Has any major news outlet or the DOJ specifically named Lifetouch in the released Epstein files, and where can the primary document be found?
Executive summary
No major U.S. outlets in the provided reporting have documented that the Department of Justice or the released Epstein files explicitly name Lifetouch; the one item in the sample press pool that ties Lifetouch to the Epstein corpus is a secondary news story in Times Now that links Lifetouch to Leon Black through corporate ownership and reporting attention, not a quoted DOJ exhibit or a primary DOJ document [1]. The primary Epstein document repository is the Justice Department’s Epstein disclosure hub and its Data Set pages, where millions of pages, photos and videos have been posted for public review [2] [3] [4].
1. What the DOJ actually published and where to look
The Department of Justice has posted the Epstein disclosures and an “Epstein Library” on its website, including multiple data-set pages that contain the released documents, images and videos; those pages are the primary public repository for the material the DOJ says it has disclosed [5] [2] [3] [4]. News organizations covering the releases repeatedly point readers back to these DOJ-hosted data sets as the authoritative source for the documents and cite the scale of the release — millions of pages and tens of thousands of photos and videos — that are being made available in batches [6] [7] [8].
2. What major outlets reported from the files — and what they named
Major outlets cited in the provided reporting have highlighted mentions of high-profile figures such as Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew and others appearing in the files, and have focused on witness interviews, emails and photographs surfaced in the DOJ dumps [6] [9] [10] [8]. Coverage from sources like CBS, PBS, CNN, BBC and The Guardian in the sample emphasizes public names and the broader questions about redactions and withheld material rather than calling out a school-photography company by name in association with a DOJ exhibit [6] [7] [9] [11] [8].
3. Where Lifetouch appears in the reporting provided
A single news item in the supplied set — Times Now (US News) — explicitly mentions Lifetouch in the context of renewed attention after Leon Black’s name appeared in the released files, and explains the corporate connection: Lifetouch is a school-photography business owned by Shutterfly, which was acquired by Apollo Global Management, the private equity firm co-founded by Leon Black [1]. That Times Now piece frames Lifetouch as “coming under spotlight” because of the broader corporate linkage and reporting about Black, but the Times Now snippet does not cite a specific DOJ file or an exhibit page that directly names Lifetouch as evidence from the DOJ repository [1].
4. Evidence gap — what is not supported in these sources
Within the set of sources provided there is no DOJ page or a mainstream outlet citation that points to a specific DOJ document, Bates number, or data-set item that explicitly lists “Lifetouch” as named in the files; the authoritative DOJ pages and the indexed data-set directories are referenced as the place to inspect primary documents, but no snippet in this collection shows a document excerpt or DOJ metadata asserting Lifetouch appears in the files [5] [2] [3] [4]. Reporting also flags extensive redactions and notes that millions of pages remain withheld or redacted, meaning absence of public reporting is not definitive proof of absence within the sealed or redacted record — but that limitation is a procedural one described by coverage of the release [11] [8].
5. Bottom line and next practical step
Based on the supplied reporting, no major outlet in the sample plus no DOJ landing page excerpt in this set has specifically documented Lifetouch being named inside a DOJ-released Epstein file; the best way to confirm would be a targeted search within the DOJ’s Epstein disclosure data sets (the Epstein Library and individual Data Set pages) for the string “Lifetouch” or related corporate names and to review any matching exhibits directly on the DOJ site [5] [2] [3] [4]. If a researcher cannot find Lifetouch on the DOJ portal, the possibilities are that Lifetouch does not appear in released pages, it appears only in withheld/redacted material, or it is being mentioned indirectly in secondary reporting (for example, via Leon Black’s corporate ties), a distinction the Times Now piece illustrates but does not prove with a primary-document citation [1].