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Musk, Gates, Trump All Appear in Latest Epstein Files Dump
Trump Appears
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Files 'Thousands
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Jan 31, 2026 11:30 AM CST

Trump Appears in New Epstein Files 'Thousands of Times'

Elon Musk, Bill Gates also pop up, while survivors insist: 'This is not over'

(Newser) - Elon Musk's past efforts to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein are taking a hit from newly released government documents. A fresh batch of DOJ files tied to the Epstein investigation includes a series of emails showing Musk not only in regular contact with Epstein, but at times asking to...

A Whole Bunch of New Epstein Files Just Dropped

More than 3M pages were released by the DOJ, per Deputy AG Todd Blanche

(Newser) - The Justice Department on Friday released many more records from its investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein, resuming disclosures under a law intended to reveal what the government knew about the millionaire financier's sexual abuse of young girls and his interactions with the rich and powerful. Deputy Attorney General Todd...

DOJ Teases Epstein File Release 'in the Near Term'

Pam Bondi tells judges 'substantial progress' has been made in review

(Newser) - More than a month after the imposed deadline to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, the Justice Department still can't say when the full release might be complete, but it should be soon. In a four-page court filing Tuesday, Attorney General Pam Bondi and other top DOJ officials told...

Young Trump Voters Cool on JD Vance for 2028

Gen Z conservatives cite electability worries, desire for fresher faces

(Newser) - JD Vance may be the Trump White House's connection to Gen Z , but a small group of young male Trump voters doesn't sound terribly eager to promote him to the top of the ticket for 2028. In a focus group of nine men ages 18 to 24 who...

Review of Epstein Files Overwhelms Top Prosecutors

They're 'crushed by the work,' a redaction effort that threatens to delay other major SDNY cases

(Newser) - The most powerful federal prosecutor office in the country has effectively become the Epstein documents office. Sources and internal memos reviewed by Politico indicate that nearly every prosecutor in the Southern District of New York who isn't currently in court or prepping for an upcoming trial has been drafted...

Panel's Democrats Help Pass Contempt Citations for Clintons

Vote sends criminal referrals over Epstein investigation subpoenas to full House

(Newser) - Democrats helped push Bill and Hillary Clinton a step closer to facing contempt of Congress charges on Wednesday. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to recommend criminal contempt citations for the former president and former secretary of state over their refusals to testify in its investigation into sex offender Jeffrey...

Clintons Rebuff 'Invalid' Subpoenas for Epstein Probe

House GOP moves to hold former first couple in contempt, will vote next week

(Newser) - House Republicans are poised to escalate their clash with the Clintons over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The GOP-led House Oversight Committee plans to vote next week on holding both Bill and Hillary Clinton in criminal contempt of Congress after they refused to sit for depositions, Chair James Comer announced on...

House Panel Says Clintons Have Chosen Contempt

In a letter, couple say subpoenas in Jeffrey Epstein probe are meant to land them in prison

(Newser) - Bill and Hillary Clinton will defy the House Oversight Committee's deadlines to sit for closed-door depositions in its Jeffrey Epstein investigation, effectively telling the Republican chairman to go ahead and hold them in contempt of Congress . Rep. James Comer has been making that threat for months following subpoenas that...

DOJ Explains Why It Hasn't Yet Released 2M Epstein Files

DOJ says it's deploying 400 lawyers to review files for victim privacy

(Newser) - The document dump in the Jeffrey Epstein case is still in its early innings, NBC News reports. The Justice Department told a federal judge Monday that more than 2 million additional files tied to the late financier are awaiting release, with a team of roughly 400 department lawyers now combing...

Report: DOJ Is Reviewing 5.2M Epstein Documents

Deputy AG says review is an 'all-hands-on-deck approach'

(Newser) - The Department of Justice has expanded its review of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to 5.2 million as it also increases the number of attorneys trying to comply with a law mandating release of the files, sources tell the AP and the New York Times...

Sources Detail Why Trump Banned Epstein From Spa

Trump allegedly acted after 18-year-old Mar-a-Lago spa worker reported sexual pressure

(Newser) - Donald Trump's break with Jeffrey Epstein can be traced back to allegations from an 18-year-old spa worker, former employees say. According to ex-staffers from both Mar-a-Lago and Epstein's Palm Beach estate who spoke to the Wall Street Journal , Trump's club spent years sending mostly young female spa...

DOJ Says It Found 1M More Epstein Documents

Department says it will need a 'few more weeks' to release Epstein files

(Newser) - The Justice Department said Wednesday that it may need a "few more weeks" to release all of its records on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after suddenly discovering more than a million potentially relevant documents, further delaying compliance with the deadline of last Friday set out in a...

Those Epstein Redactions Weren't So Redacted

Online sleuths use simple tricks to reveal payments to females, alleged cover-up tactics

(Newser) - Some of what the Justice Department tried to hide in newly released Jeffrey Epstein records apparently wasn't hidden very well. Online sleuths poring over the files say they've been able to overcome redactions using simple tricks—like copying and pasting the "redacted" lines into a document or...

Apparent Epstein Letter to Nassar Jokes About 'Our President'

Justice Department cautions against 'sensationalist claims' against president

(Newser) - A new letter released by the Justice Department from the Jeffrey Epstein files appears to lump President Trump into some very unwanted company—but the department is warning people about "untrue and sensationalist" claims against Trump. The letter also might make an implicit reference to Epstein's future suicide....

Balmoral Email Asks Ghislaine for 'Inappropriate Friends'

Emails link Maxwell to royal figure who went by 'A'

(Newser) - A newly released email chain from the Jeffrey Epstein files is casting attention on a mystery correspondent who appears to be writing from one of the royal family's most famous retreats. In August 2001, a man who signs his messages as "A" and calls himself "The Invisible...

New Epstein Files Document Trump Flights With Him

But all occurred before their falling out in the early 2000s

(Newser) - Another batch of Jeffrey Epstein documents has been released by the Justice Department, and President Trump's name comes up more often than in the first two. As the BBC reports, one document is a January 2020 email that references Trump's travels with Epstein in the 1990s. The names...

Epstein Survivor Condemns DOJ for Exposing Her Name

'Jane Doe' signs statement accusing department of breaking the law

(Newser) - A woman who has long gone by "Jane Doe" in the Jeffrey Epstein case says the Justice Department just exposed the identity she has fought to protect, per CNN and the Daily Beast . The survivor told CNN she was stunned to discover her full name appears repeatedly in the...

Show Us What You Have, Clinton Aide Tells DOJ

Former president doesn't need protection on Epstein files, spokesperson says

(Newser) - Bill Clinton's staff says that if the Justice Department has any incriminating information on him in the Jeffrey Epstein files, it should put it all on the table—now. On Monday, Clinton spokesperson Angel Urena urged the DOJ to release every Epstein-related document involving the former president as it...

Lawmakers Mull Impeachment, Contempt for Bondi Over Epstein

Politicians on both sides of the aisle weigh their options after DOJ failed to meet release deadline

(Newser) - Lawmakers from both parties say they're considering contempt proceedings against Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Justice Department's failure to meet a court-ordered deadline for releasing documents in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The DOJ on Friday released thousands of documents , but not all unclassified Epstein records as required...

Blanche Says Epstein Files Weren't Pulled to Protect Trump

Justice Department says it restored photo as lawmakers threaten to hold Bondi in contempt

(Newser) - With the Justice Department facing criticism over the initial, incomplete release of files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that references to the president are not being excluded. "We are not redacting information around President Trump," Blanche said on NBC's...

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