A Teen Reporter Searched for His Community in the Epstein Files. Adults Freaked Out
Ben Mueller’s assignment for his journalism class was to tell a news story—any news story—in the form of an extended Instagram slideshow. So when the high school senior got home on the afternoon of February 10, 2026, he grabbed a snack, went upstairs to his room, and settled in to work.
After allowing himself a few minutes of procrastination—scouting prospective college campuses on Google Earth—Mueller navigated over to the Department of Justice’s Epstein Library portal and clicked through the page asking whether he was 18 or older (he was, just barely). Then he began poking around for ideas in the 3 million pages of Epstein files that had been added 11 days earlier.
Mueller really liked working in his bedroom, with its beanbag chair and view of people strolling and biking along one of Marin County, California’s sun-dappled waterways. Having lived his whole life in one of the wealthiest...
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