From ABC News: Documents in the rolling release of the Justice Department’s files on Jeffrey Epstein have yet to show evidence of wrongdoing on the part of famous, powerful men, against the expectations of many of those who pushed for the files’ release.
The DOJ said the files, which included a trove of photographs and court records, would not be fully released on Friday, despite a law mandating doing so, due to the vetting process required to protect Epstein’s victims.
Democratic lawmakers pushed back on the partial nature of the release, which included minimal references to President Donald Trump. Critics of Trump have speculated about the degree to which the president, who had a friendship with Epstein until they had a falling out around 2004, appears in the Epstein files, while Trump has accused several well-known Democrats of having ties to the disgraced financier.
One new piece of information released on Friday was the first complaint on Epstein to the FBI. Epstein was accused of child sexual exploitation in a September 1996 complaint filed with the FBI’s Miami office. According to the document, Epstein was allegedly participating in “child pornography.”
The report came more than eight years before the first law enforcement investigation into Epstein was launched, ABC News noted.
Other revelations include new pictures of former president Bill Clinton enjoying time with Epstein and other guests; photos of other celebrities with the infamous pedophile including Diana Ross, Chris Rock, and Mick Jagger; thousands of photos including explicit and heavily redacted photos, some of which indicate that they include child sexual abuse material.
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