Photos from 2019 FBI raid on Epstein’s Upper East Side mansion released

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Photos taken during an FBI raid on Jeffrey Epstein’s eight-story townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in 2019 have been released for the first time. Among the images shown to the jury in Ghislaine Maxwell’s underage sex-trafficking trial was one showing a safe found in a fifth-floor dressing room that was sawed open by the FBI and contained hard drives, CDs, diamonds, a large amount of US currency, and passports belonging to Epstein. open image in gallery A safe found by the FBI in Jeffrey Epstein’s bathroom contained large amount of cash, diamonds, foreign passports and CDs and hard drives open image in gallery FBI agents forced entry to Epstein’s townhouse after no one answered the doorbell open image in gallery The entranceway to Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse open image in gallery The main stairway inside Epstein’s townhouse open image in gallery An FBI search team found boxes of hard drives in large plastic bins in a room in Epstein’s home open image in gallery More hard drives and CDs found inside a shelf in a bedroom in Epstein’s home open image in gallery A second staircase in the middle of Epstein’s residence connected the 2nd floor to bedrooms on the 3rd and 4th floors open image in gallery Epstein’s massage room in the 19,000 sq ft Manhattan townhouse open image in gallery Epstein’s massage table Ms Maguire, from the child exploitation and human trafficking task force, said they arrived at Epstein’s property at around 5.30pm on 6 July after obtaining a search warrant for the property, and forced their way into the building when no one had answered the door bell. Prosecutors had previously revealed they found $70,000 in cash, 48 diamonds and a passport with Epstein’s photo in a different name and issued by a foreign country when they sought to deny Epstein’s bail application on sex trafficking charges.