmate, the cameras, the guards and the medical examiner. An internal watchdog with access to video and staff.

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