The Best People with Nicolle Wallace Julie K. Brown Continues to Break Open the Epstein Story
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Mar 23, 2026 
Julie's K. Brown, the investigative reporter whose Miami Herald work reopened the Jeffrey Epstein saga, reflects on relentless document work and why the story still matters. She discusses how Epstein manipulated powerful people. She highlights class dynamics in victim selection. She describes new leads from millions of released pages and what questions remain.
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How Epstein Manipulated People With Wealth And Intimacy
- Jeffrey Epstein was a master manipulator who used wealth and connections to find people's weak spots and exploit them.
- Julie K. Brown describes him sizing up victims and allies, even bringing a lawyer's favorite cookies to gain trust and leverage.
Why Ambitious Working Class Women Were Vulnerable
- Epstein targeted smart, ambitious young women from working-class backgrounds by offering dreams they couldn't otherwise afford, like modeling or travel.
- Julie K. Brown connects this to her own upbringing and explains how financial insecurity made victims vulnerable to promises of opportunity.
Files Show Unfollowed Leads And Agency Failures
- The released files reveal many unpursued threads and institutional failures; Julie says agencies 'just threw these documents in a file drawer.'
- She spends hours daily in the files and finds evidence government investigators didn't follow leads.