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The US Justice Department on Friday (Dec. 19) released thousands of records related to the sex-trafficking cases of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. High public interest led the department to implement a regulated access system with waiting room style queuing, similar to ticket sales websites.
Visitors saw the message: “You are in line for Department of Justice web content. When your turn comes, you will have 10 minutes to enter the website.”
Dedicated webpage hosts thousands of records
The files are available on a dedicated page on the Department of Justice website. Once inside, users can access several document tabs, including a section titled “Epstein Files Transparency Act,” which contains much of the newly released information.
The landing page organizes records into categories such as court documents, grand jury testimony, interview transcripts, call logs, and photos.
Content highlights: Epstein and Maxwell
Among the documents released by Epstein are:
-Photos and transcripts of Epstein and his confidant Ghislaine Maxwell
-Video clip from the Metropolitan Correctional Facility in New York City shows the area around Epstein’s jail cell on the day of his death
Maxwell, who recruited underage girls for Epstein, was convicted in late 2021 and is serving a 20-year prison sentence. Epstein died in 2019, ruled a suicide. Video evidence previously released by the DOJ showed that no other people were entering the vicinity of Epstein’s cell before his death.
Responses and Public Safety Alerts
The Justice Department stressed that “all reasonable efforts have been made to review and redact personal information relating to victims, other private individuals, and to protect sensitive materials from disclosure.”
However, officials warned that some sensitive material may have been missed due to the amount of information. The notice said the release “may nevertheless contain information that may inadvertently contain non-public personally identifiable information or other sensitive material, including matters of a sexual nature.”
The department asked the public to report any content that should not have been posted so that corrections can be made immediately.
White House praised transparency
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson called the release proof that the administration is “the most transparent in history.”
He said: “By releasing thousands of pages of documents, cooperating with the House Oversight Committee’s subpoena request, and President Trump’s recent call for further investigation of Epstein’s Democrat friends, the Trump administration has done far more for the victims than the Democrats have.”
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