Kevin Spacey has asked for the release of the so-called “Epstein files”.
The “Epstein files” is a reference to Justice Department records concerning the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein – but last week, the Justice Department released a memo stating that no new information will be disclosed.
According to the two-page document, investigators found no “incriminating list” of clients and “no credible evidence” Epstein blackmailed high-profile individuals.
“Release the Epstein files. All of them,” Spacey, who has faced allegations of sexual assault, wrote on X.
“For those of us with nothing to fear, the truth can’t come soon enough. I hate to make this about me — but the media already has.”
Spacey, 65, was accused of sexual assault or inappropriate behaviour by more than 30 men in 2017, with his previously acclaimed stage and screen career stalling as a result.
In 2022, he was found not liable in a civil lawsuit in New York and was cleared of nine charges of sexual assault in 2023 in a criminal case in London.
Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually abusing dozens of teenage girls in the early 2000s. The case drew widespread attention, in part because of Epstein and former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell's links to royals, presidents and billionaires.
During his campaigning last year, Donald Trump promised to release files relating to the late sex offender, sparking frustration and disappointment when nothing materialised.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has been under fire since February, when she teased the release of “a lot of names, a lot of information” related to Epstein’s clients.
The US government released the first wave of the “Epstein files” on February 27, however, no new bombshells were revealed.
Bondi was criticised for hyping up the documents, which did not contain information that was not already publicly known.
She suggested in a letter to FBI Director Kash Patel that more records had recently been discovered.
Bondi told the FBI to hand over "the full and complete Epstein files" to her by the morning of February 28 and directed Patel to "conduct an immediate investigation" into why her order to the FBI to turn over all documents was not followed.
She claimed that the FBI subsequently handed over a “truckload” of evidence including thousands of pages of additional documents.
Those documents, however, were never made public. On July 7, the Justice Department released a memo stating that no “further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.”
The revelation was met with frustration. Bondi was slammed by reporters about the decision, and some senior members of Trump’s base suggested that she should resign.
Bondi confirmed that she had no intention of stepping down, saying the memo “speaks for itself and we’ll get back to you on anything else.”
