To the public, Jeffrey Epstein was a financier, a man with wealth and high-profile friends. However, behind closed doors, he was far more—a manipulator who dealt not in money alone, but in secrets and leverage. His influence did not stem solely from his fortune but from the compromising material he allegedly collected on those in his orbit. As the Department of Justice released its first batch of unsealed court records, the world braced for what would come next.
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