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A newly surfaced mugshot of Ghislaine Maxwell, the former companion of the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, was unveiled on Friday as part of a massive document release by the Justice Department. Maxwell, who has faced widespread condemnation, was implicated in Epstein’s criminal activities.
This particular mugshot was taken in 2020 following Maxwell’s arrest in July of that year. She faced six charges, which included two counts each of sexual exploitation of minors for sexual performance, interstate transportation for sexual activity, and perjury.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed that the Justice Department has released over three million pages of documents related to the Epstein investigation, aiming to shed more light on the case.
Maxwell’s previously unseen mugshot was made public as part of this extensive document release related to Epstein, showing the Justice Department’s commitment to transparency.
“Today’s release concludes an exhaustive process of document identification and review to ensure transparency for the American public,” Blanche stated. “The Department has undertaken an unprecedented effort in this endeavor. With the final report now submitted to Congress and written justifications for any redactions published in the Federal Register, the Department’s obligations under the act are fulfilled,” he explained to reporters.
The released documents included over 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, Blanche said Friday. He noted that not all the newly released videos and images were taken by Epstein and those around him. Blanche said they include “large quantities of commercial pornography and images that were seized from Epstein’s devices.”
Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were both indicted on federal sex trafficking charges stemming from Epstein’s years of abuse of underage girls. (Joe Schildhorn/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
“We redacted every woman depicted in any image or video, with the exception of Ms. Maxwell. We did not redact images of any men unless it was impossible to redact the woman without also redacting the man,” Blanche said.
Members of Congress will have access to “any portions of the response of production in any unredacted form” and can make arrangements with the Justice Department to review them, he added.
The DOJ found more than 6 million pages of “potentially responsive” materials, including department and FBI emails, interviews, summaries, images and videos, among other things generated during investigations, according to Blanche. While the Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the release of documents related to investigations of the late financier, it has provisions to protect victims’ privacy.
Ghislaine Maxwell jogs around the track at FCI Tallahassee, Tallahassee, Florida, Thursday, July 10, 2025. Maxwell is serving a twenty-year sentence for sex trafficking in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. (Matthew Symons for Fox News Digital)
“The categories of documents withheld include those permitted under the act to be withheld, files that contain personally identifiable information of victims or victims’ personal and medical files and similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” Blanche explained. “Any depiction of CSAM or child pornography was obviously excluded. Anything that would jeopardize an active federal investigation, and finally, anything that depicts or contain images of death, physical abuse or injury also not produced.”
Blanche’s use of the acronym CSAM refers to Child Sexual Abuse Material, the legal designation for illegal imagery involving the exploitation of minors.
The deputy attorney general also clarified that while the act allowed the department to withhold items necessary to keep secret the interests of national security or foreign policy, none were blocked on that basis.
Maxwell is currently incarcerated and serving a 20-year prison sentence.