Jeffrey Epstein files: Trump's election could expose names on 'black book' list

President Donald Trump's instrumentality to the White House could wide the mode for the nationalist to yet spot a glimpse of Jeffrey Epstein's long-awaited "black book," arsenic questions astir the deceased financier and enactment trafficker proceed to swirl years aft helium was recovered dormant successful a national jailhouse successful New York City.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican who has agelong called for the authorities to merchandise much of its grounds against Epstein and his imaginable accomplices, raised the contented during a Senate confirmation proceeding Thursday for Trump's FBI manager nominee, Kash Patel.

"I person been moving connected this for years, trying to get those records of who flew connected Epstein's level and who helped him physique this planetary quality trafficking, enactment trafficking ring," Blackburn told the nominee.

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Jeffrey Epstein poses successful beforehand of his fleet of backstage jets successful an undated photograph. This photograph was 1 of galore unearthed during Ghislaine Maxwell’s enactment trafficking proceedings successful the Southern District of New York, wherever she was recovered blameworthy and sentenced to 20 years successful situation successful 2022 for moving with Epstein to sexually maltreatment minors. (U.S. Department of Justice/Mega)

She said past attempts to person erstwhile committee president Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, to subpoena the accusation failed, and erstwhile FBI Director Christopher Wray declined to manus it implicit to her arsenic well. 

"Will you enactment with maine connected this issue, truthful we cognize who worked with Jeffrey Epstein successful gathering these enactment trafficking rings?" Blackburn asked Patel.

"Absolutely, senator," Patel replied. "Child enactment trafficking has nary spot successful the United States of America, and I volition bash everything, if confirmed arsenic FBI director, to marque definite the American nationalist knows the afloat value of what happened successful the past and however we are going to countermand missing children and exploited children going forward." 

Durbin's bureau antecedently denied allegations that helium "stonewalled" Blackburn's petition and blamed "an obscure Senate rule" for ending statement connected the issue. 

More than a twelvemonth has gone by, and the records stay retired of nationalist view.

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Child enactment trafficking has nary spot successful the United States of America, and I volition bash everything, if confirmed arsenic FBI director, to marque definite the American nationalist knows the afloat value of what happened successful the past and however we are going to countermand missing children and exploited children going forward.

"Jeffrey Epstein built a disgusting planetary enactment trafficking web that caused irreparable harm to countless women," Blackburn said past week. "Americans merit to cognize precisely who was affiliated with this network."

Epstein, a 66-year-old millionaire financier with a backstage land successful the U.S. Virgin Islands and mansions astir the country, died successful national custody successful 2019 portion awaiting proceedings connected enactment trafficking charges.

He had landed a sweetheart plea woody much than a decennary earlier aft having enactment with a teen – 13 months successful jailhouse with enactment merchandise during the day.

Jeffrey Epstein mugshot from 2019 aft national authorities filed trafficking charges against him. (Kypros/Getty Images)

"This is not astir celebrities – this is astir what happened to victims and survivors," Blackburn said.

Blackburn has agelong called for the merchandise of further grounds against the deceased suspect believed to beryllium successful the FBI's possession.

She urged Wray to disclose much accusation successful 2023. She renewed her calls successful November aft Patel's nomination.

"I look guardant to moving with Kash Patel arsenic FBI Director to merchandise Epstein’s formation logs and achromatic book," she wrote connected X. "Under the Trump administration, the American radical are going to get answers."

A national tribunal ordered thousands of pages of sealed records to beryllium made public past year. They revealed astir 200 names, galore of which belonged to radical who were not accused of crimes. Some of them were salient figures, including politicians, billionaire concern leaders and celebrities. 

Epstein's alleged achromatic book, expected to see imaginable conspirators successful his planetary enactment trafficking ring, remains a mystery.

Ghislaine Maxwell attends Polo Ralph Lauren big Victories of Athlete Ally astatine Polo Ralph Lauren Store connected Nov. 3, 2015 successful New York City.  (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

A radical of 12 Epstein accusers besides sued the FBI past year, alleging the bureau failed to decently analyse credible allegations that helium led a "sex trafficking ringing for the elite" arsenic acold backmost arsenic the 1990s.

The FBI antecedently said it does not remark connected pending litigation.

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Epstein, his erstwhile person and present a convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, and unnamed co-conspirators allegedly abused young women and underage girls betwixt 1996 and his decease successful 2019, according to the lawsuit. Citing constabulary documents, it alleges that Epstein recruited girls betwixt 14 and 16 arsenic good arsenic students astatine Palm Beach Community College for "sex-tinged sessions."

He allegedly coerced them into soundlessness with convulsive threats: "You’re going to die; I'm going to interruption your legs," according to the lawsuit.

"We cognize the FBI seized a treasure trove of surveillance footage from Epstein’s Palm Beach location wherever helium ran his operations," Blackburn said astatine the time. "Why won’t they merchandise those tapes oregon the formation logs I’ve been requesting for months?"

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., questions Kash Patel, President Donald Trump's prime to beryllium manager of the FBI, during Patel's confirmation proceeding earlier the Senate Judiciary Committee, astatine the Capitol successful Washington, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.  (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

In summation to Maxwell, different Epstein associate, French modeling cause Jean-Luc Brunel, was besides charged with enactment trafficking. Like Epstein, helium turned up dead successful a jailhouse cell. 

Maxwell is appealing her condemnation portion serving a condemnation astatine a national situation successful Tallahassee. She is owed for merchandise successful the summertime of 2037.

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At the authorities level, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis past twelvemonth signed a caller instrumentality that allowed concealed expansive assemblage transcripts to beryllium made nationalist successful the case.

Hours aft the instrumentality took effect, Palm Beach County Court Clerk and Comptroller Joseph Abruzzo announced the release.

Palm Beach constabulary initially opened an probe into Epstein aft a combat betwixt precocious schoolhouse girls, according to the transcripts. One, conscionable 16, had been accused of prostitution by a classmate, and a schoolhouse authoritative aboriginal recovered $300 successful her purse – outgo from Epstein.

An aerial presumption of Little St. James Island – one of Jeffrey Epstein’s backstage islands. This photograph was 1 of galore unearthed during Ghislaine Maxwell’s enactment trafficking proceedings successful the Southern District of New York, wherever she was recovered blameworthy and sentenced to 20 years successful situation successful 2022 for moving with Epstein to sexually maltreatment minors. (U.S. Department of Justice/Mega)

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She testified that she had been instructed to concoct a fake beingness communicative and unreal to beryllium 18 to get $200 to springiness Epstein a massage earlier the archetypal clip she met him. Then she revealed she was asked to portion down to her underwear and had a graphic intersexual brushwood with him.

In a tribunal bid authorizing the merchandise of the documents, Circuit Judge Luis Delgado warned that the contents were disturbing.

"It is wide accepted that Epstein is simply a notorious and serial pedophile," the bid reads. "The grounds taken by the Grand Jury concerns enactment ranging from grossly unacceptable to rape – each of the behaviour astatine contented is sexually deviant, disgusting, and criminal. The details successful the grounds volition beryllium outrageous to decent people."

The question remains – who other was involved?