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Epstein considered himself a "people collector" who made connections for transactional purposes, Mr Levine said.

Kahn’s recruitment was more transactional, according to people familiar with the events.

Perhaps Emilia Petrarca, who writes the Substack “Shop Rat,” puts it best: “Even if you’re just browsing, you’re still being welcomed into a space and asked about your wants and needs. It’s someone’s job to listen to you and give you attention. In times like these, people really crave human interaction and that sense of care, even if it’s transactional.”

The Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse - which tracks immigration data - found that just over 70% of the nearly 60,000 people held at the end of September had no criminal record.

Nearly three-quarters of immigrants in ICE detention as of September have no criminal convictions, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.