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<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Department of Justice on Friday released the largest batch of Jeffrey Epstein files to date, a giant tranche including three million more pages of documents and thousands of videos and images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The documents shed new light on the disgraced financier\u2019s relationships with several prominent figures, including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. They also contain a significant number of uncorroborated tips<\/a> to law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Congress mandated the release in November, and President Trump signed the bill despite initially opposing it, as he has sought to put an end to the accusations and speculation swirling around the case. The latest batch of documents arrived weeks after a Dec. 19 deadline imposed by Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the White House \u201chad nothing to do<\/a>\u201d with vetting the released documents. \u201cThey had no oversight and they did not tell this department how to do our review and what to look for and what to redact or not redact,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s what else we know about the latest release of Epstein files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The department released three million pages, 2,000 videos and some 180,000 images at about 11 a.m. Eastern on Friday. The pages consist of email chains, text messages, news articles, internal investigative reports and other material tied to Mr. Epstein, a convicted sex offender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Blanche said that the department redacted images of every woman in the files except for Ghislaine Maxwell, Mr. Epstein\u2019s longtime companion and associate who has been convicted of sex trafficking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Federal prosecutors initially identified six million pages as \u201cpotentially responsive\u201d to the law requiring the department to release its files on investigations into Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell, Mr. Blanche said. But he added that officials had erred on the side of \u201cover-collection\u201d and later decided to release only half that amount. Some Democratic lawmakers accused<\/a> the department on Friday of violating the law and demanded it release all six million pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The files appeared to contain at least 4,500 documents that mentioned Mr. Trump. One was a summary that officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation assembled last summer of more than a dozen tips from members of the public involving Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is unclear why the investigators put together the summary, which includes accusations of sexual abuse by Mr. Epstein and Mr. Trump. The emails did not include any corroborating evidence, and The New York Times is not describing the details of the unverified claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in connection with Mr. Epstein. In response to a request for comment, the White House referred to a public statement<\/a> from the Justice Department, which stated that Friday\u2019s documents \u201cmay include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos.\u201d It also said that some of the documents contained false claims against Mr. Trump that were submitted to the F.B.I. before the 2020 election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of the other documents were news articles or emails that referenced Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to released emails, Mr. Epstein drafted notes to and about Mr. Gates<\/a> in 2013, suggesting that he engaged in extramarital sex. A representative of Mr. Gates called the accusations \u201cabsolutely absurd and completely false.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In one email, Mr. Epstein wrote that he had helped Mr. Gates acquire drugs \u201cin order to deal with consequences of sex with Russian girls,\u201d and that he had facilitated rendezvous for Mr. Gates with married women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It was not clear if Mr. Epstein ever sent the emails to Mr. Gates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The files also revealed that Mr. Lutnick planned a visit to Mr. Epstein\u2019s island in 2012, though he had previously said he severed ties with Mr. Epstein around 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mr. Lutnick told<\/a> The Times on Friday that he could not comment about the island visit because he had not seen the latest Epstein documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A 2013 email exchange<\/a> between the British billionaire Richard Branson and Mr. Epstein suggested that the pair had a familiar relationship, built at least in part around their interest in women. And multiple messages between Mr. Musk and Mr. Epstein<\/a> showed the two comparing schedules to find time to meet in Florida or in the Caribbean between 2012 and 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe release was voluminous.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The documents contain unverified tips and allegations about Trump.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The files add details about Epstein\u2019s relationships with several powerful men.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n