Jeffrey Epstein files released: Twist after much-hyped Epstein classified document dump

The personal contact list Jeffrey Epstein has been released as part of a much-hyped “phase one” dump of classified documents related to the investigation into the notorious paedophile.

The United States Department of Justice dossier, released by Attorney-General Pam Bondi, contains about 200 pages. However, those who have followed the case closely say most of the just released files contain almost no new information.

Ms Bondi claimed the release was “following through on President Trump’s commitment to transparency and lifting the veil on the “disgusting actions of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators”.

Epstein’s vast contact list includes the names of prominent people from across entertainment, politics and business, including Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Alec Baldwin, supermodel Naomi Campbell, rocker Courtney Love and Prince Andrew.

There is no suggestion the people named in the contact list have committed any crimes.

Also included in the dossier were flight logs for Epstein’s plane nicknamed the “Lolita Express”, which were made public years ago and an entirely redacted list of 254 people described as masseuses.

Epstein took his own life in 2019 inside a New York correctional facility while waiting to face Federal sex trafficking charges. He is believed to have sexually abused more than 200 girls.

His girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, 62, is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2021 on five charges for having recruited and groomed four underage girls for Epstein to abuse between 1994 and 2004.

Ms Bondi handed the “declassified” papers labelled “The Epstein Files” to a five conservative influencers and commentators who were seen leaving the White House on Thursday local time before it was later posted to the department’s website.

The conservatives handed the files to influencers who run online social media accounts including: @LibsofTikTok, @CollinRigg, @DC_Draino, @Cernovich and @JackPosobiec.

After criticism that the documents were hardly the bombshell she promised, Ms Bondi now says that the FBI withheld “thousands of pages” of critical documents and she was still trying to get her hands on them.

“I repeatedly questioned whether this was the full set of documents responsive to my request and was repeatedly assured by the FBI that we had received the full set of documents,” Ms Bondi wrote in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel.

“Late yesterday, I learned from a source that the FBI Field Office in New York was in possession of thousands of pages of documents related to the investigation and indictment of Epstein.”

Ms Bondi says she has demanded the files be turned over by Friday morning local time.

“By 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, February 28, the FBI will deliver the full and complete Epstein files to my office, including all records, documents, audio and video recordings, and materials related to Jeffrey Epstein and his clients, regardless of how such information was obtained,” she wrote.

“There will be no withholdings or limitations to my or your access.”

US House Representative Anna Paulina Luna expressed her disappointment over the release on social media.

“I, nor the task force, were given or reviewed the Epstein documents being released today,” she wrote on X.

“A NY Post story just revealed that the documents will simply be Epstein’s phonebook.

“ THIS IS NOT WHAT WE OR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ASKED FOR,” she wrote in all caps.

“A complete disappointment.”