Picture launched from the Jeffrey Epstein information reveals Donald Trump with a number of girls. Redactions have been finished by the Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee. Date and context is unclear.
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Practically 100,000 images obtained by Home Democrats from the property of infamous intercourse predator Jeffrey Epstein embrace pictures of President Donald Trump, former President Invoice Clinton, Microsoft founder Invoice Gates, movie director Woody Allen, and former Trump White Home advisor Steve Bannon and others in social settings.
Democrats on the Home Oversight and Authorities Reform Committee, as they made 19 of these images public, urged the Division of Justice to launch investigative information it has associated to Epstein forward of the Dec. 19 deadline to take action to adjust to a newly handed legislation.
One picture amongst a batch of images launched Friday morning reveals Trump standing in the course of a row of six girls, whose faces have been coated over by the Democrats earlier than launch. A few of the girls are sporting Hawaiian leis round their necks.
Trump is proven in one other picture standing behind Epstein at what seems to be a social occasion. A 3rd picture reveals Trump sitting subsequent to a girl, whose face is blacked out, on what seems to be a airplane.
Trump was a longtime good friend of Epstein earlier than the 2 males had a falling out someday within the early 2000s. He has not been accused of any wrongdoing in reference to Epstein, and has denied data of Epstein’s abuse of women and girls whereas they have been associates.
“Effectively, I have never seen it, however I imply, everyone knew this man,” Trump mentioned on the White Home on Friday night when requested concerning the images of him and others being launched.
“He was throughout Palm Seashore. He has images with everyone. I imply, virtually there are a whole bunch and a whole bunch of people who have images with him,” Trump mentioned.
“In order that’s no huge deal. I do know nothing about it.”
White Home spokeswoman Abigail Jackson, in an announcement to CNBC, accused Home Democrats of “selectively releasing cherry-picked images with random redactions to attempt to create a false narrative.”
Jackson referred to as the Democrats’ give attention to the president’s connection to Epstein a “hoax,” and argued that the Trump administration “has finished extra for Epstein’s victims than Democrats ever have” by releasing paperwork and calling for transparency.
Picture from the Jeffrey Epstein information launched by the Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee exhibiting Invoice Clinton, Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein with two unknown folks. Blurred people finished by Versant Media. Date and context unclear.
Clinton is proven in a single picture standing with Epstein, his now-convicted procurer Ghislaine Maxwell, and one other man and girl. The picture has Clinton’s signature on it.
Different images present former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was beforehand generally known as Prince Andrew of Britain, and Epstein’s one-time lawyer Alan Dershowitz.
The dates, places and context of the images weren’t revealed as a part of the discharge Friday.
CNBC is reaching out to the folks recognized within the images, all of whom have denied wrongdoing. This story might be up to date with their responses.
“This newest manufacturing incorporates over 95,000 images, together with pictures of the rich and highly effective males who hung out with Jeffrey Epstein,” an announcement from Democrats on the Oversight Committee mentioned.
Picture from the Jeffrey Epstein information launched by the Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee reveals Donald Trump with an unknown girl. Redaction from the Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee. Date and Context is unclear.
“Photos additionally embrace hundreds of pictures of girls and Epstein properties,” the assertion mentioned. “Committee Democrats are reviewing the complete set of images and can proceed to launch images to the general public within the days and weeks forward. Committee Democrats are dedicated to defending the identities of the survivors.”
Rep. Robert Garcia of California, the rating Democrat on the committee, in an announcement mentioned, “It’s time to finish this White Home cover-up and produce justice to the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his highly effective associates.”
“These disturbing images elevate much more questions on Epstein and his relationships with a few of the strongest males on the planet. We is not going to relaxation till the American folks get the reality. The Division of Justice should launch all of the information, NOW.”
Picture from the Jeffrey Epstein information launched by the Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee exhibiting Steve Bannon and Jeffrey Epstein. Date and Context is unclear.
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Trump and high legislation enforcement officers in his administration for months resisted the thought of releasing investigative information associated to Epstein and Maxwell earlier than Congress in November overwhelmingly handed a legislation mandating their launch by the Division of Justice.
These information, that are separate from those launched by the Democrats on Friday, have but to be made publicly accessible.
Garcia mentioned the committee obtained the brand new batch of images from Epstein’s property on Thursday night time.
He mentioned that the committee’s Democrats have reviewed “possibly about 25,000 of [the photos] thus far.”
“There’s an unlimited quantity of images we now have not gone by,” Garcia mentioned. “It would take days and weeks to make sure that we acquired these images and {that a} redaction is completed within the applicable method.”
“Clearly there are images of highly effective males, and people that we need to have a possibility to talk with and ask questions of,” Garcia mentioned.
He famous that the images have been within the property’s possession, and that Epstein took a few of them himself, whereas others might have been despatched to him.
“A few of the different images that we didn’t put out immediately are extremely disturbing,” Garcia added.
Republicans on the Oversight Committee, in their very own assertion, mentioned, “As soon as once more, Oversight Democrats are chasing headlines by releasing a handful of selectively censored and cherry-picked images from the Epstein Property.”
“Democrats’ hoax towards President Trump has been utterly debunked. Nothing within the paperwork we have obtained reveals any wrongdoing,” the Republicans mentioned. “Rating Member Robert Garcia and Oversight Democrats ought to be ashamed of this disgusting conduct of placing politics above justice for the survivors.”
Epstein died from a jailhouse suicide in August 2019, weeks after he was arrested on little one intercourse trafficking costs filed by the DOJ throughout Trump’s first time period in workplace.
Maxwell is serving a 20-year federal jail sentence for her 2021 conviction of crimes associated to procuring underage women to be sexually abused by Epstein.
Picture from the Jeffrey Epstein information launched by the Democrats on the Home Oversight Committee exhibiting Jeffrey Epstein with Alan Dershowitz. Date and Context is unclear.
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Angel Urena, a spokesperson for Clinton, had mentioned in a July 2019 assertion, “President Clinton is aware of nothing concerning the horrible crimes Jeffrey Epstein pleaded responsible to in Florida some years in the past, or these with which he has been not too long ago charged in New York.”
“In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a complete of 4 journeys on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in reference to the work of the Clinton Basis. Employees, supporters of the Basis, and his Secret Service element traveled on each leg of each journey,” Urena mentioned.
“He had one assembly with Epstein in his Harlem workplace in 2002, and across the similar time made one temporary go to to Epstein’s New York residence with a employees member and his safety element. He is not spoken to Epstein in effectively over a decade, and has by no means been to Little St. James Island, Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico, or his residence in Florida.”
— Extra reporting by CNBC’s Kevin Breuninger
