The US Justice Department on Tuesday released a fresh batch of documents linked to the investigation into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
With the records referencing former President Donald Trump in connection with Epstein’s private jet flight logs. Authorities, however, said Trump has not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing.
The release comprises around 30,000 pages of documents, many of them heavily redacted, along with dozens of video clips, some of which were reportedly recorded inside a prison. Epstein was found dead in a New York jail in 2019 in what was ruled an apparent suicide.
One document included in the release contains an email stating that “Donald Trump travelled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than has previously been reported.” The email, dated January 7, 2020, forms part of a chain titled “RE: Epstein flight records.” While the sender and recipient are redacted, the email lists an assistant US attorney from the Southern District of New York at the bottom, with the name also withheld.
According to the email, Trump appeared as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including four flights alongside Ghislaine Maxwell. It also states that Trump travelled on some occasions with then-wife Marla Maples, daughter Tiffany Trump, and son Eric Trump.
The document further claims that one 1993 flight listed only Trump and Epstein as passengers, while another included Epstein, Trump and a 20-year-old individual whose name has been redacted. Two other flights reportedly included women described as potential witnesses in the Maxwell case.
Shortly after the documents were made public, the Justice Department cautioned that some of the newly released material contained “untrue and sensationalist claims” about Trump that were submitted to the FBI shortly before the 2020 US presidential election. In a post on X, the department said the claims were “unfounded and false” and lacked credibility.
The latest release follows earlier disclosures made by the Trump administration to comply with a new law mandating the release of Epstein-related records. Those initial document dumps, released on Friday and Saturday, were heavily redacted, drawing criticism from some Republicans and doing little to ease political controversy ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
The earlier batch included previously unseen photographs of former President Bill Clinton with Epstein, as well as a 1996 description of a criminal complaint against Epstein.
On Monday, Trump told reporters that the Epstein files were being used to “deflect” from what he described as the success of his administration and the Republican Party. The transparency law, passed by Congress last month, requires the release of all Epstein-related files, despite Trump’s earlier efforts to keep the records sealed.
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