After more than a month of delay, the Department of Justice released what it claims is the last batch of the Epstein files that will be made public. The millions of pages of documents published by the DOJ contain references to President Donald Trump and several prominent figures across the worlds of politics, entertainment and more.
Trump and associates appear in new Epstein files releases
On Friday, the Justice Department announced that it had “published over 3 million additional pages responsive to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was signed into law by President Trump on November 19, 2025.” Overall, Trump’s name is referenced in thousands of documents, many of them related to news articles or mentions of Trump by others in email exchanges. In addition to Trump himself, several people in Trump’s orbit come up in the files. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick is seen in the files arranging to visit Epstein’s island in December 2012. A spokesperson for the Department of Commerce responded to the emails to say that Lutnick had “limited interactions with Mr. Epstein in the presence of his wife and has never been accused of wrongdoing.”
Kevin Warsh, who Trump just nominated to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve Board, appears briefly, among other prominent figures, as being invited to social functions in 2010. Director Brett Ratner, who has had past sexual misconduct allegations and who directed the recent documentary on first lady Melania Trump, also shows up in the files, including a picture of Ratner and Epstein sitting together on a sofa, embracing females, whose faces are redacted.
Billionaires, sports figures and royalty
The names of a number of billionaires and influential people are referenced in documents. Bill Gates is mentioned in notes written by Epstein that reference possible affairs; Gates has called the alleged conduct “absolutely absurd and completely false.” Messages between Epstein and British billionaire Richard Branson reference a “harem” of adult women that Epstein brought with him to a business meeting between the two men on Epstein’s island. Epstein and Elon Musk exchanged emails between 2012 and 2014, attempting to arrange a meeting that did not appear to have taken place. Branson and Musk have each responded, minimizing their decade-old correspondence with Epstein.
Influential figures in the world of sports appear in the documents. New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch appears in email exchanges in which Epstein appears to be connecting Tisch with women; Tisch specified in a statement that the discussions were about “adult women” and that Tisch never visited Epstein’s notorious island. Casey Wasserman, who leads the Los Angeles Olympics Organizing Committee, appears in a different set of emails exchanged with Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, appears in newly released email exchanges with Epstein discussing adult women. Mountbatten-Windsor was accused by one of Epstein’s victims of having sex with her when she was a teenager. He has denied any wrongdoing in his association with Epstein, but he was stripped of his royal titles last year by his brother, King Charles III, over the allegations. Mountbatten-Windsor also appears in the newly released documents in a series of pictures crouched over an unidentified female whose face is redacted.
Unsubstantiated FBI tips included in the release
The DOJ noted that these documents included unverified tips submitted to the FBI, including “untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election,” according to the Justice Department’s statement. Controversially, a document that detailed several allegations against Trump and Epstein that came from unverified tips was posted but then removed, with questions remaining about why these allegations — which the Justice Department insists were unsubstantiated — were taken down. Trump has not been charged with any crime in relation to the Epstein case or the documents that have been released.
Other figures show up in these unverified tips; one call to the FBI, for example, claims to be from a woman who said she was victimized on separate occasions in the presence of figures including Epstein, Harvey Weinstein, JAY-Z and Pusha T. The anonymous tip doesn’t appear to have been corroborated by the FBI, and the government has accused neither JAY-Z nor Pusha T of any wrongdoing.
Many of the prominent figures mentioned in the newly released Epstein files are not accused of any criminal activity, and many of the allegations made by anonymous tipsters appear to be implausible and unsupported by corroborating facts. For some rich and powerful individuals, however, direct correspondence with Epstein and his associates or discussions by Epstein appear to reveal relationships with the deceased sex trafficker that raise questions about what they may have known about his activities.