Final set of Epstein files released, with mentions of Trump, Musk and Lutnick
The batch contains over 3 million pages of documents, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images
The US Justice Department on Friday published millions of new files related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including emails that show Howard Lutnick, President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary, apparently visited Epstein’s private island for lunch years after he claimed to have cut off ties.
Todd Blanche, the US deputy attorney general, said Friday’s massive batch of documents marked the end of the Trump administration’s planned releases under a law passed in November that mandated the release of all Epstein investigative documents.
The new cache includes more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images, he said at a press conference.
Trump, who was friends with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s before they had a falling out years before Epstein’s first conviction, spent months resisting any release until both Democrats and Republicans in Congress forced his hand by advancing the law over his objections.
Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, and he has denied any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes. But the scandal has dogged him for months, in part because he promised to release the files during his 2024 presidential campaign.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial.