Epstein files live updates: Trump DOJ releases millions more pages of records

The Justice Department vowed to protect the identities of women Epstein preyed on, but survivors said the latest release of Epstein files has exposed many of them and turned their lives “upside down.”

The Justice Department did a slapdash job redacting their personal information in the avalanche of investigative files released Friday and even outed the identity of at least one woman who had not previously come forward with abuse allegations, lawyers representing the survivors said.

Survivor Danielle Bensky said that what she thought were confidential conversations with FBI investigators about Epstein were included in the latest document dump.

And lawyers representing the women say that before the Justice Department released the latest batch of investigative files, the women had been assured that there would be no repeat of the “privacy violations” that happened the first two times the government released Epstein-related documents.

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Emails show that Epstein was in regular contact with the wellness influencer Peter Attia, whose name appears more than 1,700 in search results, though many results are duplicates. They communicated about Epstein’s medical results and often to schedule calls or visits.

Sometimes, that communication was crude.

Video from former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s interview with Epstein in 2019 was made public, along with millions of pages of other Epstein records the Justice Department released last week.

The video shows Bannon questioning Epstein about morality issues and pointedly asking him whether he thought he was “the devil.”

“Do you think you’re the devil himself?” Bannon asked Epstein.

There is a 53-page draft memo dated May 1, 2007, to Alex Acosta, who at the time was the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida.

The memo — which indicated it was revised Sept. 13, 2007, and Feb. 19, 2008 — sought approval to present a sealed, 60-count indictment to a grand jury May 15, 2007, that would have charged Epstein, JEGE Inc., Hyperion Air Inc. and three co-conspirators whose names are redacted. The memo sender’s name is also redacted.

The memo indicated that the FBI had information about Epstein's whereabouts May 16, 2007, and May 19, 2007, and that it wanted to arrest him on either of those days.

"Epstein is considered an extremely high flight risk and, from information we have received, a continued danger to the community based upon his continued enticement of underage girls," the memo read. "For these reasons, we would like to present a sealed indictment to the Grand Jury on May 15, 2007, and we would like the presentation of that indictment and the status of the investigation to remain confidential."

It continued: "Epstein's crimes are considered crimes of violence and negotiation with his attorneys may undermine our arguments for pretrial detention."

The indictment would also have sought forfeiture of Epstein's Palm Beach home and two airplanes.

Part of the latest Epstein files release includes what appears to be a 32-count draft indictment prepared against Epstein before he reached the nonprosecution agreement in 2007 that led to his serving 13 months in prison and avoiding federal charges.

The charges include conspiracy to travel for illicit sexual conduct, facilitation of unlawful travel, sex trafficking of minors, enticement of a minor and travel to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

It reveals that the government was looking to charge three co-conspirators alongside Epstein with conspiracy to procure women under the age of 18 from 2001 to 2005. The co-conspirators' names are redacted, but they are described as assistants who helped schedule appointments, make calls, pay victims and more.

Images from the latest Epstein document release appear to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor kneeling over a woman whose face is redacted. It is unclear where or when the photograph was taken.

Mountbatten-Windsor, who has long been linked to Epstein, has denied any wrongdoing in his association with Epstein and Maxwell and has never been criminally charged.

Last year, Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, was stripped of his royal titles by King Charles after pressure on the palace grew because of Mountbatten-Windsor's ties to Epstein.

Among the documents released yesterday were emails exchanged between Epstein and New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch.

In a statement today, Tisch said he and Epstein had a "brief association" that he "deeply" regrets.

"We had a brief association where we exchanged emails about adult women, and in addition, we discussed movies, philanthropy and investments. I did not take him up on any of his invitations and never went to his island. As we all know now, he was a terrible person and someone I deeply regret associating with," Tisch said.

In a 2010 email, a redacted sender forwards Epstein a list of people labeled “St. Barth’s Christmas 2010.” Kevin Warsh is listed on page 4 with a note: “House near Isle de France.”

Several other well-known people are listed in the email. NBC News has reached out to both Warsh and the White House for comment. It is unknown whether Warsh ever took the trip or went to St. Barth’s.

Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., wrote a letter today asking Deputy Attorney General Blanche for a meeting to review the unredacted Epstein files. 

Khanna and Massie, the lead sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, asked to see three categories of materials in their unredacted form.

They requested "hundreds of thousands of pages of emails and other documents recovered from Jeffrey Epstein’s email accounts during the 2018 and 2019 investigations into Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell," the letter read.

A group of the victims of Epstein condemned the release of more records today, arguing that it revealed more about the victims than about the perpetrators.

The group wrote in a statement that the release "is being sold as transparency, but what it actually does is expose survivors."

"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous," the statement said.

"As survivors, we should never be the ones named, scrutinized, and retraumatized while Epstein’s enablers continue to benefit from secrecy. This is a betrayal of the very people this process is supposed to serve," it continued.

Multiple emails show discussions between Epstein and New York Giants co-owner and film producer Steve Tisch. In one 2013 exchange, he asks for information about Epstein’s assistant’s friend, who he had lunch with after meeting at Epstein’s house.

“Do you know anything about her?” he asks. Epstein writes back that he doesn’t but asks Tisch, “did you contact the great ass fake tit [redacted], she’s a character, short term, has an older boyfriend going to acting school, a 10 ass. I am happy to have you as a new but obviously shared interest friend.”

Tisch responds saying he’s curious, and asks, “pro or civilian?” In a later message he writes, “send me a number to call I dont like records of these conversations.”

In another 2013 exchange, Tisch asks if Epstein has anyone in New York he wants him to meet. “Emily,” writes Epstein. When Tisch asks who that is, Epstein writes, “tahitian speaks mostly french, exotic.” Tisch writes back, “working girl?”

The exchanges occurred 13 years ago and it is unclear if they ever met. NBC News has reached out to Tisch for comment.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who told the New York Post last year that he distanced himself from the “gross” Epstein back in 2005, made plans to visit him at his island in 2012, according to emails released Friday.

“Hi Jeff, We are landing in St. Thomas early Saturday afternoon and planning to head over to St. Bart’s/Anguilla on Monday at some point. Where are you located (what is exact location for my captain)? Does Sunday evening for dinner sound good?” Lutnick wrote in a Dec. 19, 2012 email. He said he had another couple with him and his wife, and that both couples had their four kids with them, who ranged in age from 7 to 16.

Epstein messaged back through his assistant the next day that Sunday lunch would work. “See you then," Lutnick responded, according to the emails. It's unclear if the visit occurred.

Asked for comment, the Commerce Department attacked the media and said, “Secretary Lutnick had limited interactions with Mr. Epstein in the presence of his wife and has never been accused of wrongdoing.”

Emails from 2012 and 2013 show Epstein emailing with Elon Musk about a potential visit to his island.

In December 2013, Musk wrote, “Will be in the BVI/St Bart’s area over the holidays. Is there a good time to visit?” Epstein wrote back, “any day 1st — 8th. play it by ear if you want. always space for you.”

The emails continue to discuss a visit for Jan. 2, with Musk ultimately writing, “When should we head to your island on the 2nd?”

Another email with both the sender and recipient redacted from December 2013 includes the subject line, “Alert — organize Elon Musk to the island for Jan. 2nd?”

Included in today’s Epstein document release is a report from the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) detailing some of Epstein’s travel as well as a summary of where suspicious activity reports were held pertaining to Epstein.

The 69-page document is almost entirely redacted and lists 15 total targets of the analysis, including Epstein.

It says that the FBI in Miami, ICE and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) were all looking at Epstein’s travels either continuously or after his Florida conviction for a specific period of time.

The report, which was generated in May of 2015, approximately two months before his arrest, showed travel to France.

Some of the Epstein documents are completely redacted, like this seven-page document.

In another case, 81 pages out of an 82-page document that refers to Epstein’s psychological review are redacted.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Blanche referenced the millions of pages of Epstein files, saying that Epstein himself never accused Trump of criminal wrongdoing.

"In none of these communications, even when doing his best to disparage President Trump, did Epstein suggest President Trump had done anything criminal or had any inappropriate contact with any of his victims,” the deputy attorney general said.

