"The statement, signed by multiple Special Rapporteurs and independent experts, called the evidence contained in the files "disturbing and credible" proof of "systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking and exploitation of women and girls." It went further than any previous international body in characterising the scope of the crimes, suggesting that some may meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity."
"Since the Epstein Library was made accessible, it has become an object of intense - and intensely varied - interest. Researchers, journalists, political operatives, and the simply voyeuristic have descended on its contents, searching for the next public figure to be implicated. The result is a media and political environment in which the archive functions less as evidence of horrific crimes against young women and girls and more as ammunition in partisan warfare."
A trove of 3.5 million items, including 180,000 images, 2,000 videos, and extensive email and text correspondence, is held by the US Department of Justice as the "Epstein Library." A UN panel of human rights experts characterized the files as disturbing and credible evidence of systematic and large-scale sexual abuse, trafficking, and exploitation of women and girls, suggesting some crimes may meet the threshold of crimes against humanity. Since public access, researchers, journalists, political operatives, and the voyeuristic have combed the archive for names of powerful figures. The combing process has displaced the gravity of dehumanization, retraumatized survivors through shoddy redactions, and transformed evidence into partisan ammunition.
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