A vast trove of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein is released by the Justice Department.

Some of the files weren't new. Others were heavily redacted. And significantly, many documents were not released.

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The Justice Department has released files relating to the life, death, and criminal investigation and to Jeffrey Epstein. Well, at least some of them. A law signed by President Trump last

month that directed the DOJ to turn over the documents by Friday, and Pierre

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