Files from a "birthday book" compiled for the paedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein by co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell have been released publicly for the first time.

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The 238-page book, released by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, appears to show messages from several high-profile acquaintances of Epstein to mark his 50th birthday, which was in 2003.

They appear to include messages from the likes of Donald Trump and the UK ambassador to Washington, Lord Peter Mandelson.

They are among dozens of messages, seemingly from childhood friends, former girlfriends, and people who came to know him after he became a wealthy financier.

The book would have been made three years before allegatio

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