'Never met Jeffrey': Dalai Lama denies links with Epstein files

The Dalai Lama, successful a statement, denied immoderate links with Jeffrey Epstein aft reports of his sanction being mentioned successful the record surfaced. The US Justice Department’s latest merchandise of Epstein files has reignited planetary contention by dragging a caller acceptable of high-profile names into nationalist debate, including US President Donald Trump, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, billionaire Elon Musk and Tibetan spiritual person the Dalai Lama.The connection released by the bureau of the Dalai Lama denied links with Epstein, stating, "Some caller media reports and societal media posts concerning the ‘Epstein files’ are attempting to nexus His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Jeffrey Epstein. We tin unequivocally corroborate that His Holiness has ne'er met Jeffrey Epstein oregon authorised immoderate gathering oregon enactment with him by anyone connected His Holiness’s behalf."

Legal experts and unfortunate advocates accent that being named successful the files does not equate to transgression implication, noting that the documents scope from interaction lists and correspondence to question records and third-party mentions.The caller tranche, published successful precocious January nether the Epstein Files Transparency Act, runs to much than 3 cardinal pages and includes implicit 2,000 videos and astir 1,80,000 images, making it the largest and last scheduled disclosure of national worldly related to the disgraced financier.Alongside Trump, Gates and Musk, the DoJ merchandise and erstwhile Epstein-related records person cited oregon referenced figures specified arsenic Prince Andrew, erstwhile New Mexico politician Bill Richardson, erstwhile US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Sarah Ferguson, Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Kevin Spacey, Diana Ross and Chris Tucker.

In galore instances, lawyers and representatives for those named person either denied misconduct oregon said the references bespeak social, nonrecreational oregon incidental interaction alternatively than information successful Epstein’s crimes.The January merchandise forms portion of Washington’s effort to code aggravated nationalist unit for transparency aft Epstein’s 2019 apprehension connected sex-trafficking charges and his decease successful custody aboriginal that year.Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Justice Department was required to disclose responsive investigative materials, taxable to redactions to support victims and delicate information.The recently released cache includes FBI documents, tribunal records, emails, photos, videos and different grounds compiled implicit years of enquiry into Epstein and associates specified arsenic Ghislaine Maxwell.