Trump mentions in Epstein files are ‘untrue’ and ‘sensationalist’, DOJ says as 30,000 documents are released: Live updates

The US Department of Justice said on Tuesday morning that a newly released trove of Epstein-related documents contains ‘untrue and sensationalist claims’ about President Donald Trump that were submitted to the FBI ahead of the 2020 election.

In a post on X, the department said the allegations were ‘unfounded and false,’ adding: ‘If they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.’

The Justice Department said that, in keeping with its commitment to the law and transparency, it released an additional 30,000 pages of documents.

Mark Epstein has hinted that Donald Trump may have been involved in his brother Jeffrey’s death, without providing any evidence to support his wild allegation.

He submitted a tip to the FBI National Threat Operation Center in February 2023 claiming the Trump administration authorized his brother’s death, a document in the latest trove of Epstein files showed.

‘I have reason to believe he [Jeffrey Epstein] was killed because he was about to name names. I believe Presient [sic] Trump authorized is [sic] murder,’ Mark Epstein wrote in a text message.

Trump’s presence in the Epstein files does not imply any wrongdoing. The president has not been accused of any malpractice concerning the disgraced financier.

Epstein was found dead in his prison cell on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.

Mark Epstein has long denied his brother died by suicide and has instead peddled claims that he was murdered.

President Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to post about tariffs amid the release of 30,000 new Epstein files.

In the post, Trump credited tariffs for what he described as strong US economic performance, writing: ‘The TARIFFS are responsible for the GREAT USA Economic Numbers JUST ANNOUNCED… AND THEY WILL ONLY GET BETTER!’

He went on to claim there was ‘NO INFLATION & GREAT NATIONAL SECURITY,’ before ending the message with an appeal related to the judiciary: ‘Pray for the U.S. Supreme Court!!! President DJT.’

A document featured in the latest trove of Epstein Files claims that the pedophile did not appear suicidal in the days leading up to his death.

Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in his prison cell on August 10, 2019 while awaiting his trial on sex trafficking charges.

A heavily redacted email dated nine days before his death suggests that Epstein denied having ‘suicidal tendencies.’

The Epstein files are painfully familiar territory for Hillary Clinton when it comes to navigating the fallout from her husband’s past.

As Bill Clinton once again finds himself in an uncomfortable photographs with pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, Hillary’s apparent response has been neither panic nor public loyalty, but something colder.

Detachment, a source has told the Daily Mail.

An insider close to the former first lady says she has watched the latest storm break with indifference, having long ago decided that her scandal-hit husband has to deal with the repercussions on his own.

Thousands of new documents linked to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released in recent days.

The releases so far have been heavy on images of Epstein’s homes in New York City and the US Virgin Islands, with some photos of celebrities and politicians.

The following public figures have appeared in photographs in the files:

• Richard Branson, Virgin founder
• Jean-Luc Brunel, French modelling agent
• Bill Clinton, former US president
• Walter Cronkite, US broadcaster
• Mick Jagger, musician
• Michael Jackson, musician
• Diana Ross, musician
• Kevin Spacey, actor
• Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, former British prince
• Sarah Ferguson, former British duchess
• Peter Mandelson, British politician
• Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted Epstein associate
• David Brooks, New York Times columnist
• Donald Trump, US president
• Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder
• Naom Chomsky, linguistics professor
• Sergey Brin, Google co-founder
• Salar Kamangar, former YouTube CEO
• Chris Tucker, comedian

** Being photographed in the Epstein files does not suggest wrongdoing.**

An email sent to sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell from ‘Balmoral’ and signed ‘A xxx’ asked her if she had ‘found me some new inappropriate friends’ to have ‘fun’ with, the Epstein files have revealed.

The files, which were released on Friday, shed new light on the inner world of convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, and include an image of his friend Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor – formerly Prince Andrew – lying across five women.

The latest disclosures include a series of emails written between Maxwell and ‘The Invisible Man’, with the email address ‘[email protected]’.

In August 2001, the man who signs his messages ‘A xxx’ writes to Maxwell: ‘I am up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family.’

The trove of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice were heavily redacted to protect the pedophile’s victims, the government has revealed.

Donald Trump’s DOJ was met with criticisms over the redactions and slow release of the Epstein files by both lawmakers and victims.

Democrats accused the DOJ of a ‘cover-up’, alleging the redactions where due to ‘political sensitivities.’

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has denied allegations and said the Justice Department was ‘absolutely, positively not’ redacting the files to protect Trump.

Trump was once a close friend of Epstein, regularly attending parties together, but he cut ties with him years before his arrest and faces no accusations of wrongdoing.

Similarly, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton explained last week that ‘victim privacy interests’ has led the DOJ to redact ‘faces of women in photographs with Epstein even where not all the women are known to be victims because it is not practicable for the department to identify every person in a photo.’

Clayton admitted that the approach ‘could be viewed by some as an over-redaction’ but reiterated that the department believes it should ‘err on the side of redacting to protect victims.’

A huge new trove of Epstein files has revealed that Donald Trump flew on the pedophile’s private jet ‘many more times than has been previously reported’, including one journey with a 20-year-old woman.

Some 8,000 more documents including videos and photos related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released on the US Department of Justice’s site (DOJ).

Among the documents is an email from a New York assistant US attorney, which states that Trump was listed as a passenger on eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four where Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell was also present.

Trump’s presence in the Epstein files does not imply any wrongdoing. The president has not been accused of any malpractice concerning the disgraced financier.

A spokesperson for former president Bill Clinton has addressed his name and pictures emerging in the Epstein files on Friday afternoon.

‘The White House hasn’t been hiding these files for months only to dump them late on a Friday to protect Bill Clinton,’ the spokesperson said.

‘This is about shielding themselves from what comes next, or from what they’ll try and hide forever.

‘So they can release as many grainy 20-plus-year-old photos as they want, but this isn’t about Bill Clinton. Never has, never will be.

‘Even Susie Wiles said Donald Trump was wrong about Bill Clinton,’ the spokesperson added, referencing Wiles’ recent interview with Vanity Fair in which she admitted ‘Trump was wrong’ about there being incriminating evidence against the former Democratic president in the files

‘There are two types of people here. The first group knew nothing and cut Epstein off before his crimes came to light. The second group continued relationships with him after. We’re in the first,’ Clinton’s spokesperson said.

‘No amount of stalling by people in the second group will change that. Everyone, especially MAGA, expects answers, not scapegoats.’

Donald Trump has defended Bill Clinton after photos of the former Democrat president alongside Jeffrey Epstein were released, calling it ‘a terrible thing’.

Clinton appeared numerous times in the bombshell tranche of documents on Friday, being seen taking a dip with convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell and a woman whose face was redacted.

Speaking at a press conference Monday, Trump said: ‘I don’t like the pictures of Bill Clinton being shown, I don’t like the pictures of other people being shown, I think it’s a terrible thing.

‘I like Bill Clinton, I’ve always gotten along with Bill Clinton. I’ve been nice to him, he’s been nice to me, we’ve always gotten along with him, I respect him.’