Patrick Healy, an assistant managing editor who oversees The Times’s journalistic standards, talked with four of the journalists who are working on the Epstein files to kick around those questions.

In February 2026, social media users alleged that newly released federal case files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein proved the long-debunked "pizzagate" conspiracy theory. According to the ...

The search continues in the documents for ironclad criminal conduct, but the story of a sexual predator given a free ride by ...