Newly released U.S. Justice Department documents show that former President Donald Trump flew on the Epstein jet several times during the 1990s. An email from a New York prosecutor revealed Trump took at least eight flights on the Epstein jet, four of which also included convicted Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
The documents are part of a batch of around 30,000 pages released Tuesday, containing emails, photos, and video clips. While Trump’s presence on the Epstein jet is confirmed in flight records, no allegation of criminal conduct has been made against him.
One flight reportedly carried only Trump, Epstein, and a 20-year-old woman whose identity is redacted. Other flights involved women who might have served as witnesses in the Maxwell case. Trump knew Epstein socially in the 1990s and early 2000s but has stated he ended the association in the mid-2000s and was unaware of Epstein’s crimes. Epstein was convicted in 2008 of procuring a minor for prostitution and charged with sex trafficking in 2019.
Trump publicly denied ever visiting Epstein’s private island or flying on his plane in 2024. The Justice Department emphasized that some claims in the released documents are sensationalized or false. “If the claims had credibility, they would have already been used against President Trump,” the DOJ noted.
The document release also includes photos, a purported card referencing Trump, and a video allegedly showing Epstein in jail. Investigators determined some materials, including a computer-generated clip, were not authentic.
These disclosures follow a new federal transparency law requiring the release of all Epstein-related files. Despite redactions, the documents highlight Trump’s documented presence on the Epstein jet, drawing renewed attention to his past social connections with Epstein and Maxwell.
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