By the time Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, he had established an enormous network of wealthy and influential friends. Emails made public this week show the crime did little to diminish the desire of that network to stay connected to the billionaire financier.

Thousands of documents released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday offer a new glimpse into what Epstein's relationships with business executives, reporters, academics and political players looked like over a decade.

Video above: Lawmakers react to newly released Epstein emails, Trump connection

They start with messages he sent and received around the time he finished serving his Florida sentence in 2009 and continue until the months before his arrest on fe

See Full Page