The extent of Bill Clinton’s relationship with Jeffrey Epstein has been called into question again after he figured prominently in the first batch of unsealed documents.
The Trump administration released dozens of photos of Clinton with the late pedophile tycoon, including photos of him in a hot tub and swimming with Ghislaine Maxwell.
The photos are part of the so-called Epstein files, which Congress ordered released by December 19 after public pressure on Donald Trump.
The Justice Department said “hundreds of thousands” of documents will be released in the coming weeks, suggesting some of the most damaging documents for the White House could be released over Christmas.
Democrats accused the Trump administration of censoring the release to protect the U.S. president.
Meanwhile, Trump’s spokesperson shared a photo of Clinton relaxing in a hot tub and commented: “Oh my God!”
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor also appears in the first batch of documents, which includes a photo of him in black tie lying on the laps of five women (below).
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor also appears in the first documents, which include a photo of him in black tie lying on the laps of five women (below).
There’s also Maxwell’s outside No. 10 Downing Street. Mick Jagger and Michael Jackson also posed with Epstein and his associates.
Ghislaine Maxwell outside 10 Downing Street
Clinton and Mick Jagger
Photos from Clinton’s hot tub show the former president lying half-naked next to a woman whose face has been edited.
Justice Department employee Gates McGavik claimed that the woman whose face was obscured was a victim of Epstein.
Another photo below, which appears to have been taken at the same occasion, also shows Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence for trafficking teenage girls to Epstein, in a dimly lit swimming pool with Mr Clinton.
The Trump administration released dozens of photos of Clinton with Epstein, including photos of him shirtless in a hot tub and swimming with Ghislaine Maxwell.
On another occasion, the former president was photographed with his arm around a young blonde as she sat on his lap in a red velvet chair. The woman is one of many whose faces have been altered in Epstein’s files.
In another photo released from Epstein documents, Clinton puts his arm around a woman
A similar photo shows Clinton wearing a red hooded sweatshirt with his arm around a blonde woman.
The furniture in the background appears to match Epstein’s private jet, which was dubbed the “Lolita Express” after accusations that the businessman used the plane to traffic underage girls to his island in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
More photos released on Friday showed the 42nd president and Epstein walking side by side at a dinner, wearing bi-patterned shirts and embracing each other (below), as well as a photo of Clinton with Michael Jackson.
Clinton and Epstein wore similar graphic shirts
Clinton with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross
The batch of photos also includes a framed cartoon depicting Clinton and Epstein preparing to board a plane with two unidentified men. The painting hangs in the bathroom and is believed to have belonged to Epstein.
Trump has sought to draw attention to Epstein’s relationship with Clinton as scrutiny of Epstein’s ties to pedophiles intensifies.
Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, told Vanity Fair this week that her boss was “on the file” but “he didn’t do anything terrible in the file.”
Clinton’s spokesman has repeatedly said the former president was unaware of Epstein’s crimes and severed ties with him before his arrest in 2019. He was never accused of any wrongdoing with Epstein.
In one photo, Clinton puts her hands on actor Kevin Spacey’s shoulders
The politician had previously been photographed with Epstein on several occasions in the early 1990s.
In September 1993, he and Maxwell spoke with the then-president at a White House restoration project donor event.
In 1992, Epstein made two $1,000 donations to Mr. Clinton’s presidential campaign.
In 2002, Clinton described Epstein through a spokesman as “both a highly successful financier and a committed philanthropist.”
In 2002, Vanity Fair published a photo of Epstein and Clinton in Brunei while traveling on the sex offender’s private jet.
A spokesman for Clinton said the former president traveled on the plane four times between 2002 and 2003 after Epstein was arrested in 2019 on sex trafficking charges, including a stop in Africa “for work for the Clinton Foundation.”
The 2019 statement confirmed that the two met at Epstein’s Harlem office and his New York apartment. Clinton also allegedly contributed to a 2003 book on Epstein’s 50th birthday.
Clintons subpoenaed
James Cuomo, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has subpoenaed Bill and Hillary Clinton for live testimony in the panel’s investigation into Epstein.
The committee is giving the former president and former secretary of state new deposition dates in January and has threatened they could face contempt proceedings if they don’t comply.
The Clintons were first subpoenaed in August and engaged in legal arguments over whether they needed to appear in person.
Epstein also placed a cartoon of himself and Clinton above his toilet, new documents show.
Jeffrey Epstein also placed a cartoon of himself and Bill Clinton above his toilet, new documents reveal
The photo shows a framed painting of a muscular Epstein outside a private jet with the former president.
Democrats on Friday night demanded answers from the Justice Department about why so many redactions were made to the document.
Congressman Ro Khanna, who is behind the Epstein Documents Transparency Act, said the original documents protected the identities of “rich and powerful people” involved in pedophile activity.
Khanna claimed that U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi could be indicted or impeached after “months of obfuscation.”
He said 119 pages of a New York grand jury document were “completely blacked out” with no explanation for the changes required by the bill, even though a federal judge agreed to release the document.
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Meanwhile, White House officials mocked photos of Mr. Clinton with Epstein and multiple women.
White House communications adviser Steven Cheung said under one photo: “Crooked Willie! Bill Clinton is just being cool and has a care in the world. Little does he know…”
