(The Hill) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its new cache of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on Monday, which brought more attention to President Trump’s association with the disgraced financier and what else authorities knew about other Epstein associates.
The DOJ partially released some of its documents about Epstein last Friday, the congressionally mandated legal deadline publicly release all of the files. Batches of photos, files, documents and more have been incrementally released, with a second batch on Saturday and a third batch on Monday.
The latest document release included more mentions of the president, who knew Epstein until their relationship ended around 2004. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein, whom he said he banned from his resort Mar-a-Lago after the convicted sex offender “stole” young women who were Trump employees.
Here are five important details contained in the latest release of the Epstein files:
U.S. attorney noted frequency of Trump’s flights on Epstein’s jet
Part of the latest document drop was the release of an email from a federal prosecutor telling an unnamed recipient that Trump “traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware)” in the 1990s.
This email disclosed information about a flight where Trump and Epstein were the only listed passengers, but they were accompanied by a “then-20-year-old” person whose name has been redacted by the DOJ.
Police received Maxwell tip in 2001
A tipster who spoke to police in Palm Beach, Fla., told the department in 2001 that Epstein’s associate Ghislaine Maxwell was recruiting young women to answer the financier’s phone calls at his home. The women were to be paid $200 a day for their work.
Maxwell said in hiring these women that she “needed young, beautiful unmarried women to answer phones and do office work at her home in Palm Beach,” according to the police report.
Three of the girls said that Maxwell and Epstein were “secretive” about what was happening at the house but “at least two of the girls complained about Epstein touching them inappropriately.”
Emails apparently from ex-Prince Andrew
The new release of documents shows a correspondence between Maxwell and someone with the electronic signature “A” and stating that they were once “at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family.” The letter and royal connection indicate Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, who was known to have a relationship with Epstein.
Mountbatten Windsor was at Balmoral at the time, in August 2001, ABC News reported. Maxwell replied back two days later: “So sorry to dissapoint [sic] you, however the truth must be told. I have only been able to find appropriate friends. Kisses, G.”
Mountbatten Windsor has denied any wrongdoing in connection with Epstein. King Charles III stripped his brother of his title in the wake of growing scrutiny Mountbatten Windsor faced after Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre wrote a memoir, published posthumously, that renewed allegations of sexual abuse in connection with the former prince.
Fake letter from Nassar to Epstein
DOJ denounced a letter it released from former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing underage female gymnasts, to Epstein as “FAKE.” The letter mentions Trump and suggests “shares our love for young, nubile girls.”
“When a young beauty walked by, he loved to ‘grab snatch,’ whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system,” the letter reads. “Life is unfair.”
The department said the handwriting on the letter did not match Epstein’s and was postmarked in northern Virginia three days after Epstein’s death in 2019.
“The FBI has confirmed this alleged letter from Jeffrey Epstein to Larry Nassar is FAKE,” DOJ stated on the social platform X. “The fake letter was received by the jail, and flagged for the FBI at the time.”
Authorities in 2021 flag photo of Maxwell and Bannon
Another file released on Monday included a photo found on former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s phone in 2021 of himself and Maxwell. The photo was uncovered by investigators looking into the “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign that was accused of defrauding thousands of donors.
The investigator attached the photo to the email, but the photo was redacted as part of the DOJ release.
Bannon, a right-wing media commentator known for his “War Room” podcast, was indicted in 2020 and accused of helping funnel money from a charity that would collect donations from people to privately build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Though Bannon was pardoned at the end of Trump’s first term, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged Bannon again the following year.
Bannon pleaded guilty in February as part of a deal to avoid spending any time behind bars.