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The Department of Justice on Thursday released Jeffrey Epstein's flight logs and his contact list public which includes names like Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, Naomi Campbell, Chris Tucker among others. Reports have stated that the first wave of files posted on the Justice Department website have largely been circulating in the public domain for years and didn't include any new bombshells about the sex trafficking case that has been a favorite subject of conspiracy theorists.
The small batch of documents included a copies of flight logs from Epstein’s private plane, which have long been available in multiple court cases, and a heavily redacted photocopy of an address book purportedly compiled by Epstein and his longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell, which has been cited in media accounts for many years.
His flight logs include high-profile names inlcuding Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey, Naomi Campbell, Prince Andrew, Tommy Quinn, Didier, Mark Middleton, Sharon Reynolds, Andy Stewart, Maria Shriver, Matt Grope, Bob Wendy, Emmy Tayler, Jean Luc Brunel, Larry Summers, Glenn Dubin, Alan Dershowitz, Alan Greenberg, Sophie Biddle, Ira Zuckerman, Ghislaine Maxwell, Eva Andersson, Joan Alessi.
The Justice Department also released a blacked-out list of masseuses and an evidence list showing entries for more than 150 items, including nude images, massage tables, sex toys and other items. There wasn't any indication whether the list was from Epstein's case, Maxwell's case or some other investigation. Bondi had teased the documents during a Fox News appearance Wednesday, declaring, “Breaking news right now, you’re going to see some Epstein information released.” The Justice Department said it was making the documents public to show its commitment to transparency.
Republicans. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) criticised Jeffrey Epstein files and criticised Trump administration for revealing no crucial information about the sex trafficking case. “THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR and a complete disappointment. GET US THE INFORMATION WE ASKED FOR!” she added in her post.
Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls in the early 2000s, but wound up serving just 13 months in jail. He was indicted on federal charges in New York in 2019, more than a decade after he secretly struck a deal with federal prosecutors in Florida to dispose of similar charges of sex trafficking. The case has drawn widespread attention because of Epstein and his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell’s links to royals, presidents and billionaires. Maxwell herself is the daughter of the late British media tycoon Robert Maxwell, who once owned the New York Daily News.
(With inputs from agencies)
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