The ongoing saga of the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein files has focused on the materials the federal government has under lock and key: the trove of evidence and redacted documents collected and produced in the process of multiple criminal investigations of the billionaire child sex trafficker.

People who've seen the Epstein files say nothing in them backs up one of the biggest conspiracy theories about disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Questions persist about how Jeffrey Epstein, who once moved among the world's elite, was able to avoid federal prosecution for so long. A timeline suggests some answers.

Donald Trump asked a US court to order a swift deposition for billionaire Rupert Murdoch in the US president’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal over its July 17 article asserting Mr Trump’s name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.