The Jeffrey Epstein scandal “already seems bigger than Weinstein,” one source involved in litigation against Epstein told me, referring to the downfall of the disgraced Hollywood mogul. And the scariest thing to the elite worlds through which Epstein glided over decades is that it may be closer to the beginning than the end. According to attorney David Boies, some 2,000 pages of documents regarding his client Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a former Mar-a-Lago locker-room attendant and Epstein accuser, are set to be released in the next “10 days to two weeks.” The secrets contained in the documents have been the subject of fevered speculation ever since a federal appeals court panel noted that the pages could describe episodes of alleged abuse by Epstein and appearances by “numerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders.”

The sealed documents are part of the evidence submitted in a 2015 lawsuit brought by Giuffre against Epstein’s alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, for defamation after she called Giuffre a liar. According to three sources who have been briefed on the documents’ contents, the documents contain excerpts of Giuffre’s sworn depositions, in which she names powerful men in the worlds of politics and science whom she claims she witnessed hanging around during her years as Epstein’s self-described “sex slave.” “Some of the documents will identify people she had sex with. Others will identify people she saw at various Epstein places,” Boies said.

Sources said some of the men named in the first batch of documents include former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson; former Middle East envoy and senator George Mitchell; and former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold. (Sources emphasized that the documents don’t say that Giuffre had sex with these men or that they knew the girls surrounding Epstein were underage.)

"Nathan has no knowledge of or any involvement in the various crimes that Mr. Epstein is accused of committing," a spokesperson for Myhrvold said in an email. "He was never a client of his money management business, and he's never done business with him of any sort. Back in the day Epstein was a regular at TED conferences and he was a large donor to basic scientific research, so while Nathan knew him and has socialized with him, that’s exactly where their association ends."

A spokesperson for Mitchell said in a statement: “Any such allegation, in the civil litigation or otherwise, is absolutely false. On the occasions when he was with Mr. Epstein he does not recall the presence of underage girls, and he states categorically that he never saw or heard of any inappropriate conduct involving underage girls. He only learned later about Mr. Epstein’s involvement with underage girls when he read about it in published reports of the legal actions against him in Florida. Like everyone else, he is shocked and saddened by the revelations.” A spokesperson for Richardson said: “In Governor Richardson‘s limited interactions with Mr. Epstein, he never saw him in the presence of young or underage girls. He has never been contacted by any party regarding this lawsuit nor has he ever met Ms. Giuffre.”

All three men have well-documented ties to Epstein. For instance, some of their contact information was included in Epstein’s little black book. Richardson reportedly visited Epstein’s 7,000-acre Zorro Ranch in New Mexico; and Epstein donated $50,000 to Richardson’s 2002 and 2006 gubernatorial campaigns. (Richardson regifted the 2006 donation to charity when allegations against Epstein first arose.) Mitchell, the former Senate majority leader, told New York magazine in 2002: “I would certainly call [Epstein] a friend and a supporter.”