Court documents related to former President Bill Clinton were unsealed Wednesday as part of a trove of documents related to associates of deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Clinton has been identified as “John Doe 36” and is expected to be mentioned more than 50 times throughout the presidential campaign. set of documents It was unsealed as part of a lawsuit between Epstein and prominent Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre. imprisoned partnerGhislaine Maxwell. (Related: 'Great friendship': UK watchdog releases personal emails between Jeffrey Epstein and former bank executive)

New release witness testimony A woman named Johanna Sjoberg said Mr. Epstein mentioned Mr. Clinton's alleged interest in young girls.

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“Has Jeffrey ever talked to you about Bill Clinton?”

The victim testified, “At one point, Mr. Clinton said that he liked young people, referring to girls.'' She also described various trips she took with Epstein and sexual acts that took place.

Testimony of a witness:

Q: “Did Jeffrey ever talk to you about Bill Clinton?”

A: “He said at one point that Clinton likes young people, referring to girls.”

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The documents began being made public Wednesday night after confusion over an appeal by Jane Doe, who did not want to be identified.

Prior to its release, ABC News reported Mr. Clinton was to be exposed in court documents without implicating him in any criminal activity.His name came up multiple times in the Epstein case Flight record He was released in 2021 amid a long legal battle between Giuffre and Maxwell.

Airline records show Mr. Clinton traveled with Mr. Epstein to Paris, Bangkok and Brunei at least nine times. new york post. Photos of Clinton and Epstein together in the White House while he was president surfaced in 2021, and images of Clinton and Epstein's alleged victims were reported. daily mail In August 2020.

Former President Donald Trump is also listed in the flight log, his last flight being in 1997. Flight records show neither former president was on the plane to the infamous Little St. James Island, the epicenter of Epstein's sex trafficking scandal. .

Mr. Epstein's brother, Mark Epstein, told the New York Post on Wednesday that Mr. Jeffrey had information about Mr. Trump and Bill Clinton that would change the 2016 presidential election between Mr. Trump and Hillary Clinton. He said he was

“Here's a direct quote: 'If I tell you what I know about both candidates, they're going to have to call off the election.'” That's what Jeffrey told me in 2016 ” said Mark Epstein. His brother wouldn't tell him what specific information he had about Trump and Bill Clinton.

Clinton is said to have flown on Epstein's Lolita Express jet 26 times and waived her Secret Service details at least five times. Fox News reported In 2016.

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 19: Former President Bill Clinton speaks on stage at the Clinton Global Initiative's September 2023 Conference at the New York Hilton Midtown on September 19, 2023 in New York City. do. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images, Clinton Global Initiative)

Mr. Giuffre claimed to have met the former president at Little St. James and joked that Mr. Epstein had Mr. Clinton in his back pocket. The Daily Beast reported It is based on documents previously unsealed during the Maxwell litigation. Mr. Giuffre tried to get Mr. Clinton to testify.

Through a spokesperson, Clinton denied Giuffre's claims in a July 2020 statement. newsweeksaid he had never been to Epstein's island.

Clinton's press secretary, Angel Ureña, told the outlet that Clinton had “never been to Little St. James Island,” adding that she stopped communicating with Epstein more than a decade ago. said.

“He hadn't talked to Epstein in over 10 years,” he said. “Long before his horrific crimes came to light.”

In August 2019, Epstein was found dead in his New York cell while awaiting federal trial. crime of sex trafficking. His death was not captured on prison cameras and was ruled a suicide.