Latest Epstein Files Release Includes Many Mentions of Trump. The DOJ Called Them ‘Unfounded.’

The new batch of files published Tuesday by the Department of Justice related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein include mentions of President Donald Trump, including a 2020 email from an undisclosed U.S. attorney who wrote that Trump “traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported.”

An assistant U.S. attorney with the Southern District of New York, whose name was redacted, sent the email on Jan. 7, 2020.

“He is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Maxwell was also present,” the attorney wrote, referring to convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. “On one flight in 1993, he and Epstein are the only two listed passengers; on another, the only three passengers are Epstein, Trump, and then-20-year-old [redacted.]”

“On two other flights, two of the passengers, respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case. We’ve just finished reviewing the full records (more than 100 pages of very small script) and didn’t want any of this to be a surprise down the road,” the attorney wrote.

Trump appears to be alluded to in a letter signed by “J. Epstein” to the convicted sex offender Larry Nassar and is named in tips submitted to the FBI, including one that appears to have been submitted by Epstein’s brother, Mark.

The DOJ posted Tuesday on X that some of the documents “contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.”

“To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,” the DOJ wrote.

Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern took issue with the DOJ’s public stance, writing that the department’s “purpose is to defend the Constitution — not serve as the president’s personal defense attorney” in a post on Tuesday afternoon.

The DOJ is legally obligated to release all files related to its investigation into Epstein after Congress passed a law last month requiring it. The department did not meet its statutory deadline of Dec. 19 to release all the files, instead releasing them in redacted chunks. The first release heavily featured references to former President Bill Clinton and left out many of the documents that cite Trump.

This release, however, includes files that involve — or allude to — the president.

A handwritten letter to Nassar, the former team physician for USA Gymnastics, signed by “J. Epstein” refers to “our president” instead of explicitly naming Trump. The letter was sent in August 2019, when Trump was in office. “Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls,” the letter says.

It was postmarked after Epstein’s death, according to another document the DOJ uploaded.

Release of the apparent letter to Nassar sparked immediate blowback to the DOJ’s handling of the documents.

“This is depraved. Trump and his DOJ tried to hide these files for a reason, and we’re beginning to find out why,” Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone wrote on X about the letter to Nassar. “Americans deserve to know the truth about our President, and his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of young girls.”

The DOJ posted that it was “looking into the validity” of the apparent Nassar letter Tuesday afternoon, questioning its postmark date and address.

The files also contain a series of tips to the FBI related to Trump, several that came after the DOJ called for tips when it announced Maxwell’s federal charges in July 2020. The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether these tips were investigated.

Someone who submitted a tip and wrote that their name was “Mark Epstein” wrote to the FBI in 2023 saying: “Jeffrey Epstein was murdered in his jail cell. I have reason to believe he was killed because he was about to name names. I believe Presient [sic] Trump authorized is [sic] murder.”

Trump has not faced any criminal charges related to Epstein’s death, which authorities ruled a suicide.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee say the FBI failed to investigate Epstein sooner. Robert Garcia, the committee’s ranking member, requested Tuesday that the DOJ inspector general investigate the FBI for not immediately investigating a 1996 claim from one of Epstein’s victims, Maria Farmer, that Epstein and his associates were sexually abusing minors and creating child sexual abuse material.

Farmer’s name is redacted in the documents released by the DOJ.

“Oversight Democrats are investigating Jeffrey Epstein; his enablers, network and accomplices; and the numerous failures by the United States government that denied justice to survivors,” Garcia wrote in a letter to the DOJ inspector general. “Recent disclosures made under the Epstein Files Transparency Act have underscored the depth of these failures.”

The documents also include a 2021 subpoena to Mar-a-Lago for employment records related to the investigation of Maxwell.

Two email exchanges from federal officials in 2019 also mention “10 co-conspirators” that they appeared to have been investigating after Epstein’s indictment.

“3 have been located in FL and served GJ subpoenas; 1 in Boston, 1 in NYC, and 1 in CT were located and served. 4 of the 10 are outstanding with attempts having been made. 1 is a wealthy business man in Ohio, a lead is being sent to CV; the remaining 3 are currently out of pocket,” someone named Sean wrote in one email exchange with someone whose email signature included the “Crimes Against Children Human Trafficking Unit,” which is under the FBI.

Sen. Ron Wyden posted the email exchanges to X on Tuesday afternoon, asking why “NO ONE ELSE involved in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring has faced criminal charges.”

“The answer is pretty simple: Pam Bondi knows she can’t go after Epstein’s co-conspirators because they possess damning information on Donald Trump,” Wyden wrote.