Big gaps remain in the Epstein case, and the pressure is on the Justice Department to explain why powerful people were never charged.

• The central question is why prosecutors chose not to investigate or indict the men around Epstein.
• Wealthy financiers tied to him, including Leon Black and Leslie Wexner, were never prosecuted despite material in the files.
• Epstein's 2008 sweetheart deal is still unexplained, with claims he was told to back off because Epstein was linked to intelligence.
• JD Vance has said he believes Epstein was connected to US and Israeli intelligence, which keeps the theory alive at the top of government.
• Millions of files remain unreleased, and some documents that were briefly public were pulled back and never restored.

Outlook: Pressure will keep building on the Justice Department to release the rest of the files, with little sign it plans to.