Amid no small measure of frustration about redactions and would-be cover-ups, over the weekend, the latest release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein revealed at least one thing of real, cathartic importance.

"They can’t call me a liar anymore," Maria Farmer said after the Justice Department's partial Epstein file release included the report she made in 1996.

The Justice Department’s partial release of its files related to Jeffrey Epstein on Friday marked a moment of triumph for Epstein survivor Maria Farmer and her sister Annie, who have said for years that Maria had filed one of the first complaints against Epstein in the 1990s.

Newly released files show how Maria Farmer, who worked for Mr. Epstein in the 1990s, had urged the F.B.I. to investigate him. The case went nowhere for years.

A former employee of late sex predator Jeffrey Epstein alerted the FBI about his fascination with "child pornography” in the mid-1990s and that he threatened to "burn her house down," but her warning fell on deaf ears,

Jeffrey Epstein was reported to the FBI in 1996, newly released records show, years before later prosecutions and federal charges.

Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein have been partially released. This release vindicates Maria Farmer, who reported Epstein in the 1990s. The documents confirm her complaint was ignored by the FBI.

The Justice Department has released thousands of files about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but the incomplete document dump Friday did not break significant ground about the long-running cri