The Justice Department has released an additional trove of documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files.

This adds to thousands of documents related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein which were released on Friday. Among them were images of well-known people and written complaints about Epstein.

Despite a law requiring all files related to the Epstein investigation to be released by Friday, this did not happen. The Justice Department said that it would continue to release more documents in the coming weeks.

The newly released material can be accessed under “Data Set 8” under the section labeled “Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R.4405).”

The Justice Department said in a post on X that the new batch of files released related to Jeffrey Epstein includes nearly 30,000 pages of documents.

It added that some of the materials include “untrue and sensationalist” claims about President Donald Trump which were submitted to the FBI just prior to the 2020 election.

“To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.”
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The department did not specify which claims are untrue. It stated that “nevertheless,” it is releasing those documents out of its commitment to the law and transparency.

The Justice Department has been compelled to release all Epstein-related materials in its possession after Congress passed the “Epstein Files Transparency Act” law last month.

The Justice Department released an initial batch of files on Friday, and quickly came under criticism, in particular from congressional Democrats, for not releasing all of the files in that drop and for heavy, and at times seemingly inconsistent, redactions.

Democrats have accused the department of attempting to cover up information unfavorable to Trump.

The department has said that it is working as quickly as it can to release the files, while also making needed redactions.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a letter to Congress last week that the Justice Department believes it can black out information even when it falls outside of the legally mandated redactions.

According to Blanche, it is is also holding back what it believes would be protected internal information, including documents showing deliberative process, work product and attorney-client communications that would be privileged.

Typically, redactions are used for protecting victims, showing gruesome injury or abuse, exposing personal information, or jeopardizing ongoing investigations and national security. On Sunday, Blanche said that the move to redact information in the files is “simply … to protect victims.”

2021 Subpoena Included In Newly Released Epstein Files

Included in the new batch of files is a 2021 subpoena to the Mar-a-Lago Club relating to the government’s investigation into Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend and convicted accomplice.

The subpoena, dated October 5, 2021, demands “any and all employment records relating to” a person whose name is redacted. It is not clear who the person is.

The document does not describe whether the club ultimately complied with the subpoena or say what documents were released.

President Donald Trump bought Mar-a-Lago in 1985 and founded the private Mar-a-Lago Club about 10 years later. Trump has not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing related to the investigation into Epstein, with whom he associated in the late 1980s through early 2000s.

Trump has said he cut off his relationship with Epstein and banished him from his club after Trump said Epstein “stole people that worked for me.”

One prominent accuser of Epstein, Virginia Giuffre, accused Maxwell of recruiting her from Mar-a-Lago, where she was working when she was 16 or 17. It’s not clear whether Giuffre’s records are the ones sought by the subpoena. Giuffre died by suicide earlier this year.

The subpoena came in the closing phases of the federal case against Maxwell. She was convicted in December 2021 of sex trafficking a minor for Epstein and sentenced to 20 years in prison.