US EditionJustice Department faces deadline to release files on Epstein sex trafficking investigation
The Justice Department must publish unclassified Epstein investigation files within 30 days, allowing redactions only to protect privacy or ongoing probes, under bipartisan legislation.
- The Justice Department faced a deadline to release files on the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation, including potential ties to influential figures like Trump and Clinton.
- Epstein, a convicted sex offender, was accused of arranging sexual encounters with underage girls for wealthy and powerful men before his suicide in jail in 2019.
- Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of recruiting underage girls for Epstein and is serving a 20-year prison sentence, while Prince Andrew was stripped of royal titles over allegations.
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For a long time, US President Trump had resisted it - but today, the Department of Justice has to release investigative files in the scandal surrounding the sex offender Epstein. Photos from his estate have already been published.
In 2024, Donald Trump had campaigned with a promise to publish the Epstein file. Back in the White House, he urged his base to turn the page, but the American president, who had been pressured by Congress, finally had to keep his commitment Friday.
Today the legal deadline for the publication of Epstein documents ends. Trump's Minister of Justice is under pressure.
In theory, the entire file will be available for download and search, but in reality, there will still be parts that have been redacted. The law allows for information to be withheld in five cases, and Justice Minister Pam Bondi is likely to try to exploit this as a loophole. She has previously said that no new crimes will be revealed, but at most shameful relationships.
The U.S. Department of Justice must, by law, publish files on the investigation into the scandal surrounding the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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