The DOJ released around 3.5 million files that included over 2,000 videos and 180,000 images. It ultimately left the public with many questions.
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One of the most pertinent is: why haven’t there been any charges or arrests of the people pictured or named in the Epstein files?
Speaking in an interview on February 1 on CNN’s State of the Union, the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche addressed this.
He said that the DOJ is not considering bringing any additional charges related to Epstein, despite the releases over recent months.He said: “I can’t talk about any investigations, but I will say the following, which is that in July, the Department of Justice said that we had reviewed the files, the Epstein files, and there was nothing in there that allowed us to prosecute anybody.
“The entire world can look at and see if we got it wrong.”
Blanche did admit that the materials released do contain disturbing material, such as photographs, emails and correspondence, but emphasized that this did not meet the threshold for prosecution.
Blanche added: “There’s a lot of horrible photographs that appear to be taken by Mr. Epstein or people around him, but that doesn’t allow us necessarily to prosecute somebody.”
