New Delhi, Dec. 20 -- The United States Justice Department released a chunk of the Jeffrey Epstein files on Friday (US local time) as per the provisions of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Although the US Congress had said in the act that the full Epstein files had to be released by 19 December, the DoJ has only released the files partially.

Here is a look at some of the most shocking revelations made in the released Epstein files till date:

A number of prominent personalities and their close proximity to the convicted sex trafficker came to light. Prominent names include the likes of public intellectual Noam Chomsky, former US President Bill Clinton, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, filmmaker Woody Allen, pop music icon Michael Jackson...