Millions of Epstein files pages released, but more questions remains

The DOJ released what it calls ‘the complete Epstein files’, completing the mandate given by Congress in November. While the files released on January 30 still contained a litany of redactions, the files are the most complete picture the public has received about Jeffrey Epstein's criminal sex-trafficking enterprise and the involvement of dozens of high-profile politicians and celebrities.

While the Epstein files have largely remained above the fold due to possible criminal connections between Epstein and U.S. President Donald Trump, the release does not seem to include any documents showing criminal wrongdoing by Trump. Attorney General Todd Blanche claimed that the DOJ did not protect President Trump in the released files.  

While Blanche claims that the file release marks full compliance with the congressional act to make the files public, House Democrats disagree. Rep. Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who sponsored the act, claimed that the DOJ had grossly fallen short of the requirement.

According to Rep. Khanna, the DOJ is in possession of more than six million files pertaining to Epstein, but it has only released 3.5 million. While Blanche claimed there is a ‘very small’ batch of files that have not been released, 2.5 million files is not a small anything.

Rep. Khanna said that the limited release sparks questions about why so many files had to be withheld.

Blanche announced on January 30^th that what he describes as a ‘very small’ portion of the documents is being withheld temporarily. The hold is due to a civil lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, which causes the documents to be subject to a protective order. According to Blanche, the documents were material that a law firm submitted in 2019 under a grand jury subpoena during Maxwell’s criminal investigation.

Since the documents are under a protective order, Blanche said the DOJ decided it would need to seek court permission for them to be released. If the motion is granted, Blanche claims the DOJ would release the ‘very small batch’.

While the latest file dump does not include any official documents that prove Donald Trump was involved in Epstein’s criminal pedophilia ring, there are dozens of documents from victims pointing to Donald Trump.

The allegations will not be usable in a criminal conviction.

One lengthy document contains three complaints about Trump, accusing him of rape. One complaint claims that Donald Trump forced an unidentified female to perform acts on him in the 1990’s, when she was just 13. According to the victim, she bit Trump and was hit by the President afterwards.

Another accusation claims that Donald Trump was one of the ‘brokers’ of Jeffrey Epstein’s criminal sex parties, and that, along with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump was involved in the planning and recruitment for Epstein’s infamous parties. The complainant also reported that Donald Trump ran a sex trafficking ring alongside Jeffrey Epstein out of the Trump Gold Course in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

While this second accusation was deemed uncredible by the FBI, the agency never closed the door on the first accusation of Trump engaging with a 13-year-old.

A memo from January 2020 showed that Donald Trump flew on Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane significantly more times than the DOJ originally thought. Trump flew with Epstein at least eight times between 1993 and 1996 – the height of Epstein's criminal escapades. In files released months earlier, a memo from Ghislaine Maxwell to Epstein claimed that Trump was ‘the dog that hadn’t barked’, implying the President knows proprietary information regarding Epstein’s actions, and that he’s refrained from making them public.