Image from Sweden in the released Epstein documents

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Image from Sweden in the released Epstein documents
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Stockholm City Hall is pictured among the documents released by the US Department of Justice about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reports Aftonbladet. At the same time, there are so far few mentions of US President Donald Trump.

Much of the material that has been released is heavily masked, including with black squares over faces. However, in one file that has been released there is a photo album called "China, Paris, Stockholm", with blurred images. It is not clear when the Stockholm picture was taken, according to Aftonbladet .

The documents also include flight logs showing a trip to Stockholm.

The world has been most curious about Donald Trump's presence in the files, however - and he has been mentioned only a few times so far, the BBC reports. Trump's relationship with Epstein has been under scrutiny in recent years. The president has distanced himself from the convicted sex offender, calling him a "disgusting guy."

Trump did not mention the documents

Earlier this year, however, certain documents linked to the two were made public. Among other things, Epstein wrote in an email to author Michael Wolff in January 2019 about Trump: “Of course he knew about the girls because he asked Ghislaine (Maxwell) to stop.”

Donald Trump gave a brief speech on Friday evening, local time, before embarking on a trip to North Carolina. It was his first public appearance since the Epstein documents began to be released, but the president made no mention of it and did not answer any questions, according to the BBC.

The Department of Justice has announced that not all of the Epstein documents have been made public, but that further publications will take place before the New Year.

The delay in publishing all the material has been criticized by Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.

“Over-masking”

"Simply releasing a bunch of masked pages goes against the spirit of openness," he said in a statement, according to The Guardian.

"These heavily redacted documents released by the Department of Justice today are only a fraction of the evidence."

He further states that Senate Democrats are examining the released documents to determine what needs to be done to "hold the Trump administration accountable."

The Justice Department states that they have been very careful to protect victims, and acknowledges that it may be a matter of "masking", as it can be difficult to determine who is a victim or not, reports CNN.

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