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The U.S. Department of Justice released 3.5 million pages of documents, 180,000 photos, and 2,000 videos related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, whose connections with high-profile politicians and businesspeople have been the subject of scandals. One of the newly released emails revealed that famous billionaire businessman Elon Musk asked Epstein when he would be going to his island in the Caribbean in 2013.
U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche held a press conference today at the Department of Justice, providing statements regarding newly released documents related to American billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was found dead in prison while facing charges of sexual abuse and trafficking underage girls for prostitution.
3.5 MILLION PAGES OF DOCUMENTS, 180,000 PHOTOS, AND 2,000 VIDEOS RELEASED During the press conference, Blanche announced that the Department of Justice had released 3.5 million pages of documents, 180,000 photos, and 2,000 videos related to Epstein under the transparency law.
Blanche stated that more than 500 professionals, including lawyers and experts, worked day and night during the process of releasing the files. The Deputy Attorney General expressed that the 2,000 videos and 180,000 photos included materials recorded by Epstein as well as those around him, and noted that the shared files contained data that would allow for the identification of victims, medical data, materials involving child abuse, and materials that could harm the investigation.
Blanche mentioned that during the redaction process, the faces of all women except for Epstein's former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell were obscured, but no men's faces were hidden.
Jeffrey Epstein - Ghislaine Maxwell "WE DID NOT TRY TO PROTECT PRESIDENT TRUMP" Blanche stated that the Department of Justice did not make any effort to protect U.S. President Donald Trump, who had a friendship with Epstein at one time, during the redaction of the Epstein files before their release. In response to a question about whether all documents, photos, and information related to Trump in the Epstein files were shared, Blanche said, "I want to assure you that we complied with the transparency law. We did not protect President Trump. We did not protect anyone and we are not protecting anyone."
Blanche mentioned that President Trump had instructed for transparency regarding the Epstein files and that the department had complied with this instruction, adding that all members of the U.S. Congress could view the unredacted versions of the files. Blanche explained the delay in the release of the Epstein files as a careful approach to protect the victims abused by Epstein.
Todd Blanche "THE PRIVACY OF VICTIMS WAS VIOLATED" Attorney Bradley Edwards, who has represented dozens of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse victims, argued that the inadequacy of the redaction in the newly released files violated the privacy of many sexual abuse victims. Edwards claimed that the department had a complete list of Epstein's victims and that the inadequacy of the redactions could not be a mere oversight. The official website of the U.S. Department of Justice requires users to verify that they are over 18 years old to access the latest releases related to Epstein.
IT HAS EMERGED THAT COMMERCE SECRETARY LUTNICK INVITED EPSTEIN TO A FUNDRAISING EVENT IN 2015 As millions of newly released documents continue to be examined, one of the first pieces of information shared by the U.S. press was that U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick had invited Jeffrey Epstein to a fundraising event for Hillary Clinton in 2015. An email included in the newly released documents showed that Lutnick contacted Epstein's assistant to invite Epstein to a fundraising event for Hillary Clinton, who was a presidential candidate at the time.
Howard Lutnick IT HAS EMERGED THAT MUSK ASKED EPSTEIN "WHEN SHALL WE GO TO THE ISLAND" In another newly shared email, it was revealed that billionaire businessman Elon Musk asked Epstein when they would go to the island in the Caribbean in 2013. Musk, who previously claimed to have declined invitations to one of the two islands owned by Epstein, was seen in an email dated December 13, 2013, writing to Epstein, "I will be in Saint Barthelemy near the British Virgin Islands on holiday. When are you available?"
Epstein responded two days later, stating that he would be available for a visit around New Year's, saying, "We always have room for you." In the continuation of the correspondence, it was revealed that Musk asked Epstein, "When shall we go to the island on the 2nd?"
MUSK HAD ACCUSED TRUMP Musk, while being one of the closest advisors to U.S. President Donald Trump, had previously accused Trump of not releasing the Epstein files because his name appeared in those files after their relationship soured last year. Musk stated in a social media post after his name appeared in previously shared files that Epstein had invited him to his island, but he had declined.
Before the sexual abuse scandal, Epstein, who played a kind of intermediary role among politicians, financiers, scientists, and high-profile social circles, was found dead in prison in 2019 while facing charges of sex trafficking and sexual abuse of underage girls, and it was claimed that he had committed suicide.
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