Jeffrey Epstein files: First batch of docs RELEASED – And All the Names on the List are Shaken to Their Core
Attorney General Pam Bondi warned the contents of the files ‘will make you sick’
THE first batch of the Jeffrey Epstein files have been released by the US Attorney general after she said the contents “will make you sick”.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi released the docs but accused the FBI of “hiding thousands more pages.”
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People walk out of the West Wing and show ‘The Epstein Files: Phase 1’ binders at the White House in Washington DC on ThursdayCredit: Reuters
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Jeffrey Epstein in front of a private jet in an undated photoCredit: The Mega Agency
The much-anticipated docs have been released but did not include any new detail – their contents had been circulating for years.
They didn’t include any new bombshells about the sex trafficking case.
A scathing letter from Attorney General Pam Bondi to FBI Director Kash Patel had given a new deadline of 8 am on February 28.
The documents were expected to drop after a group of people were seen at the White House holding four white binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.”
But in a letter posted on X by a conservative influencer on Thursday afternoon revealed the delay.
Bondi “repeatedly questioned” the full set of documents and whether there may be others in existence, she wrote in the letter.
“Late yesterday, I learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.
“Despite my repeated requests, the FBI never disclosed the existence of these files. When you and I spoke yesterday, you were just as surprised as I was to learn this new information,” Bondi wrote to Patel.
Along with requesting all Epstein files, Bondi also ordered an investigation into the FBI’s handling of the documents.
Epstein, 66, was a wealthy financier who socialized with celebrities, royalty, and other high-profile individuals before his arrest in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges in New York City.
Details about Epstein’s associates who visited his private island in the US Virgin Islands and flew on his private jet have been a pressing topic since his arrest and death.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged the Department of Justice to unseal any remaining documents related to Epstein’s federal sex trafficking case.
Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News the documents would be released on Thursday after work to protect the names of “more than 250 victims” was complete.
Bondi teased that “a lot of flight logs, a lot of names, and a lot of information” will be revealed in the trove of documents.
“It’s pretty sick what that man did… along with his co-defendants,” Bondi said.
‘A COMPLETE DISAPPOINTMENT’
Anna Paulina Luna, the Representative from Florida who is leading the House Oversight Committee’s Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, slammed the files.
Luna wrote Thursday in a post on X. “THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR and a complete disappointment.
“GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!”
What was released?
The documents included a copies of flight logs from Epstein’s private plane – but these have already been publicly available.
A heavily redacted photocopy of an address book allegedly made by Epstein Ghislaine Maxwell was also released, although it has been cited in media accounts for the past several years.
The Justice Department also released a blacked-out list of masseuses and an evidence list of more than 150 items.
More files released
The US justice department has released additional files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
The justice department confirmed on Thursday evening, many of the documents have been “previously leaked but never released in a formal capacity by the US government”.
US attorney general Pam Bondi said: “This Department of Justice is following through on President Trump’s commitment to transparency and lifting the veil on the disgusting actions of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators.”
