Jeffrey Epstein files: First batch of docs RELEASED but US Attorney General blasts FBI for ‘hiding thousands more pages’

‘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.”

Bondi slams FBI’s handling of docs

In her letter, posted to X by conservative influencer Emily Austin, Bondi also questioned why her initial deadline wasn’t met.

“I am also directing you to conduct an immediate investigation into why my order to the FBI was not followed,” Bondi wrote in the letter addressed to FBI Director Kash Patel.

“You will deliver to me a comprehensive report of your findings and proposed personnel action within 14 days,” Bondi ordered.

Docs release delayed

Attorney General Pam Bondi has said the release of the Epstein files has been delayed.

Bondi sent a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel stating that she has not yet received all the docs she asked for.

The letter further stated that the FBI has until February 28 at 8 a.m. to submit all documents relating to the Epstein probe.

Flight log names

In January 2024, a judge ordered the release of the names that appeared on Epstein’s flight log, ruling there was “no legal justification” to continue to withhold the names.

The names included Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, attorney Alan Dershowitz, Al Gore, Shannon Harrison, Kevin Spacey, and Bruce Willis, among others.

The people whose names were included in the list have not been accused of any wrongdoing.

Republicans call for release of declassified docs

Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna told NewsNations’ Chris Cuomo on Tuesday that she wanted the Epstein and JFK files declassified.

“That will lay out the process in which declassification will take place,” she said.

“We met with the National Archives today … if everything goes as planned, these will be publicly available as soon as we get them. The American people will also be getting them.”

Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah also said on X that it is time for the American people to “be given access to” these files.

President Trump’s executive order

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month calling on federal agencies to create a plan to unseal top-secret documents.

Those documents include the assassinations of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, his brother former President John F. Kennedy, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

‘This is going to be phase one’

Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, who has pushed for the release of the Epstein documents, told Fox Business the unsealing of the records will “help bring justice to the innocent girls and women.”

“This is going to be a phase one release in short order,” Blackburn said.

“AG Bondi is responsible for what is the public release of this.

“So appreciative that we could beginning to get this information, that we could beginning to break apart what became a global sex trafficking ring.”

Epstein’s ‘sick crime’

Attorney General Pam Bondi described Epstein’s crimes as ‘sick’ when discussing the trove of documents with Fox News’ Jesse Watters on Wednesday evening.

“What you’re going to see, hopefully tomorrow, is a lot of flight logs, a lot of names, a lot of information,” Bondi teased.

“But, it’s pretty sick what that made did, along with his co-defendant.”

The attorney general did not say whether the records being released would be new, or if she intends to re-open the case.

Files released in 2024

In July 2024, about 150 pages of records related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case were made public.

The documents included grand jury transcripts discussed during Epstein’s 2006 investigation by Palm Beach Police.

The records included details from a woman who reported to police that she had received $300 for “sexual activity with a man in Palm Beach.”

Another teenager told police she was just 17 when she was approached by a friend who said she could make $200 if she gave a massage to a “wealthy man in Palm Beach,” the transcript read.

When the teen went into the house, she was led into a room by an assistant and inside was Jeffrey Epstein, she told police at the time.

‘JUST THE START’

Rogan O’Handley, who also goes by DC Draino, released a statement after being pictured with the white binders outside the White House.

‘The Epstein Files: Phase 1’ white binders

Two of the three people posing with the white binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1” outside the White House have been identified as conservative political commentator Rogan O’Handley, also known as DC Draino, and social media content creator Chaya Raichik.

Where is Ghislaine Maxwell?

Maxwell, who first met Epstein in the early 1990s, was convicted of helping Epstein recruit and sexually abuse underage girls in December 2021.

She is currently serving a 20-year sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution, Tallahassee in Florida.

Maxwell’s earliest release date is scheduled to be in June 2037.

What is Ghislaine Maxwell’s ‘little black book’?

Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s co-conspirator, was in possession of her own “little black book,” which allegedly contained contact information and names for Epstein’s associates and victims.

The book was teased during her 2021 sex trafficking trial.

Names tied to Jeffrey Epstein

Over 170 people have previously been tied to the convicted child sex offender, including Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, Stephen Hawkin, Donald Trump, Naomi Campbell, and other renowned celebrities.

None of the people named in court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s case have ever been charged or accused of any wrongdoing.

What is Jeffrey Epstein’s ‘client list’

Versions of Jeffrey Epstein’s “book or list” and flight logs have been leaked online or unsealed in previous civil litigations between Epstein’s accusers, Virginia Giuffre, and his co-conspirator British socialite, Ghislaine Maxwell.

However, the complete un-redacted versions have never been made public.