HUNDREDS of previously sealed documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, including names of associates, are expected to be released on Thursday.
A group of people posed for reporters outside the West Wing of the White House holding up four white binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1,” teasing the release of the trove of documents.
Jeffrey Epstein pictured in Cambridge, Massachusetts in September 2004[/caption]
Epstein, 66, was a wealthy financier who socialized with celebrities, royalty, and other high-profile individuals before his arrest in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges in New York City.
Details surrounding Epstein’s associates who are suspected to have visited him at his private island in the Bahamas and flown on his private jet have been a pressing topic among politicians and alleged victims of the disgraced financier.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged the Department of Justice to unseal any remaining documents related to Epstein’s federal sex trafficking case.
Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News‘ Jesse Watters on Wednesday evening that the names of “more than 250 victims” were documented in the files.
“So, we have to make sure that their identity is protected and their personal information,” the attorney general added.
Bondi teased that “a lot of flight logs, a lot of names and a lot of information” will be revealed in the trove of documents.
“It’s pretty sick what that man did… along with his co-defendants,” Bondi said.
Before his arrest on federal sex trafficking charges in July 2019, authorities in Florida investigated Epstein in 2006 for soliciting a minor for prostitution two years prior.
In June 2008, Epstein entered a guilty plea in state court on child prostitution charges and served 13 months of a 18-month prison sentence before being released in July 2009.
Epstein died by suicide in August 2019 while under federal custody as he awaited trial.
His co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, was convicted of helping Epstein recruit and sexually abuse underage girls in December 2021 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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