Donald Trump lashed out through the holidays after the Division of Justice confirmed the invention of greater than 1 million further recordsdata tied to the late Jeffrey Epstein, reigniting scrutiny over the previous president’s previous connections to the disgraced financier.
The Justice Division mentioned the paperwork, uncovered by FBI brokers and federal prosecutors within the Southern District of New York, are being reviewed and redacted earlier than public launch. The trove consists of grand jury transcripts, inner memos, flight logs, and different supplies that would shed new mild on Epstein’s community and his 2019 demise in federal custody.
Trump, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing, took to Reality Social with a livid response.
“Now 1,000,000 extra pages on Epstein are discovered. DOJ is being compelled to spend all of its time on this Democrat impressed Hoax. When do they are saying NO MORE, and work on Election Fraud and many others. The Dems are those who labored with Epstein, not the Republicans. Launch all of their names, embarrass them, and get again to serving to our Nation! The Radical Left doesn’t need folks speaking about TRUMP & REPUBLICAN SUCCESS, solely a way back lifeless Jeffrey Epstein – Simply one other Witch Hunt!!!”
The previous president’s outburst got here days after the DOJ missed a December 19 deadline to launch the paperwork beneath the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act, a legislation Trump himself signed in 2020.
Officers now say they want “just a few extra weeks” to finish redactions and can launch the recordsdata in levels.
Trump’s vacation message additionally veered into Epstein territory.
In a prolonged Christmas Day publish, he wrote, “Merry Christmas to all, together with the numerous Sleazebags who cherished Jeffrey Epstein, gave him bundles of cash, went to his Island, attended his events, and thought he was the best man on earth,” earlier than accusing them of turning on Epstein as soon as “issues obtained too HOT.”
He continued, “When their names get introduced out within the ongoing Radical Left Witch Hunt (plus one lowlife ‘Republican,’ Massie!), and it’s revealed that they’re Democrats all, there can be loads of explaining to do.”
The newly found paperwork are a part of an ongoing federal investigation into Epstein’s felony enterprise, together with his 2019 arrest and subsequent demise. The recordsdata embrace beforehand unreleased materials, together with emails, photographs, and surveillance footage.
Among the many revelations in earlier batches of paperwork are logs exhibiting Trump flew on Epstein’s non-public jet no less than eight occasions between 1993 and 1996.
One 2020 e-mail from a federal prosecutor said Trump had flown “many extra occasions than beforehand reported,” typically with Ghislaine Maxwell and an unnamed minor.
A redacted FBI file from the identical yr consists of an allegation from a former limo driver who claimed he overheard Trump referencing “Jeffrey” and “abusing some woman.”
The declare, which stays unverified, was included in a batch of paperwork launched beneath the transparency legislation.
Additionally elevating eyebrows are photographs from Epstein’s property, turned over to Home Democrats, exhibiting a stack of novelty “Trump condoms” with the phrase “I’m HUUUUGE!” printed on the packaging.
The objects, bought by a New York novelty store throughout Trump’s presidential run, had been confirmed by fact-checkers to be genuine however usually are not thought of felony proof.
Nonetheless, the previous president has made it clear he believes the doc launch is politically motivated.
He has additionally argued that the give attention to Epstein is a distraction from what he calls “TRUMP & REPUBLICAN SUCCESS,” and has referred to as for the names of all people tied to Epstein to be made public instantly.
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