Epstein accomplice drops courtroom bombshell: 25+ secret payoffs with no criminal charges

Ghislaine Maxwell, the accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, may be serving time in a cushy Texas federal prison, but the convicted child sex trafficker just detonated a political time bomb from behind bars, according to a new Daily Beast report Tuesday.

In a recent habeas petition, Maxwell dropped a bombshell claim that four potential "co-conspirators" and "25 men" scored "secret settlements" tied to Epstein's abuse — without facing any indictment.

The report said Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department are doing everything possible to avoid one glaring question: "Who are these men, and why are they still being protected?"

Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law in November, forcing the Justice Department to release unclassified records. Yet the DOJ has toiled along, redacting, delaying, and otherwise slow-walking compliance "like it’s trying to outlast public attention."

The report noted that billionaire Leon Black, a Trump ally and former Apollo CEO, paid $62.5 million to settle Epstein-related claims in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

"No criminal charges, just a very large check and a quiet exit," the report said.

Black testified in 2018 about being with Trump during a 1990s Russia trip, including allegedly visiting "a strip club together." He paid Epstein roughly $170 million for "tax planning" while denying knowledge of sex trafficking.