The US justice department is releasing more than three million pages of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, involving more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
The release of the latest batch comes six weeks after a deadline mandated in a law signed by President Donald Trump.
Many of the documents are heavily redacted, with some files showing pages which are entirely blacked-out.
Other documents involve email exchanges, details about Epstein’s many properties, and information on his death in a New York prison cell.
The US justice department is releasing more than three million pages of documents related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, involving more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
The release of the latest batch comes six weeks after a deadline mandated in a law signed by President Donald Trump.
Many of the documents are heavily redacted, with some files showing pages which are entirely blacked-out.
Other documents involve email exchanges, details about Epstein’s many properties, and information on his death in a New York prison cell.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended missing the deadline to release the files, saying “two Eiffel Towers” of documents were reviewed to redact anything that could risk identifying victims.
Among the latest tranche of documents is an email exchange dated 27 September 2010 between Jeffrey Epstein and an account titled “The Duke”. The address itself is redacted.
Epstein writes that he is in London, adding: “What time woudl [sic] you like me and [redacted], we will also need/ have private time”.
“The Duke” replies: “I am just departing Scotland should be down by 1800. I’ll ring you when I get down if you can give me a number to ring. Alternatively we could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy. A”.
Epstein replies: “bp pleease [sic].”
There is no suggestion that appearing in the documents implies any wrongdoing, and many people who have featured in previous releases have denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.
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Reference: BBC
