Donald Trump has urged the Department of Justice to disclose all individuals named in the Epstein files, with the intention of exposing Democrats allegedly involved.
This statement from the former president follows a Christmas Eve announcement from the DOJ, revealing that they are in the process of releasing over one million Epstein-related files in the coming weeks.
Trump expressed his frustrations on Truth Social, writing, “Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax. When do they say NO MORE, and work on Election Fraud etc.”
Advocating for transparency, Trump believes the disclosures could harm Democrats, particularly those like former President Bill Clinton, who had connections with Epstein.
“The Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans. Release all of their names, embarrass them, and get back to helping our Country! The Radical Left doesn’t want people talking about TRUMP & REPUBLICAN SUCCESS, only a long ago dead Jeffrey Epstein – Just another Witch Hunt!!!” he stated.
Earlier this week, Trump defended Bill Clinton after images surfaced showing the former Democratic president with Jeffrey Epstein, deeming it “a terrible thing.”
Clinton and his fellow Democrats have previously also urged the Trump administration to release the names of all of the other alleged co-conspirators whose names were redacted from the files.
The DOJ said on Christmas Eve: ‘The US Attorney for the Southern District of New York and the FBI have informed the Department of Justice that they have uncovered over a million more documents potentially related to the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Donald Trump has called for his Department of Justice to ‘release all names’ in the Epstein files in hopes that it will ’embarrass’ the Democrats involved
A picture of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein relaxing in the Queen’s log cabin at Balmoral was shown at her sex trafficking trial
‘The DOJ has received these documents from SDNY and the FBI to review them for release, in compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, existing statutes, and judicial orders.
‘We have lawyers working around the clock to review and make the legally required redactions to protect victims, and we will release the documents as soon as possible.
‘Due to the mass volume of material, this process may take a few more weeks.
‘The Department will continue to fully comply with federal law and President Trump’s direction to release the files.’
It came after the Trump administration was criticized as newly released files suggest at least ten others were involved in Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring.
The damning evidence of Epstein’s accomplices came to light in an email that was sent between federal investigators trying to contact around 10 ‘co-conspirators’ after the late pedophile’s arrest in 2019.
Congressman Ro Khanna, a California Democrat who co-led the congressional push to release the Epstein files, accused the DOJ of ‘spending more time protecting the Epstein class than the survivors, whose names are required by law to be redacted.’
Republican Thomas Massie, who partnered with Khanna on the Congressional discharge petition to release the files, asked Wednesday who was ‘controlling the DOJ X account on Christmas Eve and using words like “dope” to refer to reporters?’ in a post on X.
Trump believes that the push to release the files is ‘a Democrat hoax’ wasting the DOJ’s time. Pictured: Attorney General Pam Bondi
On Tuesday, the Justice Department released a major new batch of Epstein-related records—over 11,000 files totaling nearly 30,000 pages of photos, court records, FBI and DOJ documents, emails, news clippings, and videos.
Those files included Epstein having denied that he would commit suicide days before dying alone in his jail cell.
The disgraced financier was found dead in his New York prison cell on August 10, with his death officially ruled a suicide.
But notes from his time in custody indicate that Epstein rejected the idea that he would ever kill himself – apparently, for faith-related motives.
Recent reports have suggested that Trump’s White House has taken control of the Department of Justice’s X account in an effort to more aggressively combat the narrative surrounding the Epstein files release.
The move became apparent this week as the Department of Justice came out swinging on social media to counter online speculation about Trump and unproven allegations made in the latest Epstein files release.
This included claiming that a prison postcard allegedly written by Epstein to former US Olympic doctor Larry Nassar was faked, after the letter read that ‘our president’ loves ‘young, nubile girls.’
Khanna noted the files revealed Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least eight times between 1993-1996—’many more times’ than a federal prosecutor previously knew, according to a 2020 email.
Earlier this week, Trump defended Bill Clinton after photos of the former Democrat president alongside Jeffrey Epstein were released, calling it ‘a terrible thing’
The files revealed Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least eight timesbetween 1993-1996—’many more times’ than a federal prosecutor previously knew, according to a 2020 email
The allegation was found in an email sent in 2020 from a New York assistant US attorney, which states that Trump was listed as a passenger on eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four where Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell was also present.
Trump’s presence in the Epstein files does not imply any wrongdoing. The president has not been accused of any wrongdoing concerning the disgraced financier.
Legal and transparency experts caution that the documents, while significant, should be interpreted with care: many are duplicates, heavily redacted, or contain allegations or inferences rather than proven facts.
Under the law that passed overwhelmingly in Congress, the Department of Justice could not redact names and information that may be embarrassing or cause ‘reputational harm’.
It specifically asks the Department of Justice for internal communications and memos detailing who was investigated and decisions concerning ‘to charge, not charge, investigate or decline to investigate Epstein or his associates.’
Lawmakers in both parties have said they are examining legal options to force more transparency, with Khanna and Republican Congressman Thomas Massie saying they are considering bringing contempt charges against Attorney General Pam Bondi.
But Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said that Department of Justice attorneys were still working to redact information and photos related to Epstein’s victims.
‘We’re going through a very methodical process with hundreds of lawyers looking at every single document and making sure that victims’ names and any of the information from victims is protected and redacted, which is exactly what the Transparency Act expects,’ Blanche said on Meet the Press last weekend.
