当地时间2月27日，美国司法部在其网站上公布了与爱泼斯坦案有关的首批文件档案。
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据发布在美国司法部网站上的声明称，美国司法部长邦迪与美国联邦调查局一起解密并公布了与“被定罪的性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦及其在纽约州和佛罗里达州等地家中对250多名未成年女孩进行性剥削”有关的档案。解密文件的第一阶段主要包含“之前已经泄露但从未由美国政府正式发布的文件”。
The US Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday released government documents related to wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, but the first wave of files posted on the Justice Department website have largely been circulating in the public domain for years.
声明称，美国司法部长邦迪要求获取与爱泼斯坦案有关的全部档案。作为回应，司法部收到了大约200页文件，但还有数千页文件未披露，这些文件涉及对爱泼斯坦案的调查和起诉。邦迪已经要求联邦调查局在美国东部时间2月28日上午8时之前将剩余文件交给司法部，并责成联邦调查局局长帕特尔调查为何未按照要求提供所有文件。
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a fiery letter to FBI Director Kash Patel on Thursday accusing federal investigators in New York of withholding thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents she has vowed to make public. Bondi said she had requested the full Epstein case file before Patel was confirmed as the head of the FBI and received about 200 pages of files. She said the FBI had never disclosed the existence of those files and demanded they be turned over by Friday morning.
声明称，美国司法部计划在审查和编辑后公布剩余的文件，以保护爱泼斯坦案受害者的身份。
Bondi acknowledged, though, that some information couldn't be released to protect the identities of the victims. "The Department of Justice will ensure that any public disclosure of these files will be done in a manner to protect the privacy of victims and in accordance with the law," she wrote.
美国纽约州性犯罪者登记处此前提供的杰弗里·爱泼斯坦照片。图源：央视新闻
美国亿万富豪杰弗里·爱泼斯坦在美国政商界人脉极广，他曾将一座私人岛屿打造成所谓“萝莉岛”，以招募按摩师为由诱拐年轻女孩提供性交易，供权贵阶层享乐。2019年，爱泼斯坦因涉嫌进行性交易及合谋拐卖未成年女性被捕并被起诉，在狱中等待审判期间神秘死亡，留下重重疑问。
Epstein, a New York City financier whose social circle included presidents and other rich and powerful figures, died by suicide in a Manhattan jail in 2019 after he was charged with running a sex trafficking ring involving minors.
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