 "This undated photo from the personal collection of Jeffrey Epstein provided by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on December 12, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L), flanked by Epstein (C), talking to an unknown woman. (AFP)")
The US Justice Department has made public nearly 30,000 more pages connected to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, delivering the most extensive release so far in the long-running case involving the late financier and convicted sex offender.
The documents contain numerous mentions of US President Donald Trump, including an email from a prosecutor highlighting flights Trump took on Epstein’s private jet during the 1990s. The Department of Justice said some of the material includes “untrue and sensationalist claims” about Trump that were submitted to the FBI shortly before the 2020 election, adding that the allegations were unfounded and false. The records were released in the interest of legal transparency, with protections in place for Epstein’s victims.
Among the material now available on the official Justice Department website is an FBI intake report dated October 27, 2020. It records a tip from a former limousine driver who claimed to have overheard a disturbing phone conversation in 1995 involving Trump and Epstein. According to the report, the driver said the woman involved later told him she had contacted police about what had occurred and was then found dead in January 2000 by suicide. The details in the file are heavily redacted, and authorities have made little to no determination about the credibility of the allegations.
DOJ response and scope of the release
In a statement posted on X on Tuesday, the DOJ addressed the claims, saying some documents contain “untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election.” The authority described the allegations as lacking any credible basis. “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 department said. The DOJ reiterated its commitment to transparency and the legal requirement to release the records while stressing that inclusion in the files does not make the claims factual.
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. In public statements this week, the MAGA chief said the renewed focus on the Epstein case was a distraction by Democrats and asserted that he “cut ties” with Epstein long before the pedophile’s arrest in 2019. The release spans a broad range of material beyond the unverified rape allegation. Internal emails show Trump was recorded as having travelled on Epstein’s private jet more times than previously known, with at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996. Trump’s association with Epstein during the 1990s is well documented, but inclusion in flight logs or social records is not itself an accusation of illegal behaviour.
The DOJ has faced continued pressure from Democrats over calls to release the full set of files. Supporters of the Transparency Act argue the public has a right to access government records, even when they contain unverified claims. The latest disclosure follows criticism of an earlier batch of Epstein documents that were temporarily removed from the DOJ’s online portal over concerns about protecting victims’ identities before being restored after authorities determined no victims appeared in the disputed images.