See everyone who has resigned or has been arrested or fired over the Epstein files

Some of the world’s most powerful men and women corresponded and met with Jeffrey Epstein, shown in the more than three million pages of documents, as well as the more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images released in the Epstein files earlier this year. So far, more than 20 people in 2026 have faced reputational and career repercussions over their association.

Mr. Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. In 2008, he had been charged and served time for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

Here are some of the charges, arrests and other fallout from the Epstein files.

Thorbjørn Jagland.LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP/Getty Images

Charged

Thorbjorn Jagland

Norway’s former prime minister Thorbjorn Jagland has been charged with “aggravated corruption” over allegations he received gifts from Mr. Epstein. Mr. Jagland was also chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 2009 to 2015, and secretary-general of the Council of Europe from 2009 to 2019.

The economic crime unit of the Norwegian police said it would investigate whether the gifts, as well as travel and loans, were in connection with Mr. Jagland’s positions on the Nobel Committee and the Council of Europe.

Arrested

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

On Feb. 19, police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, on “suspicion of misconduct in public office.”

After about 11 hours in custody, Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor was released “under investigation,” meaning police were continuing to look into the case. He is the first senior royal to be arrested in modern history.

The authorities have begun reviewing messages between the former prince and Mr. Epstein to see whether he gave Mr. Epstein access to government files. From 2001 to 2011, Mr. Mountbatten-Windsor was a special representative for international trade and investment for Britain.

The former prince was already facing allegations that he had meetings with young girls arranged by Mr. Epstein and his partner, Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Peter Mandelson

A former British ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson was arrested by London police on Feb. 23 on suspicion of misconduct in public office. Mr. Mandelson faces allegations that during his time as a cabinet minister from 2008 to 2010, he leaked sensitive information to Mr. Epstein. The former ambassador was released from police custody early the next day, but, as of April 2, remains under investigation.

Mr. Mandelson had resigned earlier in February from the governing Labour Party and from the House of Lords.

There have been calls for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to resign over the decision to appoint Mr. Mandelson as an ambassador, as Mr. Starmer was warned of the “reputational risks” associated with the move.

Resigned or fired

Pam Bondi

U.S. President Donald Trump removed attorney-general Pam Bondi from her post on April 2, after mounting frustration with her performance, including accusations that she covered up or mismanaged the release of records on the Department of Justice’s investigations into Mr. Epstein.

The accusations against Ms. Bondi drew renewed scrutiny of Mr. Trump’s past relationship with Mr. Epstein. The attorney-general had been set to testify in front of the House Oversight Committee about her handling of the Epstein files, but the DOJ withdrew her subpoena after her removal.

Lawrence Summers

Former U.S. treasury-secretary Lawrence Summers will resign from teaching at Harvard University at the end of the academic year, the school announced on Feb. 25. He will also resign as co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Mr. Summers was then-president Bill Clinton’s treasury-secretary, and he was Harvard’s president for five years starting in 2001.

Mr. Summers’s association with the late sex offender lasted for several years. The men visited each other’s homes and traded e-mails about romantic relationships. In one e-mail exchange, Mr. Epstein had called himself Mr. Summers’s “wing man.”

Borge Brende

On Feb. 26, Borge Brende, stepped down as president and chief executive officer of the World Economic Forum. The resignation came after the forum had launched an investigation into his ties with Mr. Epstein.

Mr. Brende had been the head of the WEF since 2017 and claimed he was unaware of Mr. Epstein’s past. The Norwegian had three separate dinners with the sex offender, as well as conversations by e-mail and text message.

Mona Juul

Mona Juul stepped down as Norwegian ambassador to Jordan and Iraq on Feb. 9. She is under investigation for corruption over her ties to Mr. Epstein, as is her husband, Terje Rod-Larsen, a former diplomatic and politician.

Ms. Juul’s resignation followed reports that Mr. Epstein left her children with Mr. Rod-Larsen $10-million in a will drawn up shortly before his death.

Miroslav Lajcak

Miroslav Lajcak, a Slovak politician and diplomat, resigned in February as adviser for foreign affairs and national security to the Slovakian Prime Minister. Mr. Lajcak left his position after photos and e-mails revealed he had met with Mr. Epstein after the latter was released from jail.

Text messages also show Mr. Lajcak and Mr. Epstein corresponding about “gorgeous girls.”

Jack Lang

France’s former culture minister Jack Lang resigned as head of the Arab World Institute in Paris over alleged financial ties to Mr. Epstein.

Brad Karp

On Feb. 4, Brad Karp resigned as chairman of top U.S. corporate law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, a position he had held for 18 years.

Mr. Karp had corresponded with Mr. Epstein by e-mail, with the lawyer claiming that an evening hosted by the sex offender was “once in a lifetime” and one he would “never forget.”

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem resigned as chairman and chief executive officer of DP World in February after documents showed a years-long association with Mr. Epstein. The two men exchanged e-mails referencing pornography, sexual massages and escorts.

Mr. Sulayem is one of the Middle East’s most recognizable and internationally connected businessmen. DP World, an Emirati multinational logistics company based in Dubai, runs several of Canada’s key port terminals.

