The Division of Justice launched information associated to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein Thursday night.
The fabric launched contained beforehand printed pilot logs from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. The data embrace redactions carried out by prosecutors on the case to guard the identities of potential victims. Additionally printed is Epstein’s so-called “black guide” that has beforehand been made public.
One doc by no means earlier than seen is what the Justice Division is looking “Proof Checklist,” a three-page catalog of fabric apparently obtained by means of searches of Epstein’s properties in New York and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Among the many gadgets investigators obtained, in line with the doc, is “one CD labelled ‘lady pics nude guide 4′” and a folder titled “LSJ logbook,” which seems to be a reference to Epstein’s personal island, Little St. James.
This photograph supplied by the New York State Intercourse Offender Registry exhibits Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017.
New York State Intercourse Offender Registry through AP
Investigators additionally recovered a bag “containing one yellow envelope marked ‘SK’ dated 08/27/08 containing a number of smaller envelopes containing $17,115” in U.S. foreign money.
The date is notable as a result of it coincides with the time Epstein was in jail in Palm Seashore, Florida. SK may very well be a reference to one in every of Epstein’s former associates.
The proof record additionally contained dozens of recording units, computer systems, exhausting drives and reminiscence sticks together with “1 brown bust sculpture of feminine breasts,” one folder containing “1 vibrator, 3 buttplugs, 1 set of cuffs, 1 dildo, 1 leash, 1 field of condoms, 1 nurse cap, 1 stethoscope.”
The record additionally included a number of therapeutic massage tables – one in every of which was wheeled into courtroom throughout Maxwell’s trial – quite a few photograph albums and photos, together with one which mentioned “photograph album of lady and Epstein” and a bag containing “1 set of copper handcuffs and whip.”
Lawyer Basic Pam Bondi had instructed FBI Director Kash Patel to research what she describes as an obvious withholding of investigative information associated to Epstein.
In her letter to Patel, Bondi mentioned previous to his affirmation she had requested all information associated to Epstein — however late Wednesday night was knowledgeable by “a supply” that the FBI area workplace in New York was in possession of “hundreds of pages of paperwork” that had not been handed over.
In latest media appearances on Fox Information, Bondi has teased out the pending launch of documents in the Justice Department’s holdings associated to its investigation of Epstein, who died by suicide in August 2019 whereas awaiting trial.
