The Department of Justice released Epstein documents Friday.
Among them: photos of former President Bill Clinton.
In a hot tub with someone whose face was blacked out.
Swimming in a pool with Ghislaine Maxwell — Epstein’s co-conspirator and the woman who helped run his sex trafficking operation — along with another redacted woman.
Seated closely with a woman on what appears to be an airplane.
In a candid shot speaking with Epstein himself.
From the DOJ's release of the Epstein files, here's what looks to be Bill Clinton, in a hot tub, with a redacted figure. I'm told that DOJ was only redacting images of victims or minors. pic.twitter.com/V8Mim5qm8s
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) December 19, 2025
This is what the Clinton team didn’t want you to see.
Clinton’s Spokesman Went Into Panic Mode Immediately
The response from Clinton’s press secretary tells you everything:
“The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton. This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever.”
Translation: Don’t look at these photos — look over there instead!
The statement continued: “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.”
Photos of Clinton in a hot tub with a redacted woman at locations connected to a convicted sex trafficker “aren’t about Bill Clinton.”
Sure. That’s convincing.
Trump Warned This Would “Backfire” on Democrats
When Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, he made a prediction:
This would “backfire” on Democrats.
He pointed out that Epstein was “deeply associated with many well-known Democrat figures” — including Clinton, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, and Democrat mega-donor Reid Hoffman.
The files are proving him right.
Clinton in hot tubs. Clinton in pools. Clinton on planes. Clinton chatting with Epstein.
The photos don’t need context to be damaging. They speak for themselves.
Ghislaine Maxwell — Not Just Some Random Party Guest
Let’s be clear about who’s in that pool with Clinton.
Ghislaine Maxwell isn’t some socialite who happened to know Epstein. She was convicted of conspiring with Epstein to operate his sex trafficking network. She recruited underage girls. She facilitated the abuse.
She’s currently serving a 20-year federal prison sentence.
And there she is, swimming in a pool with a former President of the United States.
Clinton’s team can call the photos “grainy” all they want. The image of America’s 42nd president swimming with a convicted sex trafficker’s accomplice isn’t going away.
The Celebrity Parade of Shame
Clinton wasn’t alone in the document dump.
Photos also showed Epstein with:
- Noam Chomsky — leftist political activist and intellectual
- Bill Gates — billionaire tech mogul
- Woody Allen — film director with his own troubling history
The rich and powerful flocked to Epstein. They knew who he was. They enjoyed his hospitality. They posed for photographs.
Now those photographs are public.
“Released Without Context” — But Do They Need Context?
The New York Times noted that “the images and documents have been released without context or background information.”
Context would be nice. But what context makes a hot tub photo with a redacted woman look innocent?
What context explains swimming with Ghislaine Maxwell?
What context makes close proximity to Epstein on an airplane acceptable?
The photos are what they are. Clinton’s team is demanding context because the images themselves are indefensible.
The Friday Night Document Dump
Clinton’s spokesman accused the administration of dumping documents “late on a Friday” — the classic tactic for burying bad news.
But here’s the thing: This is bad news for Democrats, not Trump.
If the administration wanted to bury this, they wouldn’t release it at all. The Friday timing might limit news cycle coverage, but the internet doesn’t forget. The photos will circulate. The damage will accumulate.
And more releases are coming.
“What Comes Next”
Clinton’s spokesman made an interesting admission:
“This is about shielding themselves from what comes next.”
What comes next?
More documents. More photos. More names. More connections.
The Epstein files are extensive. This release was just a portion. The DOJ hasn’t explained how they selected this particular batch.
Clinton’s team is already worried about future releases. That tells you they know there’s more out there. They’re preparing defenses for things we haven’t seen yet.
The Redactions Tell Their Own Story
Notice what’s redacted: women’s faces.
In the hot tub photo, the woman with Clinton has her face blacked out. Same with the pool photo. Same with the airplane photo.
Why redact? Presumably to protect the identities of potential victims.
But the redactions also protect Clinton in a way. We can see he was there. We can see he was with women. We just can’t see who those women were.
Future releases might provide more information. Or investigative journalists might connect dots. The redactions create mysteries that will be pursued.
Trump’s Team Says Everything Will Be Released
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche stated that all Trump-related material in the Epstein files will be released.
The administration isn’t hiding anything about the president. They’re putting everything out there.
That confidence suggests they know what’s in the files — and they know it doesn’t hurt Trump while it devastates Democrats.
The Defense That Isn’t a Defense
Clinton’s spokesman said: “Even Susie Wiles said Donald Trump was wrong about Bill Clinton.”
That’s the best they’ve got?
A reference to something a Trump adviser allegedly said, without context, as if that negates photos of Clinton in hot tubs and pools with Epstein associates.
When your defense is “someone on the other side once said something nice about us,” you don’t have a defense.
More Files Coming
The Epstein Files Transparency Act required the release of documents. This is just the beginning.
More photos will emerge. More names will surface. More connections will be documented.
Clinton’s team is already in damage control mode, spinning desperately, claiming none of this is about Bill Clinton.
The photos say otherwise.
Hot tub. Pool. Airplane. Conversation with Epstein himself.
That’s Bill Clinton. Those are Epstein’s associates. Those are the files America demanded to see.
And there’s plenty more where that came from.
