When the US Department of Justice released additional troves of documents connected to Jeffrey Epstein, the reaction was immediate and visceral. The shock was not about Epstein himself. His criminality had already been established in court.
What unsettled the public was something else entirely: proximity. From former British royal Prince Andrew to former US Presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump; from tech billionaire Elon Musk to Virgin Group founder Richard Branson; from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak to former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, the newly released files, as summarized by the Associated Press, include correspondence, flight logs and social exchanges linking Epstein to an extraordinary roster of powerful figures. None of these individuals has been charged with crimes related to Epstein’s trafficking operation, and all have denied wrongdoing.
That legal reality is essential. Yet the appearance of such names within official investigative materials has triggered a deeper moral discomfort, one that extends beyond courtroom proceedings.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
The writer is a former Press Secretary to the President, An ex-Press Minister at Embassy of Pakistan to France, a former MD, SRBC Macomb, Detroit, Michigan
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