The Justice Department temporarily removed and republished a file that included a spreadsheet summary of complaints made to the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center that included references to Jeffrey Epstein and Trump, but there is no indication that the tips were verified. The complaints were made over an unspecified time frame.

The Justice Department didn't immediately respond to questions about why the file was removed and why it was compiled.

Some of the complaints date back 35 years. An email accompanying the list identifies the list as “This is the list I sent Whitney with names of Trump accusers from NTOC,” which is believed to be the FBI’s National Threat Operation Center.

The document shows what appears to be 16 complaints and included an email on Aug. 7, 2025 to redacted recipients. Other well-known people are also mentioned in the complaints, such as former President Bill Clinton and Lisa Marie Presley. 

U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson, D-Texas, said she's not convinced Friday's DOJ document dump represents "every file" connected to Epstein.

"Drip-feeding the Epstein files isn’t transparency — it’s a cover-up," Johnson said in a post on X.

"Trump and Bondi are still breaking the law. Release every file, tell the full truth, and hold everyone who committed crimes accountable."

When asked about Johnson’s comment, the Justice Department cited Blanche’s statements earlier in the day that the release represents the totality of files. The White House declined to comment and referred NBC News to the Justice Department.

Today's release is much larger than the three prior Epstein file releases.

The first was on Dec. 19, the date by which all the documents were supposed to be released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Blanche said at the time that Justice Department was releasing "hundreds of thousands" of documents, but an NBC News review found the amount was under 10,000.

Included were many documents that had already been made public and a number of previously unseen pictures of former President Bill Clinton. Those pictures are undated and it’s unclear where they were taken. His spokesperson, Angel Ureña, has said the former president traveled on Epstein’s plane four times in 2002 and 2003 on trips for his Clinton Foundation. Nothing in the photos suggests any wrongdoing, and Clinton has denied any wrongdoing regarding his relationship with Epstein.

Some additional files were released the next day, including a re-posted picture of several photos in Epstein's home, including one of Donald Trump, his then-future wife Melania, Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, that had been posted in the initial release and removed. The Justice Department said it took down the well-known picture, which was taken in 2000, out of concern that other photos visible in the same picture might have contained victims, and restored the picture when it determined they did not. Trump also has denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein.

On Dec. 23, the DOJ released about 30,000 more documents, which included more mentions of the now-president, and showed he had flown on Epstein's plane at least eight times. It also contained email correspondence that appeared to be from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his title because of his association with Epstein. The former prince also has denied any wrongdoing in his relationship with Epstein.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said the Department of Justice is in “violation” of the committee’s subpoena for all of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

“Now the Oversight Committee subpoena, which we have had in place now since the summer, had directed the Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice to release all the files to our committee, of course, while also protecting our survivors,” Garcia said at a press conference in California today. “They are now in violation of that law.”

Garcia said he was “demanding that Donald Trump release the names of Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirators and the powerful men who abused, raped and trafficked women and girls.”

In a post on X, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., wrote out several questions for Attorney General Pam Bondi about today's release of Epstein files.

First, Schumer asked whether the Justice Department's claim that all the files have been released includes "ALL of the co-conspirator memos, the corporate protection memos, the original Palm Beach Police Department reports, etc."

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Second, the Senate minority leader asked whether all the relevant information has "been released on each of the 10 alleged Epstein co-conspirators."

Schumer also accused Bondi of changing numbers, writing, "Your numbers keep changing. You say you collected 6 million pages but you’re only releasing 3 million. What’s in the 3 million that are missing?"

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said in a statement that he will be reviewing the latest batch of Epstein files from the Justice Department “to see if they release what I’ve been pushing for: the FBI 302 victim interview statements, a draft indictment and prosecution memorandum prepared during the 2007 Florida investigation, and hundreds of thousands of emails and files from Epstein’s computers.”

Khanna, D-Calif., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which compelled the Justice Department to release its unclassified records related to Epstein. Trump signed the bill, which gave the department one month to release all the files, in November.

Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, noted that lawmakers had subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to "release all the files to the committee, while protecting survivors."

"They are in violation of the law," he added.

