Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen on this picture launched by the Division of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025 as a part of a brand new trove of paperwork from its investigations into the late financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. Date and context is unclear.
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The Division of Justice on Tuesday launched one other batch of recordsdata associated to deceased intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The newest paperwork seem to comprise courtroom information, emails, and a few closely or fully redacted recordsdata.
In a Tuesday morning submit to X, the DOJ introduced the most recent drop and claimed to have launched “almost 30,000 extra pages of paperwork associated to Jeffrey Epstein.” The submit additionally refers to claims made in opposition to President Donald Trump within the newest launch.
“A few of these paperwork comprise unfaithful and sensationalist claims made in opposition to President Trump that had been submitted to the FBI proper earlier than the 2020 election,” the submit states. “To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if that they had a shred of credibility, they definitely would have been weaponized in opposition to President Trump already.”
Trump, who was largely unmentioned within the preliminary batch of recordsdata launched by the DOJ on Friday, is a former buddy of Epstein’s and has lengthy denied any wrongdoing associated to the disgraced New York financier. Epstein died by suicide whereas in detention in 2019.
Included within the newest batch from the DOJ is a handwritten letter Epstein wrote to convicted intercourse offender Larry Nassar from the Manhattan Correctional Middle that seems to reference Trump. Within the letter, which seems much like a letter described in a 2023 report by the Related Press, Epstein says, “Our president shares our love of younger, nubile ladies.” Trump was president on the time the letter was written.
“When a younger magnificence walked by he liked to ‘seize snatch,’ whereas we ended up snatching grub within the mess halls of the system. Life is unfair,” Epstein wrote.
CNBC has not independently confirmed the authenticity of the letter or the claims made in it. The envelope is stamped three days after Epstein’s jailhouse suicide. Within the letter, Epstein tells Nassar, “As you realize by now, I’ve taken the ‘brief route’ dwelling.”
A letter apparently despatched from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar launched by the Division of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 23, 2025 as a part of a brand new launch of paperwork from its investigations into the late financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. Date and context is unclear.
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One other reference to Trump seems within the newest launch, in a 2020 e mail from an assistant U.S. legal professional for the Southern District of New York whose identify is redacted.
The prosecutor wrote that Trump “traveled on Epstein’s personal jet many extra occasions than beforehand has been reported (or that we had been conscious).” Trump is listed as a passenger on a minimum of eight flights between 1993 and 1996, in line with the e-mail.
An e mail discussing Jeffrey Epstein’s personal jet flight information talked about Donald Trump on this picture launched by the Division of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 23, 2025 as a part of a brand new trove of paperwork from its investigations into the late financier and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump and Epstein had been the one two listed passengers on a 1993 flight, in line with the e-mail, and Trump, Epstein and a then-20-year-old (whose identify is redacted) had been the lone passengers on a second flight.
“On two different flights, two of the passengers, respectively, had been girls who can be doable witnesses in a Maxwell case,” the prosecutor wrote.
Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in 2021 of procuring underage ladies to be sexually abused by Epstein. Final week, Maxwell filed a long-shot petition to vacate her conviction.
When requested about Trump’s look within the recordsdata, a White Home spokesperson referred CNBC to the DOJ’s assertion.
That is the second main launch of recordsdata since Friday, when all paperwork had been required beneath the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act to be made public with minimal redactions.
In a letter to Congress on Friday, Deputy Lawyer Common Todd Blanche informed lawmakers that “because of the quantity of supplies,” the DOJ would launch the paperwork on a “rolling foundation” by way of the tip of the yr, defying the legislation’s requirement to launch the recordsdata of their entirety by Dec. 19.
Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., mentioned on Monday that he would drive the Senate to vote on suing the DOJ for the complete launch of recordsdata.
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who co-sponsored the Home invoice that ordered the DOJ to launch the Epstein recordsdata, are amongst congressional lawmakers contemplating holding federal officers, together with Lawyer Common Pam Bondi, in contempt for the dealing with of the recordsdata.
Khanna additionally threatened to start impeachment proceedings in opposition to Bondi and Blanche if the DOJ continues to flout the legislation.
A bunch of Epstein survivors on Monday joined the decision for congressional oversight in a press release. Nineteen survivors signed the letter, which urged “hearings, formal calls for for compliance, and authorized motion, to make sure the Division of Justice fulfills its authorized obligations.”
The survivors additionally famous that lots of the launched paperwork had been closely redacted.
“On the identical time, quite a few sufferer identities had been left unredacted, inflicting actual and speedy hurt,” the group wrote.
The DOJ additionally raised eyebrows over the weekend when a number of images — together with one which contained photographs of Trump’s face — had been quietly faraway from the web database for the Epstein recordsdata. The photograph was later restored.
The Justice Division has maintained that it’s working to assessment and redact materials required by the legislation to guard the privateness of Epstein’s victims.
“That is an arduous course of, as every doc and {photograph} should be individually reviewed by the DOJ and the Southern District of New York for potential redactions to guard victims or potential victims,” the DOJ mentioned in a reality sheet.
Former President Invoice Clinton, who featured prominently within the images launched on Friday, has notably referred to as for the whole launch of the recordsdata.
Clinton’s spokesman, Angel Urena, on Monday issued a press release urging the DOJ to “instantly launch any remaining supplies referring to, mentioning, or containing {a photograph} of Invoice Clinton.”
“What the Division of Justice has launched up to now, and the style by which it did so, makes one factor clear: somebody or one thing is being protected. We have no idea whom, what or why. However we all know this: We’d like no such safety,” Urena wrote.
Clinton has not been accused of wrongdoing in reference to Epstein.
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