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Epstein’s chilling emails with Emirati billionaire revealed in unredacted files

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  • Unredacted files reveal paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein corresponded with Emirati billionaire Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, CEO of DP World, for years.
  • An April 2009 email shows Epstein telling Sulayem he "loved the torture video", with other exchanges discussing sex and sharing fetish site links.
  • Sulayem was identified by US lawmakers after the Department of Justice granted access to previously redacted documents.
  • Despite his name appearing over 5,000 times in the files, being named does not indicate wrongdoing or that Sulayem has been charged with a crime.
  • Lawmakers are now urging the DOJ to release the remaining three million Epstein files, citing unnecessary redactions in those already published.
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