Epstein files released by DOJ include thousands of photos and documents
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The Justice Department began releasing final documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Friday; These documents contain a huge trove of documents, mainly photographs and heavily edited material divided into four different sections.
The Justice Department on Friday afternoon released four separate data sets consisting of thousands of photographs, New York grand jury materials and evidence related to the Epstein investigations. Documents and photographs were published on the Ministry of Justice’s website.
Epstein was a well-connected financier who rubbed shoulders with people at the highest levels of government and the private sector. He was convicted of sex trafficking of minors in 2008 and spent more than a year in prison; this also included a controversial work permit issuance under a plea agreement.
He was arrested again in 2019 on sex trafficking charges before he was found dead of suicide in his Manhattan jail cell that same year, authorities reported.
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The Justice Department released the Epstein documents on December 19, 2025, after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
FIRST DATA SET:
The first data set is New York and its private island, Little St. It shows thousands of photos of the interiors and exteriors of Epstein’s properties, including those of James.
DATA SET TWO:
The second set of data released shows Epstein’s personal photos with high-profile people, including former President Bill Clinton. Photos in the second data set show Epstein sitting on a couch shirtless, standing next to a helicopter, and many photos of him on boats.
One photo from the set showed Clinton topless in a jacuzzi.
When asked about the photo, Clinton spokesperson Angel Ureña told Fox Digital: sent In response to the Epstein fallout, X.
“Not only has the White House been hiding these files for months, they only released them late Friday to protect Bill Clinton,” he wrote. “This is about protecting themselves from what’s coming or what they’ll try to hide forever. So they can post grainy, 20-plus-year-old photos all they want, but this isn’t about Bill Clinton. It never was, it never will be. Even Susie Wiles said Donald Trump was wrong about Bill Clinton.”
Ureña said there were “two types of people” involved in the Epstein scandal: those who did not know about Epstein’s crimes and cut him out of their lives upon his conviction, and a second group of people who “maintained their relationship with him” after his crimes were revealed.
The Clinton spokesman continued: “We are in the first group. No amount of stalling by people in the second group will change that.” “Everyone, especially MAGA, is demanding answers, not scapegoats.”
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DATA SET THREE:
The third data set, released by the Justice Department, included heavily edited photographs of potential victims, heavily redacted documents from Epstein’s 2019 grand jury records, and potential victim exhibits.
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Documents in the third dataset of the Epstein drop show heavily redacted photos, including blacking out potential victims. (Ministry of Justice)
FOURTH DATA SET:
The fourth data set in the doc mostly showed evidence and exhibits from investigations into Epstein, including documents from 2005 and 2006, when Palm Beach, Florida, police and the FBI began investigating Epstein for potential sex trafficking.
President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation in November requiring the Justice Department to release all “declassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” within 30 days of Trump’s signature.
The Department is prepared to “release several hundred thousand documents today,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told Fox News on Friday morning, adding that the Justice Department expects to release “more documents over the next few weeks.”
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The Epstein Files Transparency Act directs the Department of Justice to release all confidential records and investigative materials related to Epstein and his longtime partner Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as files on individuals named in Epstein’s previous legal cases, details regarding allegations of trafficking, internal DOJ communications regarding Epstein, and all details surrounding the investigation into his death.
