What’s in the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
The battle over the investigation files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has reached a new turn with the US Congress voting for the Department of Justice to release its information on the case. As the world waits for what the full files may reveal, what do we know about the rich and elite who surrounded Epstein?
In this episode:
- Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker), political correspondent and columnist, Zeteo
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Tracie Hunte, Sarí el-Khalili and Melanie Marich, with Phillip Lanos, Spencer Cline, Diana Ferrero, Fatima Shafiq, Farhan Rafid, Tamara Khandaker and our guest host Natasha del Toro. It was edited by Kylene Kiang.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, what's in the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein? |
| 0:16.0 | We begin with Congress approving a bill to force the release of the government's files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 0:23.8 | As we wait to find out what the next release of files might reveal, we'll get a look at Epstein's |
| 0:28.8 | life as a wealthy influential power broker through his emails. |
| 0:35.0 | I'm Natasha Del Toro, and this is The Take. |
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| 1:07.3 | Before we start the show, let's start with the news. |
| 1:15.0 | President Trump has now signed the Epstein Files bill into law, the final step to force the Justice Department to turn over everything it has on Epstein within the next 30 days. |
| 1:22.6 | I spoke to our guest on Wednesday before President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law. |
| 1:31.3 | My name is Prem Tucker. I'm a political correspondent with Zetaio and I'm based in Washington, D.C. |
| 1:38.0 | Well, Prem, welcome back to the take. We're really excited to have you here today. So let's start with a little background on Jeffrey Epstein. |
| 1:48.0 | He was a disgrace financier, a convicted sex offender, and a pedophile who died in jail in 2019. |
| 1:56.5 | He was under federal investigation for operating a global sex trafficking ring that abused more than a thousand victims, some as young as 14 years old. |
| 2:07.2 | One of Epstein's victims, Jenna Lisa Jones, was on Capitol Hill this week, asking lawmakers to release all of the files connected to him. |
| 2:16.4 | It is time to take the honest, moral ground, and support the release of the files connected to him. It is time to take the honest moral ground and support the release of these files, not to weaponize |
| 2:23.2 | pieces of the files against random political enemies that did nothing wrong, but to understand |
| 2:28.5 | who Epstein's friends were, who covered for him, what financial institutions allowed his trafficking to continue? |
| 2:36.1 | Who knew what he was doing but was too much of a coward to do anything about it? |
| 2:43.1 | On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to demand the Justice Department release all of the files. |
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