After months of back-and-forth — during which Donald Trump notably called the Jeffrey Epstein files a “hoax” — the Department of Justice finally released the documents, with 119 pages of the grand jury verdict completely redacted. What did appear, however, was a litany of photos showing public figures holidaying with the convicted child sex offender. Former President Bill Clinton — who appeared in several of the images — has now broken his silence, challenging Trump to be transparent about his own involvement.
The files were released in a manner in which Trump is not mentioned once. This is despite him being the most referenced individual in Epstein’s emails and his own chief of staff, Susie Wiles, recently admitting that Trump was heavily mentioned in the files. Members of Congress took to X questioning whether the blacked-out ruling truly complied with the law requiring the administration to disclose what it found in its investigation.
