Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ghislaine Maxwell are seen in this image from the estate of late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025.
| Photo Credit: U.S. Justice Department
U.S. Justice Department releases thousands of records in Epstein case on Friday (December 19, 2025) afternoon, including photos, call logs; some heavily redacted.
Among the thousands of records released by the Justice Department are photos, call logs, grand jury testimony and interview transcripts. Many of the documents have been redacted and at least some have already been in the public domain.
Some of the photos and transcripts feature Epstein and his longtime confidant, British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.
Ms. Maxwell was charged with recruiting underage girls for Epstein to abuse. She was convicted in late 2021 and is serving a 20-year-prison sentence.
The files also included video clips from inside the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City from the day Epstein died in his jail cell. The video clips had already been released previously by the Justice Department and officials have said for years they showed no one else entering the area around Epstein’s cell before he was found dead.
High interest led the Justice Department to regulate access to its Epstein files website for a time.
The webpage went live Friday afternoon with a waiting room-type queue akin to what concertgoers sometimes see when they go online to purchase tickets.
Visitors were greeted with the message: “You are in line for Department of Justice web content. When it is your turn, you will have 10 minutes to enter the website.”
The webpage then refreshed to reveal a landing page with various categories of documents, including court records and other disclosures.
Published – December 20, 2025 03:11 am IST
