Donald Trump's dark flights? New documents in the Epstein case

The US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday the publication of thousands more pages of documents relating to the case of financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Some of them include mentions of President Donald Trump.

“The Department of Justice has officially released another nearly 30,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein. Some of these documents contain false and sensational claims against President Trump that were turned over to the FBI just before the 2020 election.” – the ministry wrote in a statement.

“To be clear: these claims are baseless and false, and if they were even remotely credible, they would certainly have already been used against President Trump,” it added.

Nevertheless, in compliance with the law and transparency, the department (Ministry – PAP) of justice makes these documents available, ensuring protection for Epstein's victims in accordance with the law – we read.

The new documents published include: Epstein's fake passport, court records, videos. The content of many of them is limited.

There's also an email from the prosecutor saying that Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet in the 1990s 'more times than previously reported'. Flight records show that Trump flew the plane eight times in the 1990s. On one of those flights, only Trump, Epstein and a 20-year-old woman, whose identity has been withheld, were on board.

Trump was a longtime friend of Epstein, who was convicted in 2008 of soliciting minors for prostitution, and in 2019 hanged himself in prison before a federal trial on more serious charges. Despite dating for many years, Trump claimed that he kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida because he was “stealing” his masseuses. However, he later said that the reason for breaking off relations with him was because he was a “sick pervert”.

The first tranche of files was released on Friday, just as Congress' deadline for disclosing the materials passed. Todd Blanche, deputy attorney general, emphasized that the Ministry of Justice had identified 1,200. the names of Esptein's victims and their relatives. All materials that could reveal their identity have been redacted or classified, he said.

From Washington Natalia Dziurdzińska (PAP)

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