Former President Bill Clinton was photographed nearly naked, reclining in a hot tub with an unidentified woman at his side, in files once held by the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — a revelation sparking intense reactions, including a former aide declaring, 'This is his reckoning.'
Clinton, 79, appears in numerous other images from the massive trove of Epstein files released Friday by the Justice Department — including one showing him with his arm draped around a young woman on a plane.
Former President Bill Clinton was caught on camera with an unidentified woman in newly released photos from the Justice Department. DOJ
The former president is pictured vacationing with the now-infamous predator in the UK, traveling alongside him to Brunei and Thailand, and even attending the 2002 wedding of Moroccan King Mohammed VI.
The sheer extent of the Democrat’s presence in the files sent shockwaves shortly after the DOJ released thousands of heavily redacted documents to meet a congressionally mandated deadline.
In one striking image, Clinton is seen frolicking in a swimming pool with Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s former girlfriend-turned-madam, who is now serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.
“This is his reckoning. I mean, if you turn on CNN, that’s what they are talking about. I’ve gotten a million texts about it,” said one former Clinton aide.
“People are like, ‘I can’t believe he was in a hot tub. Who’s the woman in there?’ She’s at, you know, body level. I mean, it’s, like, unbelievable. It’s just shocking.”
The former aide said Clinton’s extensively documented interactions with the pedophile are likely to sway public opinion, following a yearlong feeding frenzy of conspiracy theories about powerful men who may have escaped accountability.
Photos of former President Bill Clinton with a mysterious woman and Epstein’s now-convicted accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell. DOJ
“Clinton is like Prince Andrew… He’s basically finished. He was already done before, but now it’s even more certain,” the source said, drawing a comparison between the two once-powerful men.
“People have to be brought to justice for if they did these things, there’s no question about it.”
Friday’s initial document release barely mentions President Trump, sparking complaints from the Left that the Justice Department failed to fully comply with the law in releasing the files.
The sitting president, who remained friends with Epstein until around 2004, has largely emerged unscathed — though one photo shows Epstein and a woman posing with a check that Trump allegedly signed in 1997 for $22,500.
Another previously released image of the check surfaced in a 2003 birthday book for Epstein, accompanied by a note allegedly written by businessman Joel Pashcow that read: : “Jeffrey showing early talents with money + women! Sells ‘fully depreciated’ [woman’s name] to Donald Trump for $22,500.”
The Wall Street Journal previously reported that the woman in question was a “wealthy European then in her 20s, [who] severed all ties with Epstein around 1997 and had no romantic relationship with either Epstein or Trump,” her lawyer said.
The document dump spotlights Clinton, showing the Democrat touring Winston Churchill’s Second World War war room in London.
Clinton appears delighted to be in Churchill’s historic quarters, standing among 1940s-era maps, records, and telephones — and surrounded by wax figures of Britain’s top military leaders and aides from the era.
Epstein, Maxwell, Clinton, and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger were also photographed together at a dinner.
In one photo, Jagger and Clinton can be seen getting close to a woman whose face has been blacked out.
In Brunei, Clinton and Epstein were photographed together, both wearing gleaming silk shirts.
Former President Bill Clinton is pictured with another unidentified woman. via REUTERS
Epstein was photographed dining with Clinton and Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger. DOJ
Other photos show them sightseeing in Thailand and traveling together to Morocco.
Yet another photo album is labeled, “Clinton Trips — NY, LA, London.”
One photo shows the former president aboard a plane with disgraced pop icon Michael Jackson.
The Justice Department heavily redacted the files, leaving open the possibility that more embarrassing or potentially incriminating images could be hidden within.
The heavy redactions also prevent the public from knowing the identities of the women or girls photographed with Clinton.
A photo released by the Justice Department shows former President Bill Clinton touring Winston Churchill’s World War II war room in London. DOJ
Jeffrey Epstein inspects a cake shaped like breasts while on a tropical vacation. DOJ
Some of the Justice Department’s redactions are baffling — for instance, Epstein’s face is blacked out while Clinton’s and Maxwell’s remain visible in a group photo from their 2002 Morocco trip, published this week.
FaqInsurances exclusively reported, citing two sources close to the matter, that Clinton shocked his own staff by insisting that Epstein and Maxwell accompany him to the royal wedding — a request that was reportedly approved by Moroccan authorities.
In another baffling redaction, the DOJ blacked out Epstein’s apparently nude buttocks in a beach photo.
Clinton’s office vehemently denied any wrongdoing and attempted to shift the focus onto President Trump, who was also linked to Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s.
“The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,’ a Clinton spokesperson told the Daily Mail.
Epstein also had backstage access to see the Rolling Stones. DOJ
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is pictured reclining across unidentified women. DOJ
“This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever. So they can release as many grainy 20-plus-year-old photos as they want, but this isn’t about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be. Even Susie Wiles said Donald Trump was wrong about Bill Clinton.
“There are two types of people here,” the Clinton spokesman said. “The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light. The second group continued relationships with him after. We’re in the first. No amount of stalling by people in the second group will change that. Everyone, especially MAGA, expects answers, not scapegoats.”
Trump resisted the bipartisan law requiring the DOJ to release all “unclassified records, documents, communications, and investigative materials” on the case — even attempting, unsuccessfully, to pressure four House Republicans to withdraw their names from a discharge petition.
Friday marked the end of the 30-day deadline set by the congressional transparency law, prompting the release.
The authors of the law, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), said the Justice Department defied their Epstein Transparency Act by heavily redacting the files and failing to release everything.
“The DOJ’s document dump of hundreds of thousands of pages failed to comply with the law,” Khanna said.
