Epstein files: DOJ releases almost 30,000 new documents in investigation, agency says
The Justice Department released almost 30,000 new documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case on Tuesday.
The agency provided an update in an X post Tuesday morning, writing the following:
"The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election."
FILE-Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Joe Sc
"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."
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DOJ releases new batch of Epstein files
The U.S. Justice Department released a new batch of documents on Tuesday from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including CCTV videos and legal records. The latest release comprises around 29,000 pages, with many redactions, and dozens of video clips, including several purporting to be shot inside a prison and mentions of President Trump. Epstein was found dead in 2019 after an apparent suicide in a New York jail.
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FOX News reported that the latest Epstein file release includes a 2021 subpoena sent to Mar-a-Lago seeking records in the ongoing case against Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who was later convicted of sex trafficking and is in federal prison.
The document, dated Oct. 5, 2021, called for the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, to testify and give evidence in United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN).
It demanded "any and all employment records relating to" a subject whose name was redacted in the document.
Citing a 2020 memo from a federal prosecutor, FOX News noted that the memo says that President Donald Trump was listed as a passenger on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane at least eight times in the mid-1990s.
According to the memo some of these flights happened "during the period we would expect to charge in a [Ghislaine] Maxwell case."
"In particular, he is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Maxwell was also present," the memo reads.
Epstein files released
The backstory:
Despite a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress to make everything public, the Department of Justice said it planned to release records on a rolling basis.
The tens of thousands of pages that were made public on Dec.19 offered little new insight into Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes or the prosecutorial decisions that allowed him to avoid serious federal charges for years, while omitting some of the most closely watched materials, including FBI interviews with victims and internal Justice Department memos on charging decisions.
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Big picture view:
Many of the records released so far had been made public in court filings, congressional releases or freedom of information requests, though, for the first time, they were all in one place and available for the public to search for free.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by a Department of Justice social media post, FOX News, and previous LIVENOW from FOX reporting. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.