The Department of Justice released nearly 30,000 additional documents related to deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, explicitly stating that some records contain fabricated claims against President Donald Trump.
The DOJ made the announcement in an online post, taking the unusual step of preemptively discrediting certain allegations within the released files.
The department stated the false claims were submitted to the FBI shortly before the 2020 presidential election.
“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 DOJ stated.
The department added that the claims lack any foundation in truth, sparking speculation online.
The DOJ further clarified its position by noting that if the allegations had any legitimacy, they would have already been used against Trump.
“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,” the statement read.
This latest batch represents another installment in an ongoing document release process.
Previous releases have already occurred, with the DOJ indicating more materials will follow after review of hundreds of thousands of pages.
Lawmakers have criticized the department for not complying with legal requirements governing the timeline for releasing these records.
The DOJ acknowledged in a previous social media post that the review process is time-consuming and challenging.
Among the released documents is a 2020 email from a federal prosecutor making claims about Trump’s travel on Epstein’s aircraft.
The email alleged Trump flew on the private jet at least eight times between 1993 and 1996, more frequently than previously known.
According to the email, one flight manifest showed only three passengers: Trump, Epstein, and a 20-year-old individual whose identity was redacted in the documents.
Other alleged flights listed Trump alongside his former wife Marla Maples and two of his children, Tiffany and Eric.
The prosecutor’s email also claimed that two other flights included female passengers who could potentially serve as witnesses in the case against Maxwell.
The email did not provide additional context about these individuals.
The new release shows that Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida received a subpoena in 2021 during the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s associate.
The subpoena requested employment records for an unnamed individual whose name was redacted from the public documents.
A particularly suspicious item in the release was a letter supposedly signed by Epstein and addressed to Larry Nassar, the convicted sexual abuser.
The letter’s date preceded Epstein’s death on August 10, 2019, but the postmark on the envelope showed August 13, 2019.
The DOJ initially posted on social media Tuesday that it was investigating the letter’s authenticity. The department subsequently determined the document was fraudulent.
“The fake letter was received by the jail, and flagged for the FBI at the time,” the DOJ explained.
The FBI’s analysis concluded the handwriting did not match Epstein’s known writing samples.
Additional red flags indicated the letter’s fraudulent nature.
The return address failed to list the correct detention facility where Epstein was being held and omitted his inmate number, which federal regulations require for all outgoing correspondence.
The envelope’s postmark originated from Virginia rather than New York, where Epstein was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
These discrepancies led investigators to classify the letter as fake.
The fabricated letter contained inflammatory language allegedly connecting Epstein and Nassar through shared inappropriate interests.
The content included references to Trump that the DOJ has now characterized as false.
Text within the supposed letter stated the men “shared one thing … our love & caring for young ladies and the hope they reach their full potential.”
The letter continued with additional allegations that have been deemed fabricated.
