Prosecutors say Donald Trump flew on Epstein’s plane more often than previously thought

President Donald Trump was listed as a passenger on late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet eight times between 1993 and 1996, according to a new email released by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

“Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet significantly more than previously reported (or known to us),” an assistant U.S. attorney wrote in an email on January 7, 2020.

Trump’s name on the flight records does not indicate wrongdoing. 2024, Trump wrote: “I never flew on Epstein’s plane.” He has denied any wrongdoing with Epstein.

The Justice Department said some of the documents released on Tuesday “contain untrue and sensational accusations against Trump.”

Trump was a friend of Epstein’s for many years, but the president said they had a falling out around 2004, years before Epstein was first arrested.

The newly released documents, more than 30,000 pages long, are part of the so-called Epstein files, all of which the Justice Department was legally required to release by Friday.

“Some of these documents contain untrue and sensational allegations against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI prior to the 2020 election,” the Justice Department said in a statement on Tuesday. “To be clear: These allegations are baseless and false, and if they had any shred of credibility, they would have certainly been weaponized against President Trump.”

“Nevertheless, out of our commitment to the law and transparency, the Department of Justice is releasing these documents and providing Epstein’s victims the protections they need under the law,” The U.S. Department of Justice’s statement regarding X stated.

The prosecutor’s email was sent on January 7, 2020, and was part of an email chain that included the subject heading: “RE: Epstein Flight Records.”

The sender and recipient have been redacted, but the bottom of the email reads Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, whose name has been redacted.

The email said Trump was “listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights where (Epstein associate Ghislaine) Maxwell was also present. He is listed as traveling with Marla Maples, his daughter Tiffany and son Eric, among others, at various times.”

“On one flight in 1993, he and Epstein were the only two passengers on the manifest; on another flight, the only three passengers were Epstein, Trump and the then-20-year-old…” — The remainder of the sentence has been edited.

It continued: “On two other flights, two passengers were women, who may be witnesses in Maxwell’s case.”

In 2022, Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison for conspiracy to lure minors to travel to engage in unlawful sexual conduct and sex trafficking of minors.

Epstein died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.

The prosecutor’s email did not provide further details about the flight.

A handwritten flight log released by the U.S. Department of Justice in February appears to have many entries that are difficult to read.

However, it lists a flight for Donald Trump and his son Eric from PBI (Palm Beach International Airport, Florida) to TEB (Teterboro Airport, New Jersey) on August 13, 1995. It also lists JE and GM – widely believed to be the abbreviations of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Tuesday’s release of Epstein-related documents is the largest yet, but additional documents held by the Justice Department have not yet been made public. Thousands of documents have been released in eight batches since Friday.

The Justice Department missed a deadline set by Congress on Friday to release all documents related to Epstein, including photos, videos and investigative materials.

The department has been criticized From survivors and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle Because it failed to meet the deadline.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Branch said on deadline day, Not all documents will be made public immediatelymore content will be released in the coming weeks.

“There are a lot of people looking at these, so we want to make sure that when we produce the materials that we’re producing, we’re protecting every victim,” he said Friday.