The Epstein files are finally here, and while some lawmakers are threatening Attorney General Pam Bondi with legal action after claiming the Trump administration violated its promises to get coveted documents out within a 30-day timeframe, journalists and the general public alike are poring over thousands of pages of information.
Still, with missing files and whole sections being little more than [REDACTED] pictures of [REDACTED], critics say it's hardly the sensationalist release that the Republican Party has been hyping since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025.
Conspiracy theories have swirled since Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his cell while awaiting trial for sex trafficking in 2019, while the likes of Virginia Guiffre's tragic passing and a seemingly botched handling of the Epstein files have only called things into question further.
Even though someone appearing (via name or photograph) in the files doesn't mean they're guilty of anything, everyone from Bill Gates to Elon Musk, Donald Trump to former president Bill Clinton has been featured.
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There were even wild accusations that a photograph of Trump had been purposefully removed from the latest release, which led to the Department of Justice having to defend its actions.
Notably, the current administration had been accused of trying to distract from the POTUS' well-documented relationship with Epstein by shifting focus to Bill Clinton's inclusion.
The former Commander-in-Chief is seen swimming in a pool, while another photo appears to show him reclining in a hot tub with a redacted woman next to him.
Even though tensions have run high between the Clintons and the Trumps since Hillary Clinton ran against Donald Trump in 2016, the latter says he's 'hated' seeing her husband in the Epstein files.
Speaking in a press conference, the President said: "I don’t like the pictures of Bill Clinton being shown. I don’t like the pictures of other people being shown. I think it’s a terrible thing."
Saying that Clinton was always 'nice' to him and claiming they've always gotten on, Trump continued to defend his inclusion as he mused: "He [Epstein] was all over Palm Beach and other places... and Bill Clinton was a friend of his, but everybody was."
Still, he referred to Clinton as a 'big boy' who "can handle it," stating: "You probably have pictures being exposed of other people that innocently met Jeffrey Epstein years ago, many years ago, and they’re, you know, highly respected bankers and lawyers and others."
As well as the pool photos, Clinton is seen dining alongside Epstein and Mick Jagger, standing with Michael Jackson and Diana Ross, and another featured him with Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and Hollywood star Kevin Spacey. Both Jackson and Spacey have previously faced their own unrelated allegations of wrongdoing.
As for the former president's potential ties to Epstein, spokesperson Angel Ureña released a statement calling for the 'immediate release' of all files “referring to, mentioning or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton.”
Ureña maintains that the Justice Department's refusal to comply would suggest that it's “using selective information to imply wrongdoing” by Clinton.
While naming no names, Ureña concluded by saying that "someone or something is being protected," while also saying that Bill Clinton needs 'no such protection'.
Elsewhere, over a dozen Epstein survivors wrote a letter to Congress and asked it to hold the DOJ accountable for the delay, as well as look into supposed "abnormal and extreme redactions with no explanation."