Jeffrey Epstein File published 'Debakel' combines both sides

The Trump administration has published government documents in connection with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the rollout has received criticism at both ends of the political spectrum, whereby a democratic legislature describes it as a “debacle”.

The first stack of documents published on Thursday on the website of the Ministry of Justice consisted mainly of files that have been open to the public for years. The documents did not contain any important revelations about the case.

Newsweek has contacted the Ministry of Justice using an online contact form for comments.

Why is it important

On Wednesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi annoyed the publication of the documents in a FOX News interview and said that “many flight protocols, many names, lots of information” were included.

Epstein died in August 2019 in the New York Metropolitan Correctional Center through suicide and waited for sex trading in August. His death solved a wave of conspiracy theories due to his well -documented connections to some of the most powerful people in the world, including presidents, royals and billionaires.

Over the years, court documents have named people with connections to Epstein, but none was the rumored Epstein customer list, which some people believe that they would combine top-class names with sex crimes. President Donald Trump had proposed on the campaign path that he would be open to the publication of such a list.

What to know?

On Thursday, a small number of conservative influencers and political commentators received binders with “The Epstein files: phase I” while visiting the White House.

Hours later, the Ministry of Justice published the files on its website and said: “The first phase of the released files largely contains documents that were previously published by the US government, but never published in formal property.”

The introduction of the documents and the lack of new information led to criticism, including conservatives that support the president.

The representative Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican from Florida who heads a task force that focuses on the task of the federal government, described the rollout as a “complete disappointment”. She wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Get us the information we asked for!”

Laura Loomer, a hardworking activist and Trump supporter, wrote about X that the public could not “trust” the validity of the documents because they were “released with paid, party political social media influes to curate their binders for us”.

The representative Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Florida, described the publication as “debacle” and added that he had put the “The Links and The Right Come together” online.

In a letter to the FBI director Kash Patel on Thursday, Bondi wrote that she had learned that the FBI had thousands of documents in connection with Epstein that had not been revealed, although she had referred to “complete and complete and complete files”.

She instructed Patel to “conduct an immediate examination why my command was not followed by the FBI”.

What people say

Representative Jared Moskowitz said On CNN on Thursday: “If you look at the traffic online via the Epstein publication, I have never seen how the left and the rights come together in a moment of the debacle of today's Epstein publication.”

Representative Anna Paulina Luna wrote on x: “I still received the Task Force the Epstein documents published today … A NY Post Story has just announced that the documents will simply be Epstein's phone book. This is not what we or American people asked and a complete disappointment. Get the information for which we asked!”

Ron Filipkowski, editor -in -chief of the left -wing Meidastouch, wrote on x: “What a joke. The great unveiling in the Epstein files is that some of them were handed over to a group of right-wing social media employees? They transform everything into a clown show.”

Laura Loomer wrote In response to Filipkowski's Post: “Today I am closed with @ronfilipkowski. When the left and rights come together to proclaim something, it's time for a serious thinking.”

Actor Kevin Sorbo, and Open Trump pendantPresent wrote on x: “Our government has used children who were traded as advertising trading. Disgusting. Free the files now.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi wrote in a letter to the FBI director Kash Patel on Thursday: “Until 8:00 a.m. morning, February 28th, the FBI delivers the complete and complete Epstein files to my office, including all records, documents, audio and video recordings and materials that relate to Jeffrey Epstein and its customers, regardless of how such information was obtained.

Patel wrote on x on Thursday: “The FBI enters into a new era that is defined by integrity, accountability and the unshakable pursuit of justice. There will be no cover-up, no missing documents, and no stone that remains untried and someone from the previous or current office that undermines this is quickly pursued.

“If there are gaps, we will find them. If the records have been hidden, we will uncover them. And we will find everything we find to the doj, to be fully evaluated and transparently spread to the American people as it should be.”

What happens next

It remains to be seen whether the Ministry of Justice will publish additional documents in connection with Epstein.