On December 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice released nearly 30,000 additional pages from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation, marking the largest tranche yet under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The documents contain hundreds of references to President Donald Trump, prompting the DOJ to issue an immediate and unusually forceful statement warning that some materials include “untrue and sensationalist claims” about the president—many submitted to the FBI just before the 2020 election.
A key revelation comes from a January 2020 email by an unidentified New York federal prosecutor: “Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported.” Flight logs detailed at least eight trips between 1993 and 1996, mostly domestic routes from New Jersey to Palm Beach and Washington, D.C. On one flight, the only passengers were Trump, Epstein, and a redacted 20-year-old woman. Four flights also listed Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s convicted accomplice, as a passenger. Other logs show Trump flying with family members, including Marla Maples, Eric Trump, and infant Tiffany Trump.
The DOJ emphasized that Trump has never been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein’s crimes. “To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false,” the department posted on X, adding that credible allegations “certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.” Additional files include a 2021 subpoena to Mar-a-Lago for employment records of a redacted individual—possibly linked to accuser Virginia Giuffre, who once worked there—and photos of Trump with Maxwell seized during raids.
Trump, who famously banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after learning of his behavior toward a member’s daughter, has long distanced himself, calling Epstein a “fixture in Palm Beach” but insisting their friendship ended years before Epstein’s 2008 plea deal. White House spokespeople dismissed the release as recycled material from a “discredited” probe.
Critics, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, demanded explanations for references to “at least ten potential co-conspirators” prosecutors considered charging post-Epstein’s 2019 death—none pursued beyond Maxwell, now serving 20 years.
As Christmas approaches, the timing has reignited partisan battles, with Democrats accusing the DOJ of downplaying ties and Republicans decrying a “witch hunt.” No new evidence implicates Trump in Epstein’s trafficking ring, but the disclosures underscore lin
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