The newly released Epstein files do more than scatter famous names across headlines; they expose a disturbing architecture of power, secrecy, and selective accountability. Buried in millions of pages and thousands of images is a pattern: tips quietly logged, allegations half-followed, leads allowed to fade. The FBI-compiled list of sexual assault claims involving Donald Trump, much of it anonymous and unverified, captures that tension perfectly — a system that records, but rarely resolves.
For the public, these documents won’t offer the clean catharsis of a single villain or a final answer. Instead, they reveal how proximity to wealth and influence can warp justice itself. Gates, Musk, Prince Andrew, and others appear as fragments in a sprawling web, their roles often unclear, their associations murky. What remains is a haunting question: not just who knew Epstein, but how many institutions quietly chose to look away.
