Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Date and context is unclear.
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The Department of Justice on Tuesday released another batch of files related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The latest documents appear to contain court records, emails, and some heavily or completely redacted files.
In a Tuesday morning post to X, the DOJ announced the latest drop and claimed to have released “nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.” The post also refers to claims made against President Donald Trump in the latest release.
“Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election,” the post states. “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.”
Trump, who was largely unmentioned in the initial batch of files released by the DOJ on Friday, is a former friend of Epstein’s and has long denied any wrongdoing related to the disgraced New York financier. Epstein died by suicide while in detention in 2019.
Included in the latest batch from the DOJ is a handwritten letter Epstein wrote to convicted sex offender Larry Nassar from the Manhattan Correctional Center that appears to reference Trump. In the letter, which appears similar to one described in a 2023 Associated Press report, Epstein says, “Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls.” Trump was president when the letter was written.
A letter sent from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 23, 2025 as part of a new release of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Date and context is unclear.
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“When a young beauty walked by he loved to ‘grab snatch,’ whereas we ended up snatching grub in 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. In the letter, Epstein tells Nassar, “As you know by now, I have taken the ‘short route’ home.”
Another reference to Trump appears in the latest release, in a 2020 email from an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York whose name is redacted.
The prosecutor wrote that Trump “traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware).” Trump is listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, according to the email.
An email discussing Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet flight records mentioned Donald Trump in this image released by the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 23, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump and Epstein were the only two listed passengers on a 1993 flight, according to the email, and Trump, Epstein and a then-20-year-old (whose name is redacted) were the lone passengers on a second flight.
“On two other flights, two of the passengers, respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case,” the prosecutor wrote.
Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in 2021 of procuring underage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein. Last week, Maxwell filed a long-shot petition to vacate her conviction.
When asked about Trump’s appearance in the files, a White House spokesperson referred CNBC to the DOJ’s statement.
In another email thread released with redactions in the latest batch, a person from the human trafficking division of the DOJ and an unnamed recipient appear to discuss possible Epstein co-conspirators.
The email exchange, dated July 9, 2019, states that three of 10 “co-conspirators” had been located in Boston, New York City and Connecticut, and were served grand jury subpoenas.
Email from the Epstein files released by the U.S. Department of Justice dated July 2019 from the DOJ’s Crimes Against Children Human Trafficking Unit referencing Epstein’s “10 co-conspirators.”
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“4 of the 10 are outstanding with attempts having been made. 1 is a wealthy business man in Ohio… the remaining 3 are currently out of pocket,” the email states.
In a statement on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., demanded more transparency around the alleged co-conspirators.
“The Department of Justice needs to shed more light on who was on the list, how they were involved and why they chose not to prosecute,” Schumer said. “Protecting possible co-conspirators is not the transparency the American people and Congress are demanding.”
This is the second major release of files since Friday, when all documents were required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act to be made public with minimal redactions.
In a letter to Congress on Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers that “due to the volume of materials,” the DOJ would release the documents on a “rolling basis” through the end of the year, defying the law’s requirement to release the files in their entirety by Dec. 19.
Schumer said on Monday that he would force the Senate to vote on suing the DOJ for the full release of files.
Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who co-sponsored the House bill that ordered the DOJ to release the Epstein files, are among congressional lawmakers considering holding federal officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, in contempt for the handling of the files.
Khanna also threatened to begin impeachment proceedings against Bondi and Blanche if the DOJ continues to flout the law.
A group of Epstein survivors on Monday joined the call for congressional oversight in a statement. Nineteen survivors signed the letter, which urged “hearings, formal demands for compliance, and legal action, to ensure the Department of Justice fulfills its legal obligations.”
The survivors also noted that many of the released documents were heavily redacted.
“At the same time, numerous victim identities were left unredacted, causing real and immediate harm,” the group wrote.
The DOJ also raised eyebrows over the weekend when several photos — including one that contained images of Trump’s face — were quietly removed from the online database for the Epstein files. The photo was later restored.
The Justice Department has maintained that it is working to review and redact material required by the law to protect the privacy of Epstein’s victims.
“This is an arduous process, as each document and photograph must be individually reviewed by the DOJ and the Southern District of New York for potential redactions to protect victims or potential victims,” the DOJ said in a fact sheet.
Former President Bill Clinton, who featured prominently in the photos released on Friday, has notably called for the complete release of the files.
Clinton’s spokesman, Angel Urena, on Monday issued a statement urging the DOJ to “immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning, or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton.”
“What the Department of Justice has released so far, and the manner in which it did so, makes one thing clear: someone or something is being protected. We do not know whom, what or why. But we know this: We need no such protection,” Urena wrote.
Clinton has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
