Epstein files: Latest batch from DOJ includes a personal letter, emails and heavily redacted documents

Trump and Epstein were the only two listed passengers on a 1993 flight, according to the email, and Trump, Epstein and a then-20-year-old (whose name is redacted) were the lone passengers on a second flight.

“On two other flights, two of the passengers, respectively, were women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case,” the prosecutor wrote.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite, was convicted in 2021 of procuring underage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein. Last week, Maxwell filed a long-shot petition to vacate her conviction.

When asked about Trump’s appearance in the files, a White House spokesperson referred CNBC to the DOJ’s statement.

This is the second major release of files since Friday, when all documents were required under the Epstein Files Transparency Act to be made public with minimal redactions.

