Donald Trump’s Department of Justice on Friday released more than 300,000 pages of photos and evidence connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The vast trove includes images showing the disgraced financier and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell socializing with high-profile figures, including former president Bill Clinton and Michael Jackson.
One photograph appears to show Clinton in a swimming pool alongside Maxwell and several unidentified, partially clothed women.
Clinton broke his silence on Friday to turn the tables on Trump, releasing a statement that declared: ‘The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton. This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever.’
Britain’s disgraced former royal, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, also appears in the material, along with his former wife, Sarah Ferguson. References to Trump are limited in the documents, and he has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with the case.
The Department of Justice acknowledged that not all of the documents have yet been released, and said additional material is expected to be unsealed before the end of the year.
The DOJ did not provide any context for the images of people included in the files. Being named or pictured in the files is not necessarily an indication of wrongdoing with Epstein.
The Daily Mail is continuing to review the extensive cache. Follow below as we examine the files and highlight key findings.
Key Epstein updates which emerged in the files today include:
Bill Clinton’s extraordinary statement over his prominence in Epstein files as he hints he has been made a scapegoat
A spokesperson for former president Bill Clinton has addressed his name and pictures emerging in the Epstein files on Friday afternoon.
‘The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,’ the spokesperson said.
‘This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever.
‘So they can release as many grainy 20-plus-year-old photos as they want, but this isn’t about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be.
‘Even Susie Wiles said Donald Trump was wrong about Bill Clinton,’ the spokesperson added, referencing Wiles’ recent interview with Vanity Fair in which she admitted ‘Trump was wrong’ about there being incriminating evidence against the former Democratic president in the files
‘There are two types of people here. The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light. The second group continued relationships with him after. We’re in the first,’ Clinton’s spokesperson said.
‘No amount of stalling by people in the second group will change that. Everyone, especially MAGA, expects answers, not scapegoats.’
Breaking:Justice Department releases Epstein files
A trove of documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files has been released by the Department of Justice.
The Daily Mail is currently reviewing them and providing updates.
Costumes and sex toys among items found in Epstein lair
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reacts to Bill Clinton photo
By katrina schollenberger
Reposting a photo released from the Epstein document trove of former president Bill Clinton in a hot tub, Karoline Leavitt took to X to react: ‘Oh my!’
Extraordinary letter to Epstein paints ‘all rich people’ as targets
The letter reads, in part: ‘I hate that you got into these mess with these girls over the years.
‘You didn’t put a gun to their heads. But you have to watch it… all rich people are targets in this world.
‘People are going to come at you to get a dollar.’
Pictures emerge of legendary journalist Walter Cronkite speaking with Epstein
Late CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite was featured in a series of pictures alongside Epstein released on Friday.
Cronkite’s name was also included in flight logs to Epstein’s private island released earlier this year.
How many Epstein files have been released so far?
By katrina schollenberger
Eerie handwritten notes found in Epstein’s property contained list of billionaires and business magnates
The FBI discovered handwritten notes at one of Epstein’s properties listing the names of several billionaires and business magnates, the newly released DOJ files reveal.
Two pages of notes with ‘Jeffrey E. Epstein’ footers, photographed by FBI agents documenting the inside of his residences, list names including ‘Zuck’, ‘Thiel’, ‘Elon’, ‘Geffen’, ‘Rupert Murdoch’, ‘Slim’ and ‘Pritzker’.
It is unclear why their names appeared on the undated notes.
They appear to refer to billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, newspaper magnate Rupert Murdoch, Mexican oil baron Carlos Slim, and media mogul David Geffen.
They are among a batch of files in a briefcase, with a post-it note affixed saying ‘Important papers you asked me to hold on to when you were away’.
Magician David Copperfield pictured in matching robes with Maxwell
David Copperfield is seen in these undated pictures posing with Ghislaine Maxwell.
Photos of Sarah Ferguson appear in Epstein files after former duchess was exiled over links to paedophile financier
By katrina schollenberger
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ex-wife Sarah Ferguson was one of several high profile figures featured in photographs released in the Epstein files.
Fergie was among those pictured in the thousands of documents relating to disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein that were finally published on the U.S Department of Justice’s website on Friday.
The disgraced former duchess is seen posing for a photograph with a woman – whose face has been redacted – on the street in one photo and talking to another unidentified woman on a sofa in a second.
Woman made a complaint against Epstein in 1996, years before police investigation began
Among the documents was a report of a complaint made to the FBI by a woman in 1996 who believed that photos and negatives she had taken of her 12-year-old and 16-year-old sisters for a personal art project had been stolen by Epstein.
The one-page report was taken years before an investigation was launched into allegations that Epstein was sexually abusing underage girls.
The artist’s name is redacted in the file, but the handwritten report says she believed Epstein sold the photos.
The woman said Epstein had previously asked her to take photos of young girls at swimming pools.
The complaint also says the woman reported being threatened by Epstein not to talk about the photos or ‘he will burn her house down.’
See every shocking photo from Epstein files: Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger and Kevin Spacey among celebrities pictured
By katrina schollenberger
The long-awaited Epstein files were released on Friday, shedding new light on the inner world of the convicted sexual predator.
The Department of Justice posted the documents on its website, organizing the material into four separate data sets.
The trove includes images from Epstein’s homes, including rooms adorned with nude photographs and distinctive bright blue carpeting. However, the DOJ did not provide any context for the images of people included in the files.
