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Bill Clinton has insisted all of the Epstein files are released after he figured prominently in the latest batch of photos.
In a statement released through his spokesperson, the former President said: ‘What the Department of Justice has released so far, and the manner in which it did so, makes one thing clear: someone or something is being protected.
Clinton’s spokesman Angel Ureña added: ‘We do not know whom, what or why. But we do know this: We need no such protection.’
He urged Donald Trump to instruct Attorney General Pam Bondi to ‘immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning, or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton’.
He accused the Department of Justice of ‘selective releases to imply wrongdoing about individuals who have already been repeatedly cleared by the very same Department of Justice, over many years.’
It came after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Justice Department’s decision to release just a fraction of the Jeffrey Epstein files by the congressionally mandated deadline as necessary to protect survivors of sexual abuse by the disgraced financier.
Blanche pledged that the Trump administration eventually would meet its obligation required by law. But he stressed that the department was obligated to act with caution as it goes about making public thousands of documents that can include sensitive information.
Friday’s partial release of the Epstein files has led to a new crush of criticism from Democrats who have accused the Republican administration of trying to hide information.
Blanche called that pushback disingenuous as President Donald Trump’s administration continues to struggle with calls for greater transparency, including from members of his political base, about the government’s investigations into Epstein, who once counted Trump as well as several political leaders and business titans among his peers.
‘The reason why we are still reviewing documents and still continuing our process is simply that to protect victims,’ Blanche told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
‘So the same individuals that are out there complaining about the lack of documents that were produced on Friday are the same individuals who apparently don’t want us to protect victims.”
