The US Department of Justice has begun releasing documents in the case of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of trafficking minors and sexual exploitation. The latter committed suicide in prison in 2019. These materials were previously classified, but the American public actively demanded that the authorities reveal the truth.
Points of attention
- Photos showing Bill Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell, and shots featuring musicians Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson raise questions about the circumstances surrounding their associations with Jeffrey Epstein.
- Netizens and the public demand transparency and truth regarding the Epstein case, as phone records, grand jury testimonies, and interrogation transcripts become publicly available.
Who had ties to Epstein?
What is important to understand is that phone records, grand jury testimony, and interrogation transcripts have become publicly available.
Netizens noted that a significant portion of the documents had been redacted, and at least some of them were already publicly available.
The published photos show former US President Bill Clinton.
In one photo, he is swimming with two people: one's face is covered by a black square, and the other is believed to be Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's convicted accomplice who is serving a 20-year sentence for human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation.
Other shots feature musicians Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson. It is currently unknown where, when, and under what circumstances these photos were taken.
It also became known that Epstein came to the Trump residence in 1994 with a 14-year-old girl, in a relationship with whom he resorted to sexual violence, and three years later raped her.
The girl is conditionally designated in the documents as Jane Doe (anonymous person).
During one of Dow's meetings with Epstein, he took her to Mar-a-Lago, where she met its owner, Donald J. Trump. While introducing 14-year-old Dow to Donald J. Trump, Epstein playfully nudged Trump with his elbow and, referring to Dow, asked, "Pretty, right?" Trump smiled and nodded in agreement. The two laughed, and Dow felt embarrassed, but at the time she was too young to understand why, according to documents on the U.S. Department of Justice website.
