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Jason Leopold
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Investigative Reporter, Bloomberg News. "FOIA terrorist." Subscribe to my newsletter, FOIA Files and my FOIA podcast, Disclosure.

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🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
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Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
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NEW: One of Dubai’s Most Powerful Executives Discussed Sex, Business With Epstein

Among an elite network that corresponded with Epstein, few kept in communication with him as long as Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. Here’s what the emails reveal

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February 10, 2026 at 6:15 AM
NEW: One of Dubai’s Most Powerful Executives Discussed Sex, Business With Epstein

Among an elite network that corresponded with Epstein, few kept in communication with him as long as Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem. Here’s what the emails reveal

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February 10, 2026 at 6:15 AM
EPSTEIN Files: As FBI agents and other personnel were reviewing the files last year, Kash Patel asked them to find out if Epstein was ever an FBI confidential human source.

Response: "Per searches conducted by NYO and the DNI all searches for 'Jeffrey E. Epstein were negative."
February 6, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: The Epstein files released last week includes hundreds of pages of docs that lays bare the behind-the-scenes chaos at the FBI early last year over the review of the files & questions on what should be redacted related to victims and public figures
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February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Epstein Files Review Was Totally Chaotic

Documents from the cache of files on Jeffrey Epstein released last week shed light on how the US govt reviewed and redacted them.
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Epstein Files Review Was Totally Chaotic
Documents from the cache of files on Jeffrey Epstein released last week shed light on how the US government reviewed and redacted them.
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February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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What’s in the “Epstein Files,” and what isn’t, with the great @jasonleopold.bsky.social:
What Is (And Isn’t) in the Latest Epstein Files Release
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February 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
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What Is (And Isn’t) in the Latest Epstein Files Release
Podcast Episode · Big Take · 02/02/2026 · 18m
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February 3, 2026 at 2:59 AM
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When @jasonleopold.bsky.social told me the Justice Department inexplicably redacted the “J.P.” from “J.P. Morgan” in a J.P. Morgan research note, I didn’t believe him.

But here it is:
February 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
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How Lost 1930s-Era Paintings Owned By US Government Were Recovered

The General Services Administration has a program to find misplaced or stolen New Deal-era artwork owned by the US government.
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How Lost 1930s-Era Paintings Owned By US Government Were Recovered
The General Services Administration has a program to find misplaced or stolen New Deal-era artwork owned by the US government. According to documents we obtained through the FOIA, the agency recovered...
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January 30, 2026 at 5:05 PM
NEW: The House Oversight Committee just formally issued a subpoena to Darren Indyke (who filed the #FOIA request) Epstein's personal atty & co-executor of his estate as well as subpoenas to billionaire Les Wexner and Epstein's accountant Richard Kahn, the other co-executor of his Epstein's estate.
January 23, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Epstein Filed a FOIA Request

Sought docs on “how, why, or when Epstein was selected to be a subject of any such monitoring, surveillance, observation, questioning, interrogation, investigation.”
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Jeffrey Epstein Filed a FOIA Request About Surveillance in 2014
The request to Customs and Border Protection sought documents that would shed light on “how, why, or when Epstein was selected to be a subject of any such monitoring, surveillance, observation, questi...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:35 PM
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! Jeffrey Epstein Filed a #FOIA Request in 2014

The request to CBP sought docs on "how, why, or when Epstein was selected to be a subject of monitoring, surveillance, observation, questioning, interrogation, investigation"

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Jeffrey Epstein Filed a FOIA Request About Surveillance in 2014
The request to Customs and Border Protection sought documents that would shed light on “how, why, or when Epstein was selected to be a subject of any such monitoring, surveillance, observation, questi...
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Happy #FOIAing Trump's first-term presidential records day to those who celebrate!
January 20, 2026 at 2:45 PM
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! Get ready to #FOIA Trump's first-term presidential records!

Jan. 20, 2026 is a big day for government document junkies.

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Trump’s First-Term Presidential Records Subject to FOIA Next Week
Under the Presidential Records Act, the records of presidents, vice presidents and their staff become accessible through the FOIA five years after the end of administration.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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Lots of people with no experience being hired at the GS-15 level. If you see a lot of $167,603 or $195,200 salaries, this is why

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January 10, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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Thanks to a FOIAed spreadsheet from @jasonleopold.bsky.social at www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet..., I have updated the DOGE Tracker with a lot more info on who was getting paid.

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The myth of everybody working for free is a lie. Many were appointed GS-15 max salary
Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025
The IRS hired 1,313 employees in January 2025. Over the next two months the agency laid off 11,000 workers, or about 11% of its workforce. Additionally, the data identifies employees tied to DOGE.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:37 PM
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out! This week, I invited my @bloomberg.com colleague @agordon.me to break down data I obtained related to DOGE & govt hiring that took me nearly a year to pry loose.

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Data Reveals Details About DOGE, Government Hiring in 2025
The IRS hired 1,313 employees in January 2025. Over the next two months the agency laid off 11,000 workers, or about 11% of its workforce. Additionally, the data identifies employees tied to DOGE.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
2025 FOIA Files Recap: It's been a devastating year for the #FOIA. Agencies gutted or eviscerated their FOIA offices & fired staff. But thanks to the incredibly hard work of FOIA officers across the govt I managed to pry loose some important docs. Here are the highlights. Thank you FOIA officers!
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December 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Another reminder that FBI tasked 934 agents and other personnel to review & redact Epstein files between March & May & prepare the docs for public release. FBI paid $851K in OT/premium pay for a week's worth of work. Via my #FOIA
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December 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Further confirmation of Epstein money laundering investigations first reported by @jasonleopold.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social and the other folks at @bloomberg.com

(Document: EFTA00037469)
December 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
NEW episode of my podcast Disclosure is out!

One Xmas, my co-host @mvtopic.bsky.social requested the first 25 pages of docs located from a search of the FBI's investigative files referencing “Santa Claus.” The FBI responded by saying they never heard of the guy

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Asking the FBI to Release the Santa Files
Podcast Episode · Disclosure · 12/16/2025 · 38m
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December 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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TONIGHT AT 8: FOIA expert @jasonleopold.bsky.social joins to discuss the widespread redactions throughout the Epstein files. Plus, former Time photo editor Emily Keegan on the viral White House Vanity Fair photoshoot that broke the internet.
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🚨 Epstein Files: In his letter to Congress, Todd Blanche says docs were withheld under the deliberative process, atty-client privilege & atty work product. In #FOIA that's the equivalent of a B5 exemption.

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December 20, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Epstein Files countdown: What should the files reveal? For one, details about this previously undisclosed money laundering investigation conducted by the US Atty in Fla in 2007 & 2008. My @bloomberg.com colleagues & I uncovered details of this unknown probe in Oct

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
December 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM