Epstein docs claim Bill Clinton 'threatened' Vanity Fair not to write about Jeffrey Epstein

A 2011 email exchange between Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre and Sharon Churcher of the Daily Mail that became public Thursday features the claim that former President Bill Clinton pressured Vanity Fair not to write sex-trafficking articles related to his "good friend" Jeffrey Epstein.

In the emails, Giuffre discussed the sale of her picture to Vanity Fair (referred to as "VF") to go with an article the outlet was preparing. Attorney Brad Edwards favored the sale and further floated giving the outlet statements about her experiences, though Churcher (referred to as "Shazza") suggested Epstein's connections in the publishing industry could complicate her efforts to publish a book. Giuffre, for her part, was concerned about the content of the article in question and how the outlet planned to portray her.

"I am looking at both sides to the picture. On the upside it will give exposure to build up publicity for the case and the story but like you said, it must be carefully written and not give any notions about the upcoming book and or any new info," she said. "When i [sic] was doing some research into VF yesterday, it does concern me what they could want to write about me considering that B.Clinton walked into VF and threatened them not to write sex-trafficing [sic] articles about his good friend J.E."

"Should I be asking what is this story their [sic] writing pertaining to?" she asked. "I wouldn't want to give the public a bad image or anything like that. I don't know, it's all such a gamble. I just thank goodness for having a friend like you on the inside who knows how to deal with the viciousness of todays world!!"

The emails became public as part of the second batch of documents stemming from Giuffre's 2015 civil suit against Epstein's girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, that the Southern District of New York released pursuant to a December court order from Judge Loretta Preska. The first batch was published Wednesday evening.

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