David A. Ross

David A. Ross, the chair of the MFA art practice program at the School of Visual Arts in New York, left his post Feb. 3 after correspondence between him and Mr. Epstein came to light.

The e-mail exchanges include Mr. Epstein proposing an art exhibition called “Statutory” that would feature “girls and boys ages 14-25 where they look nothing like their true ages.” Mr. Ross wrote that Mr. Epstein was “incredible” and he noted that Brooke Shields posed nude at age 10.

Kathryn Ruemmler

Kathryn Ruemmler, who served as White House Counsel to then-president Barack Obama, announced that, at the end of June, she would step down as chief legal officer and general counsel at investment bank Goldman Sachs.

The lawyer exchanged e-mails with Mr. Epstein in which she described him as an “older brother” and downplayed his sex crimes.

Thomas Pritzker

Thomas Pritzker stepped down as executive chairman of the Hyatt Hotels Corporation, a position he held for more than 20 years, after his association with Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell was revealed.

He had been invited to various functions by Mr. Epstein.

Joanna Rubinstein

Joanna Rubinstein quit her position as Sweden’s chair for the United Nations’ refugee agency after a 2012 visit to Mr. Epstein’s Caribbean island came to light.

Richard Axel

Dr. Richard Axel announced he would step down in February as co-director of Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute.

Dr. Axel is one of the 2004 winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries related to the human olfactory system.

Files show e-mails and schedules noting his long association with Mr. Epstein, and the meetings, lunches and dinners they shared.

Peter Attia

Peter Attia, a celebrity doctor and longevity influencer, resigned as a contributor to CBS News in February after e-mails between him and Mr. Epstein were revealed. Mr. Attia is a podcast host and author of Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity.

Jes Staley

In 2021, Jes Staley resigned as chief executive officer of Barclays Bank over his ties with Mr. Epstein. Mr. Staley described Mr. Epstein as one of his “deepest” and “most cherished” friends.

Mr. Staley was later banned from holding senior financial roles in Britain and fined US$2.5-million over misleading statements about his association with Mr. Epstein to Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority, the independent regulator for financial services.

Bob Kerrey

Former Nebraska governor and a former U.S. senator, Bob Kerrey resigned from his role as chairman of Monolith, a clean energy startup, in February. Mr. Kerrey had corresponded with Mr. Epstein over numerous e-mails and had met with the financier twice.

Fallout

Sarah Ferguson

Sarah’s Trust, the charity founded by Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, shut down in February after e-mails showed Ms. Ferguson remained in contact with Mr. Epstein after his 2008 conviction.

In e-mail exchanges between the two, Ms. Ferguson called Mr. Epstein “the brother I have always wished for.”

Britain's Princess Eugenie, left, and Princess Beatrice.Steve Parsons/The Associated Press

Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, the daughters of Sarah Ferguson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, are feeling the fallout over their parents’ ties to Mr. Epstein. It has been reported that they will not attend the Royal Family’s traditional service on Easter Sunday.

Beatrice and Eugenie maintain their titles. And, as the daughters of the son of a sovereign (the late Queen Elizabeth II), they retain their places in the line of succession – ninth and 12th – in line with King George V’s Letters Patent of 1917.

Fallout from Epstein files in Europe affects royalty, politicians and diplomats

Norwegian Crown Princess Mette-Marit.Per Ole Hagen/Getty Images

Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway

Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has apologized for her friendship with Mr. Epstein. “I also apologize for the situation in which I have placed the Royal House, especially the King and Queen,” she said in a palace statement

Princess Mette-Marit is the wife of Crown Prince Haakon, heir to the Norwegian throne. The princess exchanged e-mails with Mr. Epstein for three years, calling him “soft hearted,” a “sweetheart” and “very charming.”

She also borrowed Mr. Epstein’s property in Palm Beach, Fla., for several days in 2013.

Casey Wasserman

Casey Wasserman, the chair of the Los Angeles organizing committee for the 2028 Olympics, apologized in February for communicating with Ms. Maxwell more than 20 years ago in flirtatious e-mails. Mr. Wasserman also announced he is in the process of selling his talent-management company Wasserman, as he felt he had become a distraction to its work.

Thomas Magnani and Letty Moss-Salentijn

Columbia University has severed the ties between its dental school and Thomas Magnani and Letty Moss-Salentijn, the university said in a statement on Feb. 11. Dr. Magnani has been removed from the admissions review committee and other volunteer leadership roles, and Dr. Moss-Salentijn will step down from administrative roles.

Documents in the Epstein files revealed that Dr. Magnani and Dr. Moss-Salentijn had helped Mr. Epstein’s girlfriend get admitted to Columbia’s dental school, bypassing the regular process for admission.

George J. Mitchell

Queen’s University Belfast is removing former U.S. senator George J. Mitchell’s name from its Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, as well as removing a commemorative bust.

The US-Ireland Alliance is also removing his name from a scholarship.

A letter from Mr. Mitchell described his friendship with Mr. Epstein as a “blessing.”

With files from Paul Waldie, Nicolas Van Praet, Reuters and The Associated Press