Responding to a question from reporters about victims who have expressed frustration with the Justice Department’s process for releasing Epstein files, Blanche said, “Same here.” He also said there was never any effort to protect Trump.

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There are three new buckets of Epstein documents listed on the Justice Department website.

Datasets 9 and 11 both contain millions of documents, while dataset 10 contains 10,081 files.

Blanche told reporters the White House "had nothing to do" with the Justice Department's review of the files it released today.

"They had nothing to do with this review," he answered when asked by NBC News whether he had notified the White House about the files made public today.

"They had no oversight over this review," Blanche continued. "They did not tell this department how to do our review, what to look for, what to redact, what to not redact."

Blanche added that the White House knew he was holding the news conference and that the department was releasing the files, but "there’s no oversight by the White House into the process that we’ve undertaken over the past 60 days."

Blanche defended the department having missed the Dec. 19 deadline to release its Epstein records and insisted justice for victims wasn't being denied.

"That, because we didn't review the 6 million-plus pages within 30 days, somehow the attorney general doesn't care about victims, or is further doing damage to victims because of that?" Blanche said. "Exactly the opposite is true when it comes to the attorney general."

The Justice Department's Epstein Library now includes an age verification question, asking users if they're older than 18.

If you answer "no" to the question, "Are you 18 years of age or older," a message pops up saying, "Access denied."

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"You must be 18 years or older to access this content," the message says.

Blanche said some of the content being released includes pornography, with redactions.

Blanche said the DOJ is not releasing millions of pages of additional files, including some involving internal deliberations about the case.

“The categories of documents withheld include those permitted under the act to be withheld, files that contain personal, personally identifying information of victims or victims' personal and medical files and similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy,” he said.

The department is also withholding “anything that would jeopardize an active federal investigation,” Blanche said, declining to elaborate when pressed on the issue by a reporter.

Blanche added: “Although the act allows for withholding for items necessary to keep secret in the interest of national security or foreign policy, no files are being withheld or redacted on that basis.”

Blanche poured cold water on the notion that the Justice Department has a secret list of names of men associated with Jeffrey Epstein who abused women.

"There's this built-in assumption that somehow there's this hidden tranche of information of men that we know about, that we're covering up, or that we're not we're choosing not to prosecute. That is not the case," Blanche told reporters.

"I don't know whether there are men out there that abused these women. If we learn about information and evidence that allows us to prosecute them, you better believe we will. But I don't think that the public or you all are going to uncover men within the Epstein files that abused women, unfortunately," he added.

Despite that, Blanche also said some information was being withheld from today's release because it "could jeopardize an active federal investigation."

A controversial unsigned joint FBI-DOJ memo in July said an "exhaustive" review of the files "revealed no incriminating 'client list.' There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."

The memo also said, despite earlier pledges of transparency from the FBI and DOJ, that they would not be releasing any more information about the case. That led to massive political backlash, and the eventual passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks at the DOJ today. Alex Wroblewski / AFP - Getty Images

The Justice Department insists that no men, including Trump, were protected in the release of the Epstein files.

"I can assure that we complied with the statute, we complied with the act," Blanche told reporters. "We did not protect President Trump. We didn’t protect or not protect anybody."

Responding to a question from reporters about victims who have expressed frustration with the Justice Department's process for releasing Epstein files, Blanche said, "Same here."

"If there’s frustration with quote, the entire process, same here," the deputy attorney general told reporters.

"I mean, you have a situation where for many, many years, nobody even breathed a word about Jeffrey Epstein, and then all of a sudden it was all anybody would talk about, going into the last spring and summer, culminating in the passage of the Transparency Act," Blanche added.

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Today's Epstein files release by the Justice Department includes nearly 3.5 million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.

In a press conference, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said that today's drop includes pornographic videos and images that were not necessarily taken by Epstein or his associates.

Blanche said that today's files "include large quantities of commercial pornography and images that were seized from Epstein’s devices but which he did not take, or that someone around him did not take."

But "some of the images do appear to be taken by Mr. Epstein or by others around him," the deputy attorney general added.

The Justice Department has released more records on Epstein. Follow along as NBC News reviews the files.