Epstein investigation keeps finding witnesses who were there and saw nothing

Lesley Groff, Jeffrey Epstein's executive assistant for 18 years, told the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday that Epstein was a "master manipulator" who kept his crimes hidden from her — even as Democratic members said she confirmed arranging phone calls between Epstein and Donald Trump before his presidency, and even as survivor Marina Lacerda testified that Groff called her so often she dropped out of school before ninth grade. The testimony is the latest in a running series of closed-door interviews the committee has conducted with people who orbited Epstein or handled his files, a list that now includes Howard Lutnick, Pam Bondi, Sarah Kellen, and the Clintons, with Bill Gates scheduled for Wednesday. The investigation keeps producing the same structural result: witnesses who were demonstrably close to the operation and uniformly claim they saw nothing.