Justice Department Releases Nearly 30,000 More Epstein Pages, Calling Claims Against Trump in the Files Unfounded
The U.S. Department of Justice released nearly 30,000 more pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein on December 23, 2025, more than 11,000 files in all, in the second major installment since the department began posting the records under the Epstein Files Transparency Act on December 19. In a statement the same day, the department said some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election, stated plainly that the claims are unfounded and false, and said that, out of its commitment to the law and transparency, it was releasing the documents with the legally required protections for Epstein's victims.
Among the newly released records is an internal email dated January 7, 2020, in which an unidentified federal prosecutor wrote that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously reported, listing him as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including four on which Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was also aboard, and one flight carrying only Trump, Epstein and a 20-year-old whose name was redacted. The flights were mainly between New Jersey, Palm Beach, Florida, and Washington, D.C. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
The files also include a letter supposedly sent by Epstein in 2019 to Larry Nassar, the convicted former U.S. gymnastics team doctor, claiming that "our president" shared their love of young girls. The Justice Department said on December 23 that the FBI had concluded the letter was fake, citing inconsistencies including a Virginia postmark rather than a New York one and a return address listing the wrong jail for Epstein, and it cautioned that a document's release by the department does not make the allegations or claims within it factual. The new material also includes a 2021 subpoena to Trump's Mar-a-Lago club seeking employment records in the investigation of Maxwell.
The Epstein Files Transparency Act required the department to release all related unclassified records by December 19, 2025; the department has been posting them in batches since that date and says its review continues. Trump told reporters on December 22 that he considers the Epstein files a distraction and objected to people being implicated merely for appearing in photographs with Epstein.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice
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