The Justice Department released almost 30,000 new documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein case on Tuesday.
The agency provided an update in an X post Tuesday morning, writing the following:
“The Department of Justice has officially released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.”
FILE-Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Joe Sc
“To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already. Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the DOJ is releasing these documents with the legally required protections for Epstein’s victims.”
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Epstein files released
The backstory:
Despite a Dec. 19 deadline set by Congress to make everything public, the Department of Justice said it planned to release records on a rolling basis.
The tens of thousands of pages that were made public on Dec.19 offered little new insight into Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes or the prosecutorial decisions that allowed him to avoid serious federal charges for years, while omitting some of the most closely watched materials, including FBI interviews with victims and internal Justice Department memos on charging decisions.
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Big picture view:
Many of the records released so far had been made public in court filings, congressional releases or freedom of information requests, though, for the first time, they were all in one place and available for the public to search for free.
The Source: Information for this story was provided by a Department of Justice social media post and previous LIVENOW from FOX reporting. This story was reported from Washington, D.C.