The Epstein Index

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About the project

A reading room for the Epstein files

The government released the Epstein files as millions of scanned pages, numbered but unnamed and grouped the way they were collected. This project turns them into documents a person can find and read.

  1. 1

    Collect

    Download every file the Justice Department, the House Oversight Committee, and the courts have released.

  2. 2

    Read

    Convert scanned pages to text with open-source text-recognition software, or reuse the best openly shared copy.

  3. 3

    Name

    Give each document a plain title, a type, a date, and a one-sentence summary.

  4. 4

    Connect

    Index the full text for search, map documents by similarity, and link people and events to their sources.

Who made this

The Epstein Index is an independent project by Robb Doering, a software engineer. It is not affiliated with any government agency, news outlet, or party to the cases.

All of the code is open source, and the full text of every document is free to download. If you use the text in your own reporting or research, please link back to the original records.

Source codeDownload the textOther copies of the files

Accuracy

Software reads the scans, and software writes the one-sentence summaries. Both make mistakes, especially on handwriting, faint copies, and tables. Every document links to its original PDF, which is always the authority. Report an error.

The original releases

The index regroups documents by type. To browse them the way the government published them, pick a release.