Another reminder that FBI tasked 934 agents and other personnel to review & redact Epstein files between March & May & prepare the docs for public release. FBI paid $851K in OT/premium pay for a week's worth of work. Via my #FOIA www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Further confirmation of Epstein money laundering investigations first reported by @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social and the other folks at @bloomberg.com (Document: EFTA00037469)

NEW episode of my podcast Disclosure is out! One Xmas, my co-host @mvtopic.bsky.social requested the first 25 pages of docs located from a search of the FBI's investigative files referencing “Santa Claus.” The FBI responded by saying they never heard of the guy podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

TONIGHT AT 8: FOIA expert @jasonleopold.bsky.social joins to discuss the widespread redactions throughout the Epstein files. Plus, former Time photo editor Emily Keegan on the viral White House Vanity Fair photoshoot that broke the internet.

🚨 Epstein Files: In his letter to Congress, Todd Blanche says docs were withheld under the deliberative process, atty-client privilege & atty work product. In #FOIA that's the equivalent of a B5 exemption. 🧵

Epstein Files countdown: What should the files reveal? For one, details about this previously undisclosed money laundering investigation conducted by the US Atty in Fla in 2007 & 2008. My @bloomberg.com colleagues & I uncovered details of this unknown probe in Oct www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Epstein files: Ahead of Friday's deadline to release the files it's notable that FBI already reviewed/redacted the files this year, as I previously reported. Big question is whether the files were reprocessed over the past month & certain redactions, protecting names aside from victims, were lifted

Participating in my first Reddit AMA *right now* alongside legends and fellow (proud) FOIA nerds @laurenleharper.bsky.social @kevinok.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social → come join the fun www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

👋 Our FOIA requests and lawsuits revealed a trove of government secrets in 2025. Join @freedom.press, @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @weareoversight.bsky.social, and @kevinok.bsky.social on r/IAmA at 1 p.m. EST to ask us anything about our work and discoveries. ➡️ www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...

Got #FOIA questions? @laurenleharper.bsky.social @kevinok.bsky.social & @lizhempowicz.bsky.social have the answers. Join us for a FOIA AMA today at 1 eastern.

No cats consented to being in my photo but I am also excited! Join me, @freedom.press, @kevinok.bsky.social, @lizhempowicz.bsky.social of @weareoversight.bsky.social and everyone’s favorite @jasonleopold.bsky.social to talk FOIA at 1 today

Very excited for my AMA on Reddit tomorrow at 1:00 with FOIA giants @laurenleharper.bsky.social of @freedom.press, @jasonleopold.bsky.social, and @lizhempowicz.bsky.social of American Oversight! Ricardo and April will be there too

Receipts!

NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! DOJ & FBI have made revelatory disclosures in my #FOIA lawsuit about the docs it withheld related to their review/redaction of the Epstein files Intriguingly, the FBI said it searched "client lists" to locate records www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The deadline to release the Epstein files is next week. Join me Thursday at 5 ET with public record expert @jasonleopold.bsky.social to talk about what the DOJ could do to avoid putting out info and what options the public has to make sure we get these files. open.substack.com/live-stream/...

And read reporting shepherded by @emma.best's @ddosecrets.com , which recently obtained the emails from Jeffrey Epstein's private Yahoo account. ddosecrets.com/article/epst...

NEW investigative report: "Things will get really nasty." Hedge funds. Brokerages. Billionaires. Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties on and off Wall Street were broader than previously known, a cache of emails @bloomberg.com obtained earlier this year reveals 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

NEW investigative report: "Things will get really nasty." Hedge funds. Brokerages. Billionaires. Jeffrey Epstein’s financial ties on and off Wall Street were broader than previously known, a cache of emails @bloomberg.com obtained earlier this year reveals 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

NEW report on the leaked Epstein emails, which were obtained by Bloomberg several months before they were submitted to Distributed Denial of Secrets. Epstein’s Wealth and Power Fueled by Wall Street Connections, Emails Reveal www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

NEW episode of my podcast, Disclosure, just dropped! This week, my co-host @mvtopic.bsky.social and I dig into the FBI’s massive review of the Epstein files earlier this year, based on dozens of emails I recently obtained via #FOIA www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

This is one of the excellent Jason Leopold's wildest #FOIA stories yet. Has one of your record requests to the United States federal government gone missing? Well, here is maybe why...

NEW FOIA Files is out! In May, I published an investigative report about twin brothers who hacked into Opexus, a govt contractor that handled #FOIA docs & other govt records. On Wed, the brothers were arrested & charged with computer crimes www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

This is an INCREDIBLE investigative story, told in the form of a graphic novel. Arrested by phone - a true story. A must read www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

NEW episode of my podcast Disclosure is now available to all! It's all about Wu-Tang Clan and how I spent years, along with my co-host & atty @mvtopic.bsky.social, fighting to get the DOJ to release docs about Once Upon a Time in Shaolin Please check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Shoutout to Bloomberg for reporting on the email I mentioned at the end of the show (see below) in September. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

FBI documents show the agency spent more than $850,000 on overtime pay for agents tasked with processing and redacting Epstein-related files. Here's how we confirmed the records are authentic:

Thanks to @jasonleopold.bsky.social for his excellent work and for his professional courtesy in helping me confirm it all, a combo rare enough to deserve a mention.

Dan Bongino responses on X to FBI emails I obtained via FOIA about the processing & redaction of Epstein files, including this one email sent to him.

NEW: Here's a rare look behind the scenes at the FBI's review of the Epstein files in March, based on emails I obtained via #FOIA. Dan Bongino was copied on an email related to "guidance on the types of redactions to apply."

NEW via my #FOIA: These are all the divisions at FBI involved in the review of the Epstein files earlier this year. Between March 15 and March 22, 934 FBI agents and other personnel reviewed the recors

Or read the exact same story about Epstein that was first published by @bloomberg.com on Nov. 1 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Great get by @jasonleopold.bsky.social Article: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet... New documents via #FOIA: assets.bwbx.io/documents/us...

All of the FBI emails and other documents about the FBI's review of the Epstein Files are linked in the story! This is a special addition of my newsletter, FOIA Files. Please consider signing up for a free subscription! www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Lots of useful details in here.

🚨 NEW/EXCLUSIVE: The FBI turned over dozens of emails to me in response to my #FOIA request that provides a behind-the-scenes look at discussions involving the review and redaction of the Epstein files www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

NEW episode of my podcast, Disclosure, is now available for all to listen! Behind the scenes at the Peace Corps as agency personnel spent two months preparing for a visit by DOGE. Based on dozens of emails I obtained via #FOIA podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

If you have 45 mins to spare, give a listen to the NEW episode of my podcast, Disclosure! My co-host, Matt Topic & went on a deep dive into WH toilets to find out if papers Trump allegedly flushed could be recovered. Based on my epic #FOIA lawsuit! open.spotify.com/episode/7Aef...

NOTE: This is part of a series of stories based on emails and other documents sent to and from Jeffrey Epstein's private Yahoo account obtained by @bloomberg.com earlier this year. These weren't included in more than 20K pages of docs that a congressional committee released publicly on Nov. 12.

To be clear, the Epstein files are digitized and are stored on FBI servers. But some in the public may be unaware given the social media comments.

NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! A scooplet! FBI Deploys Police to Guard Facility Where Epstein Files Are Stored www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

NEW/EXCLUSIVE: A French branch of HSBC closed a bank account maintained by Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 after compliance officers flagged transactions for suspicious activity, including payments tied to a modeling agent later accused of rape & sex trafficking 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Explore how Russian pranksters duped a top official and what happens to flushed White House documents. Join FOIA expert jasonleopold.bsky.social and attorney mvtopic.bsky.social as they reveal hidden government secrets and the battles to uncover them.

Saw Patti Smith last night in LA. She is an absolute legend. Spectacular show.

The professionals who surrounded Jeffrey Epstein defended and deflected, coached and countermessaged, burnished and polished. Together, they helped extend Epstein’s influence and freedom, even lending an air of invincibility.  This is "The Network" www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

In 2019, in Jeffrey Epstein’s last weeks of freedom, he made his final purchases for his Kindle: a guide to raising children, though he wasn’t known to have any, The Annotated Lolita and Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

New from me: Global Entry revocations are surging in the last ~2 years, well outpacing enrollment, according to data from a FOIA. People often don't know why their membership was revoked. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

From the first @bloomberg.com story in Sept on Jeffrey Epstein's Yahoo emails we obtained A spreadsheet that reveals 2K gifts, luxury items & payments totaling $1.8M. Notations indicated they were intended for Epstein’s friends, biz associates & victims 1/ www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

“I’m the chief law enforcement officer of the country,” Trump said of requesting the Epstein investigation. “Not that I want to use that, but I am the chief law enforcement agent in the country, and I’m allowed to do it.” www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Here’s a Look at What the FBI’s Epstein Files Would Reveal An index from an 8-year-old #FOIA lawsuit shows the FBI is withholding bank & phone records, photos, comms w/foreign govt agencies & other revealing material related to its 2006 investigation www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...