Jeffrey Epstein Files features high-profile names but fails to surprise: 5 things that report reveals

The initial release of Jeffrey Epstein files by the Justice Department revealed minimal new information, mainly consisting of flight logs and a partially redacted contacts list, much of which has been publicly available for years.

Written By Sanchari Ghosh
Published28 Feb 2025, 08:01 AM IST
First Wave of Epstein Files Contains Old Info, Flight Logs and Contacts List Revealed
First Wave of Epstein Files Contains Old Info, Flight Logs and Contacts List Revealed(AP)

Despite Attorney General Pam Bondi and Fox New teasing a major revelation, the first wave of Jeffrey Epstein files on the Justice Department website revealed little new information and most of them had been circulating in the public domain for years.

The 100-pages document include a series flight logs from the politically-connected sex offender’s private jet, plus a partly-redacted “contacts list.”

Here look at 5 major revealtions fron the Jeffrey Epstein files:

  • Epstein's flight log: The documents revelead flight logs of Epstein’s private jet - Lolita Express, which were already available in multiple court cases. The logs showed David Rodgers’ signature for the flights. Rodgers has previously testified in court about what he witnessed during his time flying Epstein around.

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  • Epstein's and Ghislaine Maxwell's address book: It also included a heavily redacted photocopy of an address book purportedly compiled by Epstein and his longtime confidante Ghislaine Maxwell. Again they were already available on public domain.
  • Big names in Epstien's contact list: Some of the big names that were mentioned in the address book includes Michael Jackson, actor Alec Baldwin, Mick Jagger, Naomi Campbell, Courtney Love and Robert F. Kennedy Jr's mother Ethel Kennedy. However, Justice department clarified that the list as a contact list and, ‘not a client list’.
  • Evidence list: The Justice Department also released a blacked-out list of masseuses and an evidence list showing entries for more than 150 items, including nude images, massage tables, sex toys and other items. There wasn't any indication whether the list was from Epstein's case, Maxwell's case or some other investigation.

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  • The Justice Department posted the documents on its website with a note downplaying their significance. “The first phase of declassified files largely contains documents that have been previously leaked but never released in a formal capacity by the U.S. Government,” the note said. This might indacte that more is coming.

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First Published:28 Feb 2025, 08:01 AM IST