The U.S. government’s recent release of millions of pages of records related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation has reignited global debate about who knew what, how institutions handled money and reputations, and whether the public will ever get a full accounting. Below I summarize the most important takeaways from the new documents, what they do and don’t prove, and the policy and legal questions the release raises. Quick headlines (what happened): The  U.S. Department of Justice  published a massive tranche of records in response to the  Epstein Files Transparency Act , releasing millions of pages that span emails, financial records, investigative notes and more.  U.S. Department of Justice .  An Associated Press review of those and related records says the  FBI  found extensive evidence that Epstein abused underage girls, but investigators found limited, corroborating evidence that he ran a sex-trafficking operation that actively “lent” girls to a...