US federal authorities could have prevented Epstein crimes, report finds

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Crimes committed by the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein after 2005 could have been prevented were it not for "failures" by federal investigators and prosecutors, a congressional investigation has concluded. The Republican-led US House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released its final report into what it described as the "decades-long" mishandling of the criminal investigations into Epstein and his long-term associate Ghislaine Maxwell. The report's findings are based on interviews and depositions with witnesses, government files, and financial records over a 15-month period. Epstein died in 2019 as he awaited trial on sex trafficking charges.