Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released thousands of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking investigation, including photos and records showing Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Michael Jackson in social settings with Epstein, CNN reported. The files, made public under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, are heavily redacted to protect victims and ongoing investigations. Some of the material was already made public, but other documents are very likely to have never seen the light of day before, CNN said .
The released materials included multiple pages and large datasets. Some notable revelations include former US President Bill Clinton, swimming with Ghislaine Maxwell and relaxing in a hot tub with an unidentified person; Michael Jackson posing with Epstein and Clinton. Other prominent figures, Mick Jagger, Woody Allen, and Noam Chomsky, are also featured in the released documents.
Earlier, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer released a statement slamming Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche for saying the department will release some of the files at a later date, despite today’s deadline.
Blanche said in an interview on Fox News that “several hundred thousand” documents in their possession will be released with more to come in the weeks ahead. US President Donald Trump signed into law legislation passed by Congress in November that mandates the release of all non-exempt information from the files by December 19, CNN reported.