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The Department of Justice (DoJ) is willing to charge more associates of Jeffrey Epstein, after the latest release documents associated with his case revealed further ties with some of the world’s most powerful people.
On Friday, the DoJ released some 3 million pages worth of files on Epstein to comply with the Epstein Transparency Act.
The material was extensively redacted. Redacted information includes personally identifying information about victims, medical files, child sexual abuse and information that could compromise ongoing investigations.
The faces of all women except Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell have been blurred. None of the men in the images have had their identity concealed.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche spoke on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday to address the possibility of more prosecutions.
“The way that we start many of our federal cases is because we hear tips from civilians or from others in the community,” Blanche told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday when asked.
Blanche struck a note of caution, however, saying that while much of the content is “horrible,” in and of itself that does not present a case for prosecution.
“There’s a lot of horrible photographs that appear to be taken by Mr. Epstein or by people around him, but that doesn’t allow us necessarily to prosecute somebody,” Blanche explained.
“The victims want to be made whole. And we want that. The government wants that more than anything. But that doesn’t mean we can just create evidence or that we can just kind of come up with a case that isn’t there.”
Among the prominent figures to face a fresh round of embarrassment was Prince Andrew.
In three photos, the disgraced royal can be seen crouched over a woman, whose identity has been hidden. In one photo, he looks directly at the camera, and in another he places his hand on her stomach.
A third, unidentified, person is also visible in the photographs.
The Daily Mail, which describes the images as “disturbing,” notes that, “Like much of the material released in the Epstein files, it is unclear when or where the images were taken and no further context is given. Last month, a photo of Andrew lying on the laps of five women at Sandringham was released in another batch of files.”
New documents provide further revelations about Prince Andrew’s relationship with Epstein, including that Andrew invited Epstein to dinner at Buckingham Palace shortly after the end of his house arrest. Andrew promised “lots of privacy.”
In an email from September 2010, Epstein asked for “private time” during a visit to London, to which Andrew responded, “We could have dinner at Buckingham Palace and lots of privacy.”
It’s unclear whether Epstein took up the offer, but the two men continued exchanging emails.
Lord Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to the US, and Microsoft founder Bill Gates have faced fresh embarrassment too.
According to Epstein, Gates contracted a sexually transmitted disease from Russian prostitutes and then considered secretly giving his wife Melinda antibiotics.
