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Victims, lawmakers condemn slow release of Epstein files

This photo provided by the US Justice Department on December 19, 2025 shows an undated picture of former US president Bill Clinton (C) with US singers Michael Jackson (L) and Diana Ross at an undisclosed location. (Handout / US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / AFP) 

Victims of disgraced US financier Jeffrey Epstein joined a chorus of criticism on Monday over the Trump administration's slow release and heavy redaction of records from the investigation into his alleged sex crimes.

President Donald Trump said meanwhile, in his first comments since the release of the files, that people who "innocently met" Epstein in the past risked having their reputations ruined.

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