Bill Clinton seen relaxing in a hot tub in newly released Epstein files photo

WASHINGTON, DC: Newly released documents related to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation include the photo of former President Bill Clinton relaxing shirtless in a hot tub with an unidentified woman.

The photo is part of a wider trove of images and records made public by the Department of Justice on Friday, December 19, under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Bill Clinton in the spotlight as new photos surface

Clinton is facing fresh questions about the extent of his relationship with the late financier after his photos appeared prominently in the first batch of newly released documents. The picture showed the former president in the hot tub with a woman whose face had been redacted.

Dozens of photographs, including the one that appeared to be taken on the same occasion, showed Ghislaine Maxwell in a dimly lit swimming pool with the former president.

A Donald Trump spokesman shared the picture with the caption, “Oh my!”

According to Gates McGavick, a Justice Department employee, the woman whose face was blocked out was an Epstein victim.

Another photo shows Clinton with his arm around a young, blonde woman whose face has been redacted, sitting beside him on a red velvet sofa.

Bill Clinton spokesperson dismisses Epstein link

Addressing speculation surrounding the photos, Angel Urena, a spokesperson for Clinton, accused the Trump administration of attempting to deflect attention by releasing the files late in the week.

“The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,” Urena wrote in a post on X.

“This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever,” he added.

Urena also dismissed the significance of the newly circulated images, calling them outdated and misleading.

“They can release as many grainy 20-plus-year-old photos as they want, but this isn’t about Bill Clinton,” he wrote.

He further referenced a recent Vanity Fair interview with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, noting that she had acknowledged Trump was wrong in suggesting the files contained incriminating evidence against the former Democratic president.

Bill Clinton spokesperson separates Epstein contacts into two groups

Urena framed the broader controversy by dividing those connected to Epstein into two groups.

“The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light,” he said. “The second group continued relationships with him after.”

“We’re in the first,” Urena added.

He went on to say that efforts by individuals in the second category to delay or deflect accountability would not succeed.

“No amount of stalling by people in the second group will change that. Everyone, especially MAGA, expects answers, not scapegoats,” he insisted.