The Guardian Interviews Joseph McNally on Lack of Arrests Over Epstein Files
The Guardian interviewed Joseph McNally, Director of Emerging Litigation, about the lack of arrests in the United States since the release of more than three million investigative documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Despite ongoing outrage, federal authorities have not brought any new charges against alleged associates since Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2020 arrest.
Legal experts cited possible reasons for the absence of U.S. prosecutions, but McNally noted that prosecutors in the Southern District of New York are highly capable and likely reviewed other potential targets they could have charged. The release of the documents does not necessarily prompt a wave of prosecutions, but it could generate new leads.
“Maybe these documents will help spur new leads that will be looked at, but I don’t expect suddenly a round of criminal prosecutions to result from the release of documents. These were documents the government had when they were previously making charging decisions,” McNally said to The Guardian.
