Julie K. Brown thinks Jeffrey Epstein didn’t act alone. On this episode of “Interesting Times,” Ross talks to Brown, the investigative reporter whose work ultimately led to Epstein’s re-arrest, about what the government could release that it hasn’t and how the story is bigger than Epstein.
- 2:32 - Brown's initial interest in the Epstein case
- 5:26 - Discovering Epstein's crimes and the plea deal
- 13:13 - Epstein's victims and the impact of Brown's reporting
- 18:20 - Epstein's wealth and connections
- 25:20 - Epstein's social circles
- 35:01 - Certainty and unsolved mysteries
- 45:25 - The role of government in the case
- 51:04 - Trump and the political fallout
(A full transcript of this episode is available on the Times website.)
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