One of the first people to report Epstein is included in the files. Maria Farmer, an artist who had been working for Epstein, told the FBI in a 1996 report that he had stolen personal photos she took of her 12-year-old and 16-year-old sisters.

The Epstein files have officially been released. Here's what the Justice Department's investigation into Epstein show about the former Prince Andrew.

The House and Senate voted in favor of the Justice Department releasing the Epstein files after President Donald Trump urged them to do so.

Epstein was known to surround himself with rich and influential people and was friends for many years with Donald Trump before the Manhattan mogul was elected president. A search tool on the DOJ's website surfaces Trump’s name hundreds of times in the newly released documents.

The Justice Department released thousands of new photos and records on Jeffrey Epstein on Friday, but at least 550 pages in the documents are fully redacted.

Many of the Justice Department documents were heavily redacted, and President Trump’s name was rarely mentioned. The White House also sought to make political hay of the release of photos of Bill Clinton.

The Trump administration faced a Dec. 19 deadline to release the records, but said it may not meet its obligation to make all the files public.

Two decades after Jeffrey Epstein was first reported to police, the Justice Department has started to release its investigative files on the late millionaire, who was accused of repeatedly sexually abusing underage girls.