Epstein files: has Trump really been ‘absolved’? – The Latest

爱泼斯坦档案:特朗普真的“被赦免”了吗?——最新消息

Today in Focus

2026-02-03

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Donald Trump claims that the release of millions more files related to Jeffrey Epstein ‘absolve’ him of wrongdoing, even though his name appears hundreds of times. The latest documents also indicate high-profile figures, including the former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Labour peer Peter Mandelson, continued friendships with the disgraced financier after his child sex abuse convictions. So what have we learned from the newly released files and what happens next? Lucy Hough speaks to columnist and host of Politics Weekly America Jonathan Freedland – watch on YouTube. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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  • This is The Guardian.

  • 5,300 files that have some kind of Trump mention.

  • You do wonder if the clock is ticking even on here.

  • Not only does it absolve me,

  • it's the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical level.

  • Association with the world of Epstein to be in his orbit is damaging whether it's a once royal prince or a sitting American president.

  • Nothing in this absolves anyone.

  • Another three million documents in the Epstein files have been released with serious questions for a number of public figures.

  • So what next?

  • From The Guardians Today in Focus, this is the latest with me, Lucy Hoff.

  • Joining me is Jonathan Friedland,

  • Guardian Columnist and host of our sister podcast, Politics Weekly America.

  • Thanks so much for being with us again, Johnny.

  • So on Friday,

  • we had this enormous and sensational release of three million files and documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

  • Serious questions in those files,

  • which are still being poured over as we speak for people like Bill Gates,

  • the Microsoft founder, Elon Musk, who probably needs no introduction,

  • Donald Trump, and a number of people here, including Andrew Macbatten-Windsor,

  • formerly Prince Andrew, and the Labour Grandi, Lord Peter Mandelson.