Editorial

Epstein Files

Jessica A. Sanchez and Amy Zavala • March 3, 2026

Attribution: PantheraLeo1359531, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons “The Epstein files contain many details. There are calls for investigation to clear up crimes and to ensure the victims receive at least some measure of justice.”

As all the Epstein files were released in 2026, we’ve gotten an insight of the direction that our country is heading towards, revealing the true colors of America. This case has caught a variety of people’s attention due to the amount of cases that these files have shown.

We now realize that America’s government has been hiding a lot of information from the people.

After seeing many of the pictures in the files, we believe that it is truly disappointing to see all the injustices going on.

Joel Snyder, a 12th grade teacher at Animo Pat Brown who teaches Government, is an educator who has always been passionate about democracy and a government that is for the people. Snyder said, “ I find it surprising how other countries take action on their leader, but in the United States we have not done any action towards our president. It feels like it’s really easy for the government to hide actions that the president does.”

Melissa Garcia, a senior attending APB, shared her opinion on these files and her feelings towards them are very strong and she believes, “It is very disgusting what the files showed and very irritating that no one has done anything about it and haven’t held anyone accountable even with all the evidence being released.”

After hearing what the people in our school had to say it brought to our attention that clearly the people feel differently about this situation compared to the government, since they haven’t taken any action, instead the people seem to be putting more work and sharing their voices so the victim can get their justice.

We want to make it aware to all people that the truth of America is coming out and many “political leaders” are not who they seem to be.

As this issue progresses there are many media outlets that share their opinion about this situation. According to social media, we see a lot of content on tiktok about creators seeming to feel very frightened about what is being displayed on these Epstein files. Based on CNN, many survivors wanted all the Epstein files to be released, this was released in November 17th, 2025

https://www.tiktok.com/@cnn/video/7573940209709010189

About the Contributors

Jessica A. Sanchez, Editorial Director

Jessica Sanchez is a senior in Animo Pat Brown. She is currently the editorial director for this year’s journalism class. She is looking forward to helping her classmates and learning new skills throughout this school year. Something to know about her is that she loves to go to concerts to hear her favorite artists live so if you want to talk to her about your concert experiences she would love to hear how it went. Another thing to know about her is that she likes to go out with her friends specifically her trio so you will most likely see her around school with her two friends. Overall, her goal for this class is to create good articles for students in APB to enjoy them.

Amy Zavala, Writer

Amy is a writer in the journalism class, she likes to attend Dodger games and her favorite color is pink.

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