What 3 million new documents reveal about Trump’s links to Epstein

Millions of files and a thousand references to Trump once again expose the relationship between the now president of the United States and the sexual predator

The president of the United States is mentioned more than a thousand times in the three million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, after Donald Trump himself initially resisted their publication. While some of the references are benign, others include new allegations against Trump of sexual assault, as well as new details about how some of Epstein’s victims described their contacts with the then-future president.

Particularly significantly, the documents now made public include a list of unverified sexual assault allegations against Trump compiled by FBI officials last year. There are also FBI notes relating to a woman who accused Trump, in a court case, of having raped her when she was 13 years old, as well as a record of an FBI interview with one of Epstein’s victims, who stated that the financier’s accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, had “introduced” her to Trump at a party.

There is no public evidence that any of the allegations against Trump in the documents were considered credible by the FBI, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday that the allegations against Trump included in the files are false. Trump has, over the years, denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein or any allegations of sexual misconduct.

Commenting on the release of the documents on Saturday, Trump said: “I haven’t seen it myself, but I’ve been told by very important people that this not only exonerates me, but it’s exactly the opposite of what some people expected.”

The new revelations also recall Trump’s initial resistance to the release of the files, despite having committed to doing so when he took office.

Congress ended up going against Trump and passed a law that forced the Justice Department to release all documents related to Epstein by mid-December. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department finally completed that obligation on Friday, with the publication of 3.5 million documents, although some were withheld under exceptions under the law.

The new details also recall the decades-long friendship between Trump, Epstein — a convicted sex offender who committed suicide in prison in 2019 — and Ghislaine Maxwell, his longtime collaborator, currently serving a prison sentence for sex trafficking.

It is difficult, at this stage, to fully understand the scope of the content included in the millions of documents made available online, given the unprecedented scale of the dissemination.

A search on the Department of Justice website dedicated to the Epstein case for the expression “Donald Trump” returned more than 1,800 results, a number that increased throughout Friday as the site indexed new files. Many of the references correspond to news articles about Trump during his presidency, shared by Epstein, as well as comments Epstein himself made about Trump to journalists and others, such as Steve Bannon.

Blanche stated that the White House had no intervention in reviewing the documents.

“I want to be absolutely clear — they had nothing to do with this review,” he said. “They didn’t supervise the process, they didn’t tell the department how to review the documents, what to look for, what to hide or not hide.”

The Department of Justice stated in its official note that “some of the documents contain false and sensationalist allegations against President Trump, submitted to the FBI shortly before the 2020 elections”. “To be clear, these allegations are baseless and false, and if they had any credibility, they would have already been used as a weapon against President Trump.”

FBI compiled allegations against Trump last year

One of the most intriguing documents involving Trump is a list compiled by the FBI last August containing more than a dozen allegations related to the president, many of which appear to originate from unverified tips received through the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center, which collects information from the public.

The documents appear in email messages sent by officials at the FBI office in New York, part of the Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.

“The yellow highlight corresponds to the most sensationalist part”, wrote one of those responsible to explain how the allegations were being organized.

It is unclear why these allegations were brought together last summer. In July, the FBI and the Justice Department released a memo stating that there was no evidence that Epstein maintained a list of powerful men involved in a sex trafficking and pedophilia ring.

The allegations appear unverified, and the documents themselves indicate that in many cases this was second-hand information. The report also states that, often, there was no contact with the complainants or that there was no contact information.

The same document includes unverified allegations against former President Bill Clinton, who also denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein.

Trump didn’t want this day to come

Between his presidential terms, many Trump allies became right-wing influencers and commentators. Several of them — including current FBI Director Kash Patel — exploited the Epstein case to suggest that the Justice Department was protecting Democrats and liberal figures while ignoring the well-documented links between Trump and Epstein.

Following this mobilization of the Republican base, pressure increased on the Trump administration to use its new powers over the DOJ and FBI and release the stored documents. An initial attempt by Attorney General Pam Bondi backfired when the announced materials turned out to be a compilation of already public documents.

This was followed by increasing pressure from Republican congressmen, in conjunction with Democrats, who saw the issue as a political weapon against Trump, after more than a dozen women accused him of sexual assault and harassment and after a jury found him responsible, in 2023, for the sexual abuse of E. Jean Carroll, in a civil defamation case. Trump denies all allegations and has never been criminally charged in connection with Epstein.

Trump tried to prevent the approval of the law, even going so far as to personally pressure Republican deputies in the White House. However, it ended up being overtaken by a broad bipartisan consensus. The law passed almost unanimously and Trump signed it in November.

New revelations from December disclosures

The first wave of documents was released on December 19th. Despite being partial, Trump’s name came up repeatedly.

Those documents revealed that federal prosecutors gathered evidence in 2020 that Trump traveled on Epstein’s private plane multiple times during the 1990s, contradicting previous statements by Trump himself, including a 2024 claim in which he said, “I was never on Epstein’s plane.”

The December documents further showed that the Department of Justice issued a subpoena to the Mar-a-Lago club ahead of Ghislaine Maxwell’s 2021 criminal trial, asking for information about a former employee.

As now, officials appointed by Trump highlighted that the files included unverified allegations, reiterating that they contained “false and sensational allegations submitted to the FBI before the 2020 elections”.

The documents also deepened public knowledge about Epstein’s connections to Democratic figures, celebrities and businesspeople, also showing that Epstein closely followed news about Trump and had more frequent contact with Steve Bannon than previously known.

FBI Notes on Trump

Among the millions of pages released are notes from FBI interviews with Epstein victims. Although no conclusive evidence has emerged, the documents have once again drawn attention to the long-standing links between Trump and a convicted sexual predator.

One memo says a victim said Maxwell “introduced” her to Trump at a party in New York and indicated that she was “available,” telling her: “I think he likes you. Aren’t you lucky? This is great.”

According to the document, nothing happened between the woman and Trump.

Another memo references a 2021 interview with Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s best-known survivors, who committed suicide in April 2025. The notes indicate that Giuffre spoke of her teenage work at Mar-a-Lago, how she was recruited from there to work for Epstein, and the sexual abuse she claims she suffered later.

The files also include an FBI form about a complaint filed by a woman who accused Trump of raping her when she was 13 years old. The woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed and withdrew lawsuits, the last just before the 2016 election.

Trump has denied these accusations. The documents include emails in which Epstein discusses the case with people close to him, including a message sent to Tom Barrack: “It’s crazy, but I thought you should know.”

Epstein’s view of Trump

In addition to the FBI notes, the documents include emails that reveal Epstein’s views on Trump after his election in 2016.

In December 2018, Epstein asked journalist Michael Wolff for help to counter a report. “I’m thinking about what Trump would do,” Epstein wrote.

Wolff responded: “Never explains. Denies, blames the media, attacks someone else.”

When asked about these emails, Trump said on Saturday that Wolff “conspired with Epstein to [o] harm” and said that he “will certainly sue” the author.

The documents also include email exchanges between Epstein and Larry Summers, former US Treasury Secretary and former president of Harvard University, who has publicly expressed shame over his communications with Epstein.

*MJ Lee, Hannah Rabinowitz and Sarah Owermohle contributed to this article