DOJ releases more Epstein files with Trump mentions
The U.S. Department of Justice has released another 30,000 pages of documents related to the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein, adding to the growing public archive of material tied to his criminal network and investigations. The move comes under pressure from Congress and as part of a legal requirement to make unclassified Epstein-related files available to the public.
The latest tranche includes a mix of court records, investigative files, emails, news clippings and other materials that reference a range of high-profile individuals, including former U.S. President Donald Trump, although officials have stressed that mentions of Trump do not constitute evidence of wrongdoing. Many of the mentions involving Trump appear in flight logs, old correspondence and media references from the 1990s and early 2000s when Epstein associated with many prominent figures.
The Justice Department, in announcing the release, noted that some parts of the documents contain what it described as “untrue and sensationalist claims” about Trump made years ago prior to the 2020 U.S. election. The department stated that those claims were submitted to the FBI but later determined to lack credible support and insisted that if they had genuine merit, they would already have been used in legal proceedings.
Officials also highlighted that substantial redactions and ongoing reviews remain part of the disclosure process in order to protect the privacy of victims of Epstein’s abuses and to comply with legal restrictions. Critics, including lawmakers from both political parties, have expressed frustration that the release remains incomplete and that key information has either been withheld or heavily obscured, raising calls for greater transparency.
Legal experts and analysts say the new release is the largest so far in an ongoing sequence of disclosures and are watching closely for what future batches may reveal, particularly as public demand grows for full access to the records. The Justice Department has acknowledged that more documents will continue to be published in the coming weeks.
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