The US Justice Department on Thursday night released a trove of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, including a list of his contacts, flight records and a list of evidence the government gathered against him.
The 200 pages documents did not provide any major revelations, but instead listed celebrities and politicians already known to have associated with the American convicted sex offender and former financial adviser who -allegedly- committed suicide in his cell, a theory that has many gaps, though.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has since claimed that a witness told her that the FBI in New York demanded the bureau forward this material so it could disclose it to the public.
Among the famous names on Epstein’s contact list released Thursday by the Justice Department and revealed by the New York Post: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s mother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, supermodel Naomi Campbell, singer Courtney Love, film producer Bob Weinstein, Harvey’s brother, businessman David Koch, the late Senator Ted Kennedy, actor Rafe Faines, activist Kerry Kennedy, attorney Alan Dershowitz, former Senator John Kerry, actor Dustin Hoffman, Donald Trump’s ex-wife Ivana and their daughter Ivanka Trump as well as model Liz Harley. The name of the US president was not included in the contact list.
The list is not a “client list” but includes names of people on Epstein’s contact list. While the list of names on the contact list was revealed, their addresses and contact information had been deleted.
The vast majority of the names on the list – if not all – were previously mentioned in the years of lawsuits and document leaks in the case.
In addition to the contact list, the Justice Department released an edited list of masseurs whose names were blacked out because they were victims. There were 254 names on that list.
Also in the binder were the flight logs of Epstein’s private jet “Lolita Express”.
The logs showed the signature of David Rogers on the flights, who has previously testified in court about what he saw during his time flying with Epstein.
Two copies of Epstein’s “little black book” had already been made public with 349 names of associates since the 1990s. One copy was put up for auction.
A source who reviewed a dossier containing the first tranche of information – dubbed “phase one” – said Thursday’s would likely be a “disappointment” for anyone who had hoped for bombshell revelations about any damning links between high-profile politicians and businessmen and the trafficker.
Epstein’s infamous “little black book” first came to light in a court case in 2009 and was subsequently made public by the website Gawker in 2015.
That book, dated 2004 and 2005, featured notable contributors including former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mick Jagger, Prince Andrew, Governor Cuomo, actor Alec Balwyn, singer Jimmy Buffett, industrialist David Koch and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
The book containing Epstein’s contacts from the 1990s appeared years later and contained 349 names, 221 of which were not in the book released in 2015, including President Trump, billionaire New York businessman John Katsimatidis and Melania Trump’s best friend and New York Jets co-owner Suzanne Ircha.
No one on the list is charged with offenses related to Epstein.
His right-hand woman, Ghislaine Maxwell, was later convicted in the same sex trafficking case and is currently serving 20 years behind bars.
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