# Explosive House report exposes failures it says allowed Epstein’s abuse to continue for years

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/explosive-house-report-exposes-failures-it-says-allowed-epsteins-abuse-to-continue-for-years/
- Published: 2026-11-10T15:11:45+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T15:18:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/explosive-house-report-exposes-failures-says-allowed-epsteins-abuse-continue-years
- Topics: World

## Key points

- House report says institutional failures let Epstein’s abuse continue.
- Committee urges further inquiry into allegations against two associates.
- Investigators abandoned a lead on equipment removed before a 2005 search.

## Summary

The House Oversight Committee’s report says prosecutorial failures, preferential treatment and institutional negligence allowed Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to continue sexually exploiting young women and girls for years. Newly detailed findings urge the Justice Department to investigate allegations involving former Miami Beach mayor Philip Levine and celebrity hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai, both of whom deny wrongdoing.

The report also raises questions about former prosecutors’ ties to Epstein and the handling of potential evidence. It says Matthew Menchel did not disclose a prior relationship with an attorney who later represented Epstein, though a Justice Department review found no evidence of prosecutorial misconduct; it also examines Bruce Reinhart’s later work for Epstein associates. An assistant testified that computers and hard drives were removed before a 2005 search, but investigators abandoned a lead on the equipment before Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement; the committee found no evidence that a message from Sandy Berger tipped Epstein off about the search.

## Coverage

- [Fox News: Explosive House report exposes failures it says allowed Epstein’s abuse to continue for years](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/explosive-house-report-exposes-failures-says-allowed-epsteins-abuse-continue-years)
- [Daily Mail: Republicans release 137-page bombshell report on government's glaring Jeffrey Epstein 'failures'](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16281627/Republicans-release-report-Jeffrey-Epstein-failures.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)

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