Former President Bill Clinton will be identified as one of several John Does in previously redacted documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to ABC News It is said that
Fox News' Alexandria Hoff reported Monday that “Clinton is not the only big name expected to be released.”
“There are more than 150 people identified only as John or Jane Das, and the legal cover is about to be lifted,” Hoff told “Fox & Friends” on Monday.
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Former President Bill Clinton will be identified as one of several John Does in previously redacted documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to ABC News It is said that (Liam McBurney/Pennsylvania via AP)
Last month, a federal judge in New York ordered the unsealing of dozens of documents naming people associated with the disgraced investor.
“A federal judge in Manhattan has ruled there is no justification for keeping documents sealed in settled cases involving Epstein's accusers,” Hoff said. “According to ABC News, the unredacted documents are expected to be released as early as tomorrow and include former President Bill Clinton's name.”
ABC News report Sunday Although Clinton's name is mentioned, he said there is “no indication that the sealed records contain any evidence of wrongdoing” by the former president. According to ABC News, Clinton's name appears more than 50 times in the redacted filing.
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A spokeswoman for Mr. Clinton declined to speak to Disney-affiliated media outlets. Clinton's press secretary did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
The document is expected to identify those who covered the incident, including the victims, investigators and journalists. Some names will remain sealed, including those of minor victims who did not speak publicly about the incident and those who judges mistakenly identified as the perpetrators by reporters.
At least one person asked the court not to publish his name because he could be at risk of physical harm.
The order was issued as part of a 2015 lawsuit between Epstein's accuser Virginia Giuffre and his ex-girlfriend and co-defendant Ghislaine Maxwell. The case was settled in 2017, but a judge ruled in hearings in 2021 and 2022 that the names would not be sealed indefinitely. Giuffre alleges that Epstein and Maxwell trafficked her when she was 17 years old. She is currently in her 30s.
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Jeffrey Epstein mug shot, 2019. (Cyprus/Getty Images)
Epstein, already a convicted sex offender in Florida, died in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center in 2019 while awaiting federal sex trafficking trial. His death was ruled a suicide.
Federal investigators supported this designation in a 128-page report released in June. While the report points to shortcomings on the part of the Bureau of Prisons and its staff, it does not reveal any evidence that would contradict labeling Epstein's death a suicide.
FOX News' Michael Lewis contributed to this report.
