The extremely anticipated Epstein recordsdata have to date landed with a thud as web page after web page of paperwork have been blacked out, with many almost completely redacted.
Whereas lots of of hundreds of paperwork have been launched to date on the Justice Division’s web site housing the data, there isn’t that a lot to see.
“Merely releasing a mountain of blacked out pages violates the spirit of transparency and the letter of the legislation,” Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer stated in a press release. “For instance, all 119 pages of 1 doc have been utterly blacked out. We’d like solutions as to why.”
That appeared to seek advice from a doc titled “Grand Jury NY.”
The info dump got here late Friday, the deadline that Congress established final month for disclosing the trove of recordsdata, although different paperwork had already been launched earlier by the DOJ, Congress and the Epstein property.
One doc listed hundreds of names with their contact info redacted, together with Donald Trump in addition to Ivana and Ivanka Trump.
Quite a few celebrities have been additionally in that doc, resembling Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger and the late pop idol Michael Jackson, who additionally appeared in pictures with Epstein.
Former Senators John Kerry and George Mitchell have been on the record as have been Jes Staley, a former JPMorgan and Barclays govt, and Leon Black, a cofounder and former CEO of Apollo International Administration.
Showing within the recordsdata doesn’t essentially indicate any wrongdoing as Epstein mingled in wider social circles and was ofter requested for charitable donations.
However Staley stated he had intercourse with a member of Epstein’s employees, and Black was pushed out of Apollo over his Epstein ties, which Black maintains have been for tax- and estate-planning companies.
Quite a few inns, golf equipment and eating places are listed too, plus places merely described as “therapeutic massage.” Banks included the now defunct Colonial Financial institution in addition to Bear Stearns and Chemical Financial institution, which each finally grew to become a part of JPMorgan.
Different entries fell beneath nation classes like Brazil, France, Italy and Israel. Former Israeli prime ministers Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak have been on the record.
This story was initially featured on Fortune.com
