The DOJ hyped the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s address book. B-17 saw one years ago.
Jeffrey Epstein’s address book was one of the documents released by the DOJ.
The saga of Jeffrey Epstein continues.
The Justice Department under the Trump administration promised to release documents related to the Epstein investigation. Its first delivery left some disappointed, however. Most, if not all, of the information was previously known to the public.
Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News this week that flight logs and “a lot of names” would be released. On Thursday, multiple conservative political commentators were seen at the White House with binders that read “The Epstein Files” and “declassified.”
Hours later, the DOJ published a series of redacted files, saying that the release “largely contains documents that have been previously leaked but never released in a formal capacity by the US Government.”
A redacted contact book included names like Mike Bloomberg, Alec Baldwin, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, David Koch, several Kennedys, and dozens upon dozens of other prominent business and cultural figures. Many of them — including those named above — were never accused of misconduct related to Epstein.
A list of 254 “masseuses” was fully redacted to “protect potential victim information.”
Epstein was accused of sex trafficking women and girls for more than a decade.
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Despite the fanfare, the files released by the Justice Department did not include any new bombshells, which frustrated some who seemed to be waiting for watershed revelations.
Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna posted on X that the release was a “complete disappointment.”
The DOJ release comes years after B-17 obtained and authenticated one of Epstein’s little black books in 2021. A woman found the book lying on a Manhattan sidewalk in the 1990s.
It also wasn’t the only volume of Epstein’s little black books. B-17 compiled a previous little black book — which was discovered in 2009 court proceedings and made public in 2015 — into an exclusive searchable database in 2020.
Over the years, additional names of associates have come out through unsealed court documents. In one unsealed set of documents that included over 200 names, less than a dozen were accused of wrongdoing in the case.
With ties to some of the world’s most well-connected business and cultural figures, Epstein’s case has drawn international intrigue and conspiracies. Among those named in Epstein’s books have been former President Bill Clinton, President Donald Trump, and Prince Andrew, Duke of York.
It was August of 2019 when Epstein, the disgraced financier who was facing sex trafficking charges was found dead in his cell at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center. A medical examiner ruled he died by suicide.
