The U.S. Deputy Attorney General said that hundreds of thousands of files are expected to be released, and the Department of Justice has uploaded numerous documents, including newly revealed photographs.

Among them are images showing women in partial nudity alongside Jeffrey Epstein, as well as documentation of Epstein and Bill Clinton together at a swimming pool and in Morocco.

“The department identified more than one thousand two hundred victims during its review of the documents,” the Deputy Attorney General said.

The U.S. Department of Justice began releasing the documents from the “Epstein Files” on Friday night.

The materials were collected during the investigation of the billionaire pedophile, who later died by suicide amid serious allegations of sexual crimes.

Ahead of the release, the White House acknowledged that President Donald Trump is among the prominent figures mentioned in the documents.

Earlier, the Deputy Attorney General said in an interview that the department is expected to begin publishing several hundred thousand files, with hundreds of thousands more documents to be released in the coming weeks.

The newly released materials include photographs from what has been described as a “gym room,” images of Epstein with Clinton in Morocco, and a painting depicting Bill Clinton wearing a dress and heels.

Additional images show Epstein holding a check bearing Trump’s signature.

The Deputy Attorney General added that the Justice Department uncovered more than one thousand two hundred victims during its review of the Epstein Files.

Shortly after the department announced the release, significant technical difficulties were reported when accessing the official website, which was inaccessible for extended periods, apparently due to heavy traffic.

The documents were organized into four categories on the site: court records, Justice Department disclosures, Freedom of Information Act materials, and disclosures from the House of Representatives.

It was reported that there are more than fifty court cases filed against Jeffrey Epstein, including federal criminal cases and civil lawsuits.

Some of the documents released include previously unpublished photographs, many featuring Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former partner.

According to the report, the publication of thousands of files does not comply with prior guidance issued to the Justice Department.

Earlier this week, Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking offenses, filed a request with the court seeking to overturn or modify her conviction and, as a result, her twenty-year prison sentence.

On Thursday, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives released several dozen additional photographs from Epstein’s estate, showing the convicted sex offender’s connections with wealthy and famous individuals.

The images were among more than ninety-five thousand photographs obtained by the House Oversight Committee after issuing a subpoena for materials that were in Epstein’s possession before his death in a New York jail cell in two thousand nineteen.

Among the images released earlier this week are photographs showing Epstein alongside former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak.

In other documentation, Epstein is seen cooking with Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman and chief executive of the global ports and logistics company DP World, regarded as one of Dubai’s most prominent business leaders.

Photographs of billionaire Bill Gates were also released, as well as images from a dinner held in two thousand eleven attended by prominent figures and wealthy philanthropists, organized by a non-profit organization.

The committee did not raise allegations of misconduct against the men shown in the images.

The materials also include images of passports, visas, and identity documents from Russia, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, South Africa, and Lithuania, with personal information redacted.

Additional photographs show Epstein with women or girls whose faces were blacked out.

The committee said it will remove any information that could lead to the identification of victims.

According to reporting, for approximately twenty-five years Trump and his representatives spoke publicly about his relationship with Epstein, presenting it in varying and sometimes contradictory ways.

The relationship between the two was described as close and complex, more so than the president has acknowledged.

In the late nineteen eighties, Trump and Epstein developed a relationship close enough that people who knew them believed they were best friends.

At the time, neither was as publicly known as today, and neither drank alcohol or used drugs.

However, it was reported that they pursued women as part of a game of ego and dominance, with women’s bodies treated as a form of currency.

First published: eleven forty-three p.m., December nineteenth, two thousand twenty-five.