By STEVEN SLOAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Invoice Clinton featured prominently within the first batch of recordsdata launched Friday by the Justice Division stemming from its investigation into convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, because the White Home sought to maneuver the main focus of the extremely anticipated paperwork from President Donald Trump.
There have been a number of pictures of Clinton among the many hundreds of paperwork made public. Some confirmed him on a personal aircraft, together with one with a lady whose face was redacted from the photograph sitting on his lap. One other photograph exhibits him in a pool with Epstein’s longtime confidant, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, and an individual whose face was additionally redacted.
One other photograph exhibits Clinton in a sizzling tub with a lady whose face was redacted. The recordsdata don’t say when the pictures have been taken and there was little context surrounding them.
A number of White Home officers, together with press secretary Karoline Leavitt and prime aide Steven Cheung, made social media posts Friday highlighting the pictures.

In an announcement, Clinton spokesman Angel Ureña stated the Epstein investigation “isn’t about Invoice Clinton.”
“There are two sorts of folks right here,” he stated. “The primary group knew nothing and minimize Epstein off earlier than his crimes got here to gentle. The second group continued relationships after that. We’re within the first. No quantity of stalling by folks within the second group will change that.”
Clinton has by no means been accused of misconduct by Epstein’s recognized victims.
