The Department of Justice published another 30,000 pages of documents, photographs and investigative material on Jeffrey Epstein Tuesday morning, its biggest release so far.
In doing so, the DOJ warned that the latest tranche includes “untrue and sensationalist claims” against President Donald Trump but did not specify what they were.
The department released a previous selection Monday afternoon that was subsequently withdrawn but included an allegation from an unnamed assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, dating from January 2020, that Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously has been reported.”
The president himself has not been accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex trafficker, but has faced persistent questions about their past friendship.
Trump addressed Friday’s “partial” release of the files for the first time at a press conference Monday, warning that the process could “ruin” reputations and complaining it was overshadowing his own policy agenda.
The president also defended Bill Clinton, who has appeared in a number of photographs and has called for the complete release of any further files relating to him.
DOJ warns of ‘untrue and sensationalist claims’ against Trump in new files release
“The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein,” the DOJ writes on X (Twitter).
“Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.
“Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein’s victims.”
In pics: Email shows Donald Trump listed as passenger on ‘eight flights between 1993 and 1996’
Maxwell received emails from ‘A’ at ‘Balmoral Summer Camp’
In August 2001, a person identified only as “A” or “The Invisible Man” can be seen writing to Maxwell and saying: “I am up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family.”
They continue: “How’s LA? Have you found me some new inappropriate friends? Let me know when you are coming over as I am free from 25th August until 2nd Sept and want to go somewhere hot and sunny with some fun people before having to put my nose firmly to the grindstone for the Fall.”
Maxwell responds: “So sorry to dissappoint [sic] you, however the truth must be told. I have only been able to find appropriate friends.”
“A” responds: “Distraught!”
They continue: “…now my whole life is in turmoil as I have no one to look after me. He was a real rock and almost a part of the family … If you have any good ideas as to how to get my mind back on track I’d be grateful for advice. See you real soon… I hope if you are coming over. A xxx”
Epstein victim ‘had nightmares about him coming after her’
One harrowing email sent by an assistant U.S. attorney in Florida on February 1, 2008 and included in the new batch of releases reads: “We just finished interviewing three of the girls. I wish you could have been there to see how much this has affected them.
“One girl broke down sobbing so that we had to stop the interview twice within a 20 minute span. She regained her composure enough to continue a short time, but she said that she was having nightmares about Epstein coming after her and she started to break down again, so we stopped the interview.”
Epstein insisted on age checks for female masseurs and considered 23 ‘too old’
Another witness quoted in the new files characterizes the late pedophile as picky in his taste in girls and fastidious about establishing their age.
“There were a few girls he wasn’t crazy about. He didn’t really like,” the witness said, adding that Epstein had once rejected a potential masseur as “too old” at 23.
According to a handwritten note taken from a May 2019 interview and spotted by The Times, the financier was “asking for ID to girl, wanted make sure under 18 b/c he wasn’t believing them b/c [redacted] messed up by bringing more older girls.”
‘Epstein liked girls thin and blonde and attractive’
The new files include a grand jury interview with an unnamed FBI agent dating from May 2007 that features the claim Epstein recruited a 15-year-old girl to give him a topless massage.
The agent said a witness they had spoken to recruited other masseurs from among their peer group.
“Epstein liked girls like her, which is thin and blonde and attractive,” the agent observes.
DOJ releases biggest tranche of Epstein documents so far
The Department of Justice has just released a new batch of files from its archives on Jeffrey Epstein, containing thousands of documents and photographs from its past investigations into him, including the shot below and a photocopy of his passport.
We will bring you all the latest right here.
Bill Clinton calls for all Epstein files on him to be released
Former president Bill Clinton has called for the full release of any remaining Jeffrey Epstein files held by the Department of Justice in response to Friday’s much-criticized “partial” publication of documents.
Angel Urena, spokesperson for the 42nd president, 79, said in a statement Monday: “What the Department of Justice has released so far, and the manner in which it did so, makes one thing clear: someone or something is being protected. We do not know whom, what or why. But we do know this: We need no such protection.”
Urena called on Trump to order Attorney General Pam Bondi to “immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton.”
He added: “Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the Department of Justice’s actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation – using selective releases to imply wrongdoing about individuals who have already been repeatedly cleared by the very same Department of Justice, over many years, under presidents and attorneys general of both parties.”
The two-term Democrat, like Trump, was at one time a friend of Epstein, the disgraced financier and sex trafficker who took his own life in a New York City jail cell in August 2019.
Like Trump, he has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with the billionaire’s crimes.
Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet ‘many more times than previously has been reported,’ prosecutor says in new files
The DOJ released a further tranche of files relating to Jeffrey Epstein on its website Monday afternoon, only for them to be taken down around 8 p.m. ET, according to The Washington Post, which says it downloaded the documents as soon as they appeared.
Here’s what the Post has to say about what was included:
“The documents show that a subpoena was sent to Mar-a-Lago in 2021 for records that pertained to the government’s case against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice in sex trafficking. They include notes from an assistant U.S. attorney in New York about the number of times Trump flew on Epstein’s plane, including one flight that included just Trump, Epstein and a 20-year-old woman, according to the notes.
“The newly released documents also include several tips that were collected by the FBI about Trump’s involvement with Epstein and parties at their properties in the early 2000s. The documents do not show whether any follow-up investigations took place or whether any of the tips were corroborated.”
The email alluded to about Trump’s plane travel was sent by an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York in January 2020, who wrote: “For your situational awareness, wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware), including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case.”
There were at least eight flights, the lawyer stated, between 1993 and 1996 in which Trump was a passenger. Maxwell was also present on at least four of those flights.
“We’ve just finished reviewing the full records (more than 100 pages of very small script) and didn’t want any of this to be a surprise down the road,” the prosecutor wrote in his email.
Watch: ‘Stop redacting names’ says Epstein survivor after release of files
Marina Lacerda has called on the DOJ to stop using the late pedophile’s victims as a defense for redacting information from the files.
Source: independent.co.uk