The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday released nearly 30,000 additional pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, including references to President Donald Trump. While the files detail Trump's past association with Epstein, they contain no accusations of wrongdoing against him. The department noted that some claims in the documents are untrue and sensationalist.
The Justice Department has continued its piecemeal release of Epstein investigation files, as required by Congress to make all materials public by the previous Friday. This latest batch, totaling nearly 30,000 pages, includes hundreds of references to Trump, who shared a documented friendship with the convicted sex offender during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
Key details emerge from flight logs showing Trump as a passenger on Epstein's private jet at least eight times between 1993 and 1996. These domestic flights connected New Jersey, Palm Beach, and Washington, D.C. A 2020 email from an unidentified federal prosecutor highlighted that four of these flights also carried Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's co-conspirator and convicted sex offender. One 1993 flight listed only Trump and Epstein, while another included them plus a then-20-year-old whose name is redacted. Two other flights involved women who could be witnesses in the Maxwell case.
The files also feature unsubstantiated allegations, such as a Dallas limousine driver's 1995 claim that Trump made concerning remarks in a limo, repeatedly mentioning 'Jeffrey' and referencing abuse of a girl. Submitted to the FBI before the 2020 election, these claims lack evidence, according to the Justice Department.
A purported 2019 letter from Epstein to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar, claiming 'our president shares our love of young, nubile girls,' was later confirmed fake by the FBI due to inconsistencies like a wrong postmark and jail address.
Additionally, a 2021 subpoena sought employment records from Trump's Mar-a-Lago club during the Maxwell probe.
Trump has dismissed the releases as a distraction and hoax by Democrats. On Monday, he told reporters: "What this whole thing is with Epstein is a way of trying to deflect from the tremendous success that the Republican Party has... And you ruin a reputation of somebody."
In a recent Truth Social post, he added: "Nobody cared about Jeffrey Epstein when he was alive and, if the Democrats had anything, they would have released it before our Landslide Election Victory... This latest Hoax will backfire on the Democrats just as all of the rest have!"
The White House referred questions to the Justice Department's statement, which emphasized: "The claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already."
No evidence in the files links Trump to Epstein's crimes; he reportedly banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.
