Thousands of files on late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released on Friday.
The Department for Justice published a tranche of files containing images of some of the world’s most powerful individuals, including Bill Clinton and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
Inclusion in the Epstein files does not indicate criminality, and all of those depicted have denied wrongdoing.
Some of the documents are heavily redacted, with many photos and entire written pages covered in black squares, something the Department for Justice says is to protect the identity of survivors.
They have been presented without comment or context, with the photos undated.
Does Trump feature?
US President Donald Trump is not directly featured in the documents released on Friday.
The only reference to him is in a photo showing Epstein handing a woman a large novelty cheque with a “D. Trump” signature on it.
It follows the release of a page from a birthday book for Epstein, in which he jokes about selling a “fully depreciated” woman to Donald Trump for $22,500.
Trump was friends with Epstein in the early 2000s and the pair have been photographed together.
This undated, redacted photo previously released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee shows Donald Trump standing with a group of women (Photo: House Oversight Committee via AP)He described Epstein as a “terrific guy” to New York Magazine in 2002, but later said they had a “falling out” in the early 2000s, adding: “I was not a fan of his.”
Trump termed Epstein a “creep” after the convicted paedophile “stole” women from his Mar-a-Lago beach spa.
Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing by survivors of Epstein’s abuse and has denied any knowledge of or involvement with his sex offending. He has maintained that his association with Epstein ended before the disgraced financier was charged with any crimes.
The President’s name appeared multiple times in flight logs for Epstein’s private plane and Epstein’s contact book which were previously released.
Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in Florida in 2000. Trump and Epstein allegedly fell out shortly afterwards (Photo: Davidoff Studios/Getty)Following the release, the president wrote a post on social media about a Republican rally, his daily meetings, drug pricing, a celebrity boxing match – but not the Epstein documents.
By contrast, former US President Bill Clinton, a Democrat, appears numerous times in the files.
The White House was approached for comment.
Why weren’t they all released – and has the law been broken?
Only some of the Epstein files were released on Friday, with “hundreds of thousands more” to be made public in the coming weeks, according to deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche.
The handling of the files has raised legal questions, with accusations that the failure to release the entire quantity of documents has violated the law.
In November, Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which stipulated that the files must be released in full within 30 days – a window which ended on Friday night.
It stipulates that nothing should be withheld, delayed or redacted “on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary.”
The newly-released documents included a sheaf of entirely redacted pages in this handout (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)Two senior Democrats – Representatives Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin, who sit on the House oversight committee – have already said they believe the Trump administration is violating federal law by only partially releasing the documents are are “examining all legal options”.
“The Epstein Files Transparency Act is clear: while protecting survivors, ALL of these records are required to be released today. Not just some,” California’s Democratic Senator Adam Schiff said. “The Trump administration can’t move the goalposts. They’re cemented in law.”
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said in response: “The Trump Administration is the most transparent in history. By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump recently calling for further investigations into Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump Administration has done more for the victims than Democrats ever have. And while President Trump is delivering on his promises, Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Stacey Plaskett have yet to explain why they were soliciting money and meetings from Epstein after he was a convicted sex offender. The American people deserve answers.”
Where was the Andrew picture taken?
One photo released in the files appears to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was stripped of his title earlier this year, lying across what appears to be five women.
Looking on is Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend and long-time associate who is currently serving a prison sentence for child sex trafficking.
Andrew appears sprawled across laps with a grinning Ghislaine Maxwell standing behind him (Photo: US Department of Justice via AP)The photo was reportedly taken at Sandringham, on the Royal Estate, according to an investigation by Sky News.
Sandringham is the “much-loved country retreat” of King Charles and Queen Camilla, according to its website.
The photos also allegedly show Maxwell and Epstein shooting with Andrew at Balmoral, the Royal Family’s Scottish home, following a picture of the pair on the estate which emerged in 2021.
This undated photo released by the US Department of Justice shows Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at what is believed to be Balmoral (Photo: US Department of Justice via AP)The latest release raises further questions about whether the Royal Estate was a site of criminality by Epstein and his associates.
The Royal Family was approached for comment.
How many victims were there?
The names and faces of the women and girls trafficked by Epstein have been carefully redacted, meaning that the true scale – and details like ages – aren’t clear.
The Department of Justice said it has uncovered more than a thousand victims as part of its investigation, but the legal sensitivities around identifying them may mean the real number is never revealed.
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