The Department of Justice on Friday released a batch of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, featuring a massive collection of court documents and dozens of photos that have previously not been made public.
Some of the photos released were highly sexual in nature and have been redacted. Some are marked CSAM, which stands for Child Sex Abuse Material.
Epstein was charged in 2019 in Manhattan federal court with sex trafficking minors. Many of these minors were allegedly his victims while they were providing massages to him. Tragically, Epstein passed away while awaiting trial, and his death was ruled a suicide.
Epstein was known to surround himself with rich and influential people and was friends for many years with Donald Trump he was elected president. A search tool on the DOJ’s website revealed Trump’s name hundreds of times in the newly released documents.
Other than Trump, there are thousands of references to former President Bill Clinton, as well as numerous photos of Epstein with Clinton, including a series of undated shots of them with Maxwell.
There are also photographs of Epstein with the late singer Michael Jackson and actor Kevin Spacey.
Clinton has repeatedly stated that he was unaware of Epstein’s crimes and cut ties with him before he was accused in 2006 of having sex with a minor. He also has denied visiting Epsein’s private island in the Caribbean.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California), one of the lead sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act that mandated the release of these records, said the DOJ has provided no explanation for blacking out so many of the documents.
“One document, 199 pages of grand jury testimony, was completely redacted,” Khanna said.
Another sponsor of the law, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), posted on X that the DOJ document drop “grossly fails to comply with both the spirit and letter of the law” that Trump signed into law last month.
