Key Highlights
- They were part of a long-awaited release of documents from Donald Trump’s justice department, which has been slammed for being only a partial release and heavily redacted. But one document, called EFTA00004179, consists of a formal FBI evidence cover sheet and 13 pages of handwritten investigative notes from an interview conducted on 2 May 2019.
- The interview subject is redacted, as is some of the content. Still, themes emerge; recruitment of girls, sexual encounters under the guise of “massages” and Epstein’s specific preferences regarding age and race.“Friends of [redacted] friends.
- Big Brazilian group.
- Desperate time,” the witness said, according to the notes.
- “Running out of girls.” The notes ostensibly refer to Epstein by the initials “JE”. Photos from the first batch of the Jeffrey Epstein filesRead moreA “dark-skinned Dominican” was brought in during this “desperate time” but “JE didn’t want Spanish or dark girl”, the notes read.
