North Carolina’s congressional delegation comes back from the holidays this week to news of the Epstein files, the Jack Smith deposition and a potential government shutdown.

A recently released document from the Department of Justice has gained attention because it reveals that the FBI once received a tip about a party linked to Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump more than twenty years ago.

House Democrats have released new 'never-before-seen' photos of disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's private island

MASSIVE BREAKING: Data Set 8 of the Epstein Files show that a victim stated that Trump and Epstein raped her, and that a Limo driver heard Trump in the back speaking to “Jeffrey” about “abusing girls”. The victim then “committed suicide” in January of 2000 after reporting the… pic.twitter.com/imHkVqSJ4G

The Justice Department has released thousands of new files about the Palm Beach sex predator, once a friend of President Donald Trump.

Critics have speculated the Trump administration could use the ongoing investigation exemption to withhold files, after the DOJ opened a new investigation into Epstein’s association with high-profile Democrats including former President Bill Clinton, Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman and economist Larry Summers, as well as JP Morgan Chase.

The release of the Epstein files has triggered a flood of online claims — and not all of them are true. When users asked an AI chatbot whether Indian names appeared in the Epstein files, the answer blurred a critical line: being mentioned is not the same as being accused.

Perhaps one lesson to be gleaned from all this is how accepting so many people were of Epstein's largess and friendship after they knew who and what he was.