In the latest batch of Epstein files, hundreds of pages are redacted, shielding the names of prosecutors and possible co-conspirators. On this week’s On the Media, what the files say about how the criminal justice system failed Epstein’s victims. Plus, the toppling of a statue raises questions about who represents Puerto Rican culture. [01:00] Host Brooke Gladstone speaks with <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jkbjournalist.bsky.social">Julie K. Brown</a>, investigative journalist for The Miami Herald, whose reporting back in 2018 led to sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest. Brown is pouring through the Epstein files and finding new information about how prosecutors failed to bring Epstein to justice for so many years. She is documenting what she finds in her substack newsletter, <a href="https://jkbjournalist.substack.com/">The Epstein Files by Julie K. Brown</a>. [19:24]  We’re celebrating the launch of <a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/974836637/la-brega">Season 3 of La Brega</a> from Alana Casanova-Burgess and Futuro Media by featuring episode one: about the toppling of the statue of a Spanish colonizer in San Juan a few years ago, what that reveals about Puerto Rico’s champions, and who deserves that pedestal. Further reading / watching:<ul><li><a href="https://jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/what-i-found-today-in-the-epstein">“What I found today in The Epstein Files,”</a> by Julie K. Brown</li><li><a href="https://jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/did-the-fbi-investigate-trump-and">“Did the FBI investigate Trump and Epstein?”</a> by Julie K. Brown</li><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/974836637/la-brega">Season 3 of La Brega</a></li></ul>
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