CNN: The Justice Department released more than 3 million pages of files related to the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein today. The documents contain references to President Donald Trump and other powerful figures, including Elon Musk, Bill Clinton and a former Obama White House counsel.
• An FBI list of allegations related to Trump — many of which appear to have come from unverified tips — is among the new documents. The White House referred CNN to a Justice Department statement that called the claims “unfounded and false.” Trump has long denied wrongdoing in connection to Epstein…
ABC: President Donald Trump’s name appears thousands of times in the documents that have been released to date; at times he is directly mentioned by Epstein, though a significant majority seem to be mentions of Trump in news articles.
Blanche pushed back on the notion that the Justice Department might have protected Trump from his name appearing in the files…
+ Jeffrey Epstein planned to distribute his considerable wealth among an array of friends, family, employees and associates upon his death, according to the files the Justice Department released Friday.
The late sex offender’s trust agreement, which has not been made public before, details how more than a quarter billion dollars, plus his sundry properties across the globe, would be doled out to at least 44 beneficiaries when he died…
Financial Times: Emails from an account that appeared to belong to Jeffrey Epstein claimed Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates tried to hide a sexually transmitted disease from his wife Melinda after having sex with “Russian girls”…
+ Jeffrey Epstein sent thousands of pounds to Lord Peter Mandelson’s husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, according to emails published by the US Department of Justice, raising fresh questions about the friendship between the disgraced financier and the former UK ambassador to Washington…
BBC: The Duke of York was in contact with the US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein longer than he had previously admitted, emails published in court documents appear to show.
“Keep in close touch and we’ll play some more soon!!!!” said an email sent to Epstein from a “member of the British Royal Family”, believed to be Prince Andrew…
Politico: The Justice Department’s Friday release of its investigative materials related to Jeffrey Epstein is packed with details about his ties to the most powerful figures in politics, tech and global affairs.
The documents shed new light on the depth of his relationships between the convicted sex offender and figures such as Steve Bannon, Elon Musk and world leaders. In particular, the files contain extensive exchanges with Bannon as he mounted a political influence campaign across Europe, and numerous overtures — the unrequited kind — to Musk…
The Guardian: Elon Musk had more extensive – and more friendly – communications with the financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein than previously publicly known, according to documents released on Friday by the Department of Justice. Emails in the files appear to show the two cordially messaging each other on two separate occasions to make plans for Musk to visit Epstein’s island…
+ Howard Lutnick, currently serving as Trump’s US secretary of commerce, arranged to visit Jeffrey Epstein’s island in 2012, according to Epstein-related files released by the Department of Justice on Friday…
Washington Post: The documents are expected to providean extensive look at the evidence the department gathered in its effort to prosecute Epstein, a politically connected financier who was charged with sex trafficking in 2019 and died later that year while in federal custody. His death was ruled a suicide…
NBC: The Justice Department’s announcement today that it was releasing more than 3 million pages of records related to Jeffrey Epstein raises a key question for the Trump administration: Will it be enough to quell criticism from lawmakers, survivors and some of the president’s own supporters?…