DOJ files released Friday place former President Bill Clinton back under a harsh spotlight, showing the Democrat powerbroker photographed nearly naked in a hot tub with an unidentified woman while socializing with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

The images, buried inside a heavily redacted document dump mandated by Congress, triggered swift backlash and renewed demands for accountability as Americans asked why so many elites escaped scrutiny for so long.

Clinton, now 79, appears repeatedly across the cache. One photo shows him reclining in a hot tub with a woman positioned at his waist.

Others capture the former president traveling with Epstein, lounging with Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and posing with unidentified women on private aircraft. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal sentence for sex trafficking.

The breadth of Clinton’s presence stunned even longtime insiders. A former Clinton aide described the release as a turning point, saying, “This is his reckoning,” adding that the images dominated conversation across media and private messages alike.

The aide compared Clinton’s fall to that of Britain’s Prince Andrew, another once-untouchable figure undone by proximity to Epstein.

Beyond the hot tub photo, the files show Clinton vacationing with Epstein in the United Kingdom, traveling together to Brunei and Thailand, and attending the 2002 wedding of Morocco’s King Mohammed VI.

Additional images place Clinton touring Winston Churchill’s wartime command rooms in London, dining with Epstein alongside Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, and posing during overseas trips labeled in Epstein’s own albums as “Clinton Trips—NY, LA, London.”

One image shows Clinton swimming with Maxwell. Another place Clinton is aboard a plane beside an unidentified woman whose face remains obscured by DOJ redactions. Yet more photos show Epstein, Maxwell, Clinton, and Jagger at dinner, with women’s identities blacked out by federal censors.

The redactions leave the public unable to identify who accompanied Clinton in several settings or why the government chose to shield certain details while exposing others.

The release also underscores a glaring double standard. Democrats quickly complained that President Donald Trump was not prominently featured in the dump, despite years of insinuations.

Trump, the current president, emerged largely unscathed. A single image shows Epstein posing with a woman holding a check allegedly signed by Trump in 1997. That image has circulated for years and was previously addressed.

Reporting has stated the woman was a wealthy European who severed ties with Epstein around that time and had no romantic relationship with Epstein or Trump, according to her lawyer.

By contrast, Clinton’s interactions are extensive and visual. The files depict repeated travel, socializing, and close physical proximity with Epstein and Maxwell over multiple countries and years.

The optics are especially damaging given Clinton’s own history. He was impeached in 1998 over an affair with a 22-year-old White House intern, a scandal Democrats once minimized but now resurfaces as context many Americans say cannot be ignored.

The DOJ’s handling of the release has drawn bipartisan criticism. While Congress required the department to turn over unclassified Epstein records within 30 days, lawmakers say the dump was flooded with black boxes and omissions.

Rep. Ro Khanna said the department failed to comply with the Epstein Transparency Act, arguing the redactions prevent the public from learning who knew what and when.

Some redactions appear arbitrary. In one group photo from a 2002 Morocco trip, Epstein’s face is blacked out while Clinton and Maxwell’s are not.

In another, the DOJ censored Epstein’s body in a beach photo while leaving other identifying details visible. Critics say the inconsistencies raise questions about who the government is trying to protect.

Clinton’s team responded by denying wrongdoing and attempting to redirect attention toward Trump, insisting Clinton cut ties with Epstein before his crimes became widely known. A spokesman argued that those who maintained relationships with Epstein after the facts emerged deserve scrutiny, not Clinton.

That defense has done little to calm critics who note the sheer volume of photos and trips documented in Epstein’s own files.