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With its Friday release of some three million pages, the Department of Justice says it has released all of the files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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Mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019. Mug shot of Jeffrey Epstein, 2019.Kypros—Getty Images Reporter More than a month has passed since the deadline for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release all its ...

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