to the late financier and convicted# sex offender J been made public as part of a settled# lawsuit involving one of his victims.
The records detail Epstein's sexual abuse and# trafficking of underage girls and include the## names of 150 people who were in contact with him.# The magnitude of his sex trafficking operation## was first brought to light by Miami Herald# investigative reporter Julie K. Brown, who joins## us now.
She is author of the book "Perversion# of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story."
Thank you for being with us, Julie.
And, as we mentioned, hundreds of doc which are part of this defamation lawsuit filed# by Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre.
And there## are names of previously associated people, people# associated with Epstein, such as Prince Andrew,## former Presidents Donald Trump, Bill Clinton.# They're mentioned in these court documents.
But there's little new information# outside of what was already known## to the public.
What should we# make of what's been released?
JULIE K. BROWN, The Miami Herald: Well,# remember, this has been a long pr first sued for these records over five years ago.# And they have been released on An d I think you have to look at the# totality, total picture here of his sex## trafficking operation.
And that's what# we were getting at.
In the beginning,## when we first started getting the# documents, we knew very little,## other than the fact that he had abused# a lot of young girls in Palm Beach.
Now, as a result of all these records being# released, we know that his operation went## far beyond Palm Beach, in fact, was an# international sex trafficking operation.
GEOFF BENNETT: Well, to your point, the# documents certainly confirm the scale,## the magnitude of his sex trafficking# ring and his powerful social network.
How do the documents add new insights,## more dimension to the reporting# that you have been doing for year JULIE K. BROWN: Well, I think it also sheds# more light on the criminal justice system.
We know that this is an operation that he# could not have run all by himself.
as of right now, we only have one person# paying the price for this crime.
We know## that there were other people.
Although these# documents don't implicate anyone directly,## we know that some people have been identified# as having sex with some of these girls.
It certainly warrants more investigation# by the federal authorities.
GEOFF BENNETT: You spoke recently with two# of Epstein's victims, who said that anyone## who would have visited any of his homes would# certainly have been aware of his depravity.
Tell me more about that# and why that's significant.
JULIE K. BROWN: It's significant# because these victims, they ju stice.
They know that this is a crime# that a lot of people were involved in.
And, for them, just having one person arrested# isn't enough.
They want the truth.
They want the## other people brought to justice.
I mean,# he had pilots.
He had assistants.
He had## businesspeople who were helping him.
And so the# question for them is, why haven't some of those## people been looked at or at least been asked to# provide more information about his operation?
GEOFF BENNETT: I want to ask you about something# else, in that a federal judge denied the motion## by The Miami Herald to make public a master# list of Epstein's so-called J.
Does -- these## are people who have been connected to him --# the names of those folks, accept the victims.
What's the value in making# those names public when the## accusations in the documents are# salacious, yet largely unproven?
JULIE K. BROWN: Well, we still need# to know who some of these people are.## The documents that we received# still have redactions in them.
For example, there is a deposition by# one of the victims where she said she## had -- was forced to have sex with two# high-profile politicians.
And one of## the politicians' name is completely# redacted.
We don't know why the judge## is still redacting that particular Doe,# because we don't know who that Doe is.
So providing the list would# also help us understand why## she considers that person to still have anonymity.
GEOFF BENNETT: Julie Brown, investigative# reporter for The Miami Herald, thanks so much.
JULIE K. BROWN: Thank you.
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