A representative for former US President Bill Clinton has called for the complete disclosure of documents related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The representative accused the White House of ‘protecting someone’ by releasing files with significant redactions.
Angel Utena criticized the White House and Department of Justice over the weekend, alleging they were attempting to ‘scapegoat’ Clinton by publicizing photos of him with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
On Friday, about 300,000 files concerning Epstein were made available to the public. These documents, which were supposed to be fully released by the deadline, included names of several celebrities like Clinton, former Prince Andrew, Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Chris Tucker, and Kevin Spacey, among others.
None of the celebrities featured in the images have been accused of any misconduct.
The selective release and extensive redactions, which resulted in some documents being entirely blacked out, prompted Utena to urge the President for full disclosure.
He insisted that ‘President Trump direct Attorney General Bondi to immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning, or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton.’
“The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,” the spokesperson stated online.
“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,” Ureña remarked. “We do not know whom, what or why. But we do know this: We need no such protection.”
“On Friday, the Justice Department unveiled its initial set of files; however, it refrained from releasing all of the federal government’s documents tied to various probes into the notorious sex offender, as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, enacted last month by President Donald Trump.”
The statement suggested that if the DOJ withholds the complete release of the files, it will only affirm that they are ‘using selective releases to imply wrongdoing about individuals who have already been repeatedly cleared by the very same Department of Justice, over many years, under Presidents and Attorneys General of both parties.’
Like many other public figures featured in the newly released photographs and previous disclosures, Clinton has never faced accusations or charges of wrongdoing, and his appearance in the files does not imply any misconduct.
Nonetheless, it has sparked renewed interest in the connections Epstein had with influential figures worldwide, including Donald Trump, who was mentioned in court documents related to the deceased financier.