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The complete files have yet to be released, and what was produced on Friday did not appear to shed any new light.
Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.
The Justice Department released thousands of new photos and records on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but at least 550 pages in the documents are fully redacted.
One of the first people to report Epstein is included in the files. Maria Farmer, an artist who had been working for Epstein, told the FBI in a 1996 report that he had stolen personal photos she took of her 12-year-old and 16-year-old sisters.
The Department of Justice released thousands of photos related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including his properties, on Friday.
Here's the latest on the files and Friday's deadline. The Epstein Files Transparency Act gives the Department of Justice 30 days from when it was enacted to release documents on Epstein. Because Trump signed the bill into law on Nov. 19, that means the deadline for officials to publicize the materials is Dec. 19.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday the administration will not release all of its Epstein files Friday, as it’s legally required to do.
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, in an interview published in Vanity Fair, said that President Trump "is in" the Epstein files but not "doing anything awful."