There are names in the published documents that have remained hidden. For example, in a 2011 e-mail from Sharon Churcher, a reporter for the British newspaper Mail on Sunday, to a recipient whose name has been withheld, she mentions someone who had been sold to “men, including two of the most respected politicians in the world,” followed by two names in parenthesescrossed out with thick black stripes.
However, there are also names known to everyone in the documents.
“Clinton threatened the magazine not to write about Epstein”
In one published email from 2011, Giuffre alleged that former President Bill Clinton threatened the magazine not to write articles about Epstein and sex trafficking.
In an e-mail to reporter Sharon Churcher, Giuffre said she was concerned about giving the information to the Mail, “given that B. Clinton went into VF (Vanity Fair) and threatened them not to write articles about the trafficking and about his good friend J.E. (Jeffrey Epstein)”.
Editor: That didn’t happen
Giuffre did not specify when Clinton’s alleged interaction with Vanity Fair took place. Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair from 1992 to 2017, said in a statement to CNN that the interaction “categorically did not happen.”
A Clinton spokesman told CNN they had no further comment on the alleged incident. Two days ago, in response to Clinton’s repeated appearances in the documents, his spokesman said that “it has been nearly 20 years since President Clinton last had contact with Epstein.”
The first batch of documents, released two days ago, mostly contained names and information that had already been published in various media and published in other court proceedings. However, this is the first time that these specific documents have been made public. More documents are expected to be published in the coming days.
Giuffre and Maxwell settled the civil suit in 2017, but the court filings were previously redacted to protect the individuals’ privacy. Some names and information are still blacked out in the unsealed documents.
Most of the documents from the lawsuit were unsealed in 2019, the day before Epstein died after committing suicide in prison. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison after being convicted of sex trafficking in 2021.
In a statement to CNN, her lawyers said she has “consistently and vehemently maintained her innocence.”
