Recently released US Justice Department records have raised fresh questions after emails suggested Donald Trump flew multiple times on Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet, reviving debate over Trump Epstein flight records from the 1990s.
International media reported that a January 7, 2020 email from a New York prosecutor detailed flight logs indicating Trump made eight trips aboard Epstein’s aircraft during that decade.
The email stated that on at least four of those flights, Ghislaine Maxwell, later convicted for assisting Epstein’s sexual abuse of minors, was also present onboard the plane.
One documented journey reportedly included only Epstein, Trump, and a 20-year-old woman whose identity was redacted in the files released by the Justice Department.
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Two other flights reportedly carried women described as possible witnesses in the Maxwell case, though the documents do not specify their roles or involvement.
Despite these records, the prosecutor’s email made no allegation that Trump committed any criminal act connected to Epstein or his associates.
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and rejected claims that he ever flew on Epstein’s aircraft or visited Epstein’s private island.
In a 2024 social media post, Trump stated he was “never on Epstein’s plane” and described the island allegations as false and politically motivated.
According to the documents, Trump acknowledged knowing Epstein socially during the 1990s and early 2000s before ending contact in the mid-2000s.
Trump has maintained that he was unaware of Epstein’s criminal activities or sexual abuse of underage girls during their limited social interactions.
Jeffrey Epstein was convicted in 2008 for procuring a minor for prostitution and later charged with sex trafficking in 2019.
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Epstein died in a New York jail in 2019, with his death officially ruled a suicide by authorities.
The Justice Department released a public statement explaining that some documents include sensational claims submitted shortly before the 2020 election.
The department said those claims were unfounded, false, and lacked credibility, but were released under legal transparency requirements.
Officials stressed that the release was conducted with protections in place to safeguard the identities and dignity of Epstein’s victims.
The latest disclosure includes nearly 30,000 pages of documents, many heavily redacted, along with dozens of video files and images.
Among the materials is a grainy photograph showing Trump seated next to Maxwell at a New York fashion show in 2000.
Another email referenced an image allegedly found on former Trump aide Steve Bannon’s cellphone showing Trump with Maxwell.
Additional records included a card supposedly sent by Epstein to former gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar mentioning Trump indirectly.
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The Justice Department later identified that card as fake, stating it was not an authentic document.
The release also contained FBI tip line reports referencing Trump, including one unverified claim from a former limousine driver.
That caller alleged overhearing a phone conversation in 1995 involving Trump and abuse allegations, though credibility was not confirmed.
A video claiming to show Epstein kneeling in his jail cell was also included but later identified as computer generated.
Reuters analysis confirmed the video first appeared online in 2020 after Epstein’s death, further complicating public interpretation of the material.
