



Takeaways from the FBI’s second batch of Epstein files
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Justice Department released a second trove of files related to the late Jeffrey Epstein, including a fake video that purported to show the sex offender’s suicide. Roughly 11,000 documents were posted on the department’s website on Tuesday.
The included court records and emails tied to the cases against Epstein, many of which had redactions.The files were initially posted on Monday and then removed a few hours later. The Justice Department didn’t respond to requests for comment about the changes. Officials have said they would release materials as the department reviews and redacts them.
On Friday, the Justice Department released its first batch of files as mandated by Congress, including images of former President Bill Clinton and celebrities. The Justice Department has come under fire from lawmakers for Friday’s release, which was incomplete and heavily redacted. The agency temporarily removed some of those materials on Saturday, including an image with President Trump, citing the need to redact victims.
Among the new files was a fake video that purported to show Epstein’s 2019 suicide inside his Manhattan jail cell. The grainy 12-second clip was part of the case file because it was sent in 2021 to the FBI by an individual who asked investigators whether it was real. In his email, the individual said he was documenting “a substantial cover-up of a suicide scandal" at another federal prison and ended the message with: “Busting government pedophiles since 1987.
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