Second set of declassified documents from the Epstein case

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A. second group of legal documents A report on the Jeffrey Epstein case was released in the United States this Thursday afternoon. Specifically, there are 19 documents totaling just over 300 pages. As in the ones published the other day, important names such as Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew of England are mentioned, but no explosive or incriminating statements. And above all, they serve to shed new light and remember the past. disgusting and well-known conspiracy to exploit and abuse minors and young women who the well-connected financier had held onto for years.

The documents come from a lawsuit filed in 2016 Virginia GiuffreOne of Epstein’s victims Ghislaine Maxwell, The person who was the financier’s partner and partner and helped him recruit young and vulnerable girls and women was sentenced to 20 years in prison for this. Although Giuffre’s case was resolved in an out-of-court settlement in 2017, Judge Loretta Preska has now allowed the release of documents containing identities that are under summary seal or protected by pseudonyms.

“Clinton threatened ‘Vanity Fair’”

In the Clinton case, she is mentioned in this second group, for example in a document that includes several emails Giuffre sent to a journalist in which she referred to herself as “Clinton.” He broke into ‘Vanity Fair’ and threatened them so they didn’t write sex trafficking articles about their good friend JE” (Jeffrey Epstein). graydon carter He was the director of the magazine between 1992 and 2017. “categorically” rejected he said in a statement sent to CNN about this interaction.

In another document, Maxwell’s lawyers accuse the same journalist, Sharon Churcher, of the tabloid ‘Sunday Mail’.Asked Giuffre to fabricate accusations against Prince Andrew UK (filed suit and settled out of court in 2022) and Alan DershowitzHe was a friend and lawyer of Epstein.

victims

Although how Epstein and Maxwell’s conspiracy worked has been known for years through trials, press inquiries, and other declassified documents, some of this second batch reminds us just how perfectly oiled their plot was. exploitation and abuse machineAnd the impact it has on its victims.

One of them is the testimony of one of the victims whose name is still protected. 16 to 17 years old When did the events happen? The young woman recalls the first time he harassed her when he entered the financier’s room at his Palm Beach mansion. “Suddenly, Something terrible happened to me” he stated. From then on he continued to go home and take and give other girls. “massages” with more. “It wasn’t supposed to be sexual, but it was,” she said, and also described how they were compensated for bringing other girls to the mansion and were paid to be there.

This Thursday’s documents also include: Statement from the Palm Beach detective who led the initial investigation about Epstein in Florida, where he was interviewed. Approximately 30 minors recruited by Maxwell They confirmed how the conspiracy and abuses worked.

Later, in 2006, although the recruitment and exploitation of minors was confirmed, the financier managed to avoid federal charges and reached a deal to serve only a 13-month sentence and relaxed conditions for the state charges. It was only after the ‘Miami Herald’ published a series revealing how he continued to perpetuate the conspiracy that the investigation was reopened. Federal charges that led to Epstein’s arrest in 2019. He was found hanged in his cell that summer while awaiting trial.

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