Epstein information reside updates: Trump says photos of harmless individuals may ‘ruin’ reputations as DOJ slammed over restricted launch | EUROtoday

“I’m very upset with the justice system because there’s full pages that are totally blacked out,” Rochard stated on NBC News’ Here’s the Scoop Monday. “I don’t know about you, but my name is not a full page. We only asked that our names be redacted.”

Responding to the newest trove of information associated to the late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein that had been launched final Friday, which included photographs of former Democratic President Bill Clinton, Trump instructed reporters Monday, “I’ve always gotten along with Bill Clinton…I hate to see photos come out of him.”

“You probably have pictures being exposed of other people that innocently met Jeffrey Epstein years ago, many years ago, and they’re highly respected bankers and lawyer and others. And they’ll end up, because of guys like [Rep. Thomas] Massie, who’s a real low life…” Trump continued.

Massie, who helped push for laws to drive the Justice Department to launch the Epstein information, wrote on X in response: “Trump is blaming me for a bill he eventually signed, while defending his banker friends, Bill Clinton, and ‘innocent’ visitors to rape island,” referring to Epstein’s personal island the place he was accused of intercourse trafficking underage women.

“Meanwhile [Attorney General Pam] Bondi is working fervently to redact, omit, and delete Epstein files she is legally required to release under our bill.”

Representative Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona Democrat, has accused the Trump administration of a “cover-up” and known as for the discharge of the “full, unredacted” information associated to the late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The Department of Justice launched extra information associated to Jeffrey Epstein Monday, which talked about President Donald Trump, after which deleted them from its web site, in accordance with a brand new Washington Post report.

The Washington Post stated the 1000’s of recent paperwork included “wide-ranging references” to Trump.

Among the paperwork had been notes from an assistant U.S. lawyer in New York about instances Trump flew on Epstein’s personal aircraft, together with one journey with simply Trump, Epstein and a 20-year-old girl, the publication reported.

The paperwork had been on the DOJ’s web site for a number of hours Monday however have since been taken down, in accordance with The Washington Post.

Trump has not been formally accused of any wrongdoing associated to Epstein’s intercourse crimes.

The Independent has reached out to the DOJ and White House for remark.

Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, stated Monday the Justice Department’s partial launch of its information on the late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein was a “mistake.”

“If you want trust, give the full truth,” he wrote on X.

Members of Congress have recommended Attorney General Pam Bondi could possibly be held in contempt for failing to launch authorities paperwork on the late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein by the December 19 deadline.

Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie, the Democratic and Republican lawmakers behind laws compelling the discharge, “are talking about and drafting that right now,” Khanna instructed CBS Face the Nation Sunday.

“The quickest way, and I think most expeditious way, to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi,” Massie added.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer can even introduce a decision subsequent month to “initiate legal actions” towards the Trump administration for “illegally refusing to release the full complete files” and “heavily redacting” others, his workplace stated.

President Donald Trump stated he thought the controversy surrounding the federal government’s information on the late convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein was “finished.”

Representative Robert Garcia, the rating member on the House Oversight Committee, stated in response: “Actually Mr. President, we are just getting started.”

The Justice Department solely launched some, closely redacted, paperwork by the December 19 deadline.

Jess Michaels, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sexual abuse, has accused the Department of Justice of being “sloppy and inconsistent and thoughtless” in it’s launch of paperwork regarding the late convicted intercourse offender.

“What we are seeing is just an incredibly sloppy and inconsistent and thoughtless process that is then done to try to redact names or leaving things haphazardly unredacted,” Michaels instructed CNN.

Epstein survivors say a number of survivors’ identities have been revealed within the information, regardless of the DOJ being allowed to withhold these names.