Physical evidence does not explain its own history. A seized telephone cannot tell you who collected it, where it was stored, whether a laboratory examined it, or why it later vanished from the public record. That history lives in evidence control records. Learning how to trace FBI evidence through evidence control records can help researchers …
Evidence does not always remain with the agency that first receives it. A complaint submitted to the FBI may be forwarded to a field office, federal prosecutor, inspector general, state agency, or another federal department. A document located during a Freedom of Information Act search may also be referred to the agency that originally created …
The Jeffrey Epstein story is no longer one investigation. It is a collection of congressional inquiries, document disputes, civil lawsuits, state level efforts, and demands for federal prosecution. In this episode of the Butterfly Bureau, we examined the fourteen people Representative Thomas Massie named on the House floor, the testimony of former banking executive Jes …
Juliette Bryant, Recruitment, Abuse, and the Evidence Trail Episode 4: Who is Juliette Bryant by Resistance Kitty Juliette Bryant, Recruitment, Abuse, and the Evidence Trail Watch on Substack In Episode 4 of the Butterfly Bureau, Epstein survivor Juliette Bryant describes how a promised modeling opportunity became a system of manipulation, sexual abuse, coercion, and silence. …
In our second episode of Loose Threads, we pulled on several new threads inside the Epstein document universe and looked at how public research tools can help make sense of a massive and messy record. We talked about Epstein Observer, a fallout tracker that helps researchers follow names, categories, documents, and public accountability status across …
The Jeffrey Epstein story continues to expand far beyond the crimes of one convicted sex offender. Today’s developments highlight new questions about investigative roadblocks, elite financial connections, media narratives, and the powerful institutions that repeatedly crossed paths with Epstein long after his criminal conduct was public knowledge. As more records emerge and new reporting surfaces, the pattern …