"The U.S. Justice Department has released tens of thousands more documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, a tranche that included multiple mentions of President Donald Trump but added little new revelatory information to the long-anticipated public file on the late financier and convicted sex offender. The release is the most voluminous so far and comes after a massive public campaign for transparency into the U.S. government's Epstein investigations."
"Many of the mentions of Trump in the file came from news clippings, though it includes an email from a prosecutor pointing out the flights that Trump took on Epstein's private jet during the 1990s. The two men were friends for years before a falling out. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. The Justice Department issued a statement that some documents contain "untrue and sensationalist claims" about Trump made shortly before the 2020 election."
"Among the mentions of Trump in the latest batch of the Epstein files is a note from a federal prosecutor from January 2020 that said Trump had flown on the financier's private plane more often than had been previously known. An assistant U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York said in an email that flight records the office received on Jan. 6, 2020, showed that Trump was on Epstein's jet "many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware).""
Justice Department released a voluminous tranche of Epstein-related documents with multiple mentions of Donald Trump but provided little new revelatory information. Many Trump references came from news clippings and an internal email noting additional flight records. A prosecutor's email from January 2020 said office records showed Trump flew on Epstein's private jet more often than previously reported. Flight listings show Trump as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, with Ghislaine Maxwell listed on at least four of those trips. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Epstein.
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