"The documents expand on what we already knew: Jeffrey Epstein, a financier of extravagant wealth with connections to some of the world's most powerful entrepreneurs and politicians, was abusing untold numbers of teenage girls and young women. Yet Trump's Department of Justice has heavily redacted the documents, purportedly to protect victims from having their faces published but notably also shielding many adult men named or photographed with underage girls."
"There are a few new pictures of Epstein with famous men, but none prove that any of them were or are abusers: There's Bill Clinton in a pool with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein, and a faceless girl, or another of Michael Jackson and Diana Ross posing with blacked-out children who turned out to be Ross' own kids. The pictures are curious but not clarifying."
The Department of Justice published heavily redacted Epstein files after political pressure and a congressional mandate. The redactions purportedly protect victims' identities but also conceal many adult men named or photographed with underage girls. Photographs include Epstein with prominent figures, such as Bill Clinton in a pool with Ghislaine Maxwell and a faceless girl, and Michael Jackson with Diana Ross alongside blacked-out children who were Ross' own kids. The released records fail to prove that famous men were abusers and leave the public without clarification. Virginia Roberts Giuffre's memoir, Nobody's Girl, details prolonged abuse, trafficking, recruitment at Mar-a-Lago, and her connection to Prince Andrew.
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