The Miami Herald

The reporting we cite

6 stories, each opening at its source.

• Miami Herald — emergency request denied; First Amendment hurdles noted
• Miami Herald: Palm Beach clerk charged with child sex crimes denied bond (held without bond, first appearance Aug. 19)
• Miami Herald, Epstein secretly funded start-up used by Miami-Dade police (March 20, 2026)
• Miami Herald 'Perversion of Justice' investigation (2018) — the 2008 SDNY non-prosecution agreement, the victim record, the pattern of protection
• United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Florida, Non-Prosecution Agreement, September 24, 2007
• Julie K. Brown, ongoing reporting at the Miami Herald (2018 to present)

Where their work appears on this site

• A Crime to Repeat It →
• Projection →
• Leslie Wexner →
• The Epstein Class →
• Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →
• Sowing Division →
• The Club →
• Who Controls What You Get to Know →

How we graded the claims built on their work

5 FACT · 2 PROBABLY TRUE. A grade is our reading of the public record on one claim, not a verdict on the person.

1. A judge declined to pull the ad without a hearing, and free-speech experts call it a textbook prior restraint.

   PROBABLY TRUE
   A Crime to Repeat It →

2. A state legislator who voted to make child rape a death-penalty crime — and whom the governor called ‘a legend’ — is charged with molesting a child.

   FACT
   Projection →

3. Carbyne and the emergency-services surveillance investment

   FACT
   The Epstein Class →

4. Cohn Exports the Model: The Lineage to Maxwell and Epstein

   PROBABLY TRUE
   Self-Dealing & Crony Capitalism →

5. The 2005–2007 Palm Beach investigation and the NPA

   FACT
   Leslie Wexner →

6. The April 2026 victims’ lawsuit

   FACT
   Leslie Wexner →

7. The Republican Party of Florida sued the Democratic Party, three statewide candidates, and 11 TV stations to pull the ad.

   FACT
   A Crime to Repeat It →