WARSAW ¨C Convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sought to build ties with Russia¡¯s political elite and appeared desperate to secure a meeting with President Vladimir Putin, files released by the U.S. Department of Justice show.
The documents also reveal more details on the extent to which Epstein, who was facing charges of alleged sex trafficking when he killed himself in a New York jail, traveled to Russia, and had a network of scouts searching for young Russian women.
The mere mention of someone¡¯s name in the Epstein files does not in itself imply any wrongdoing by that person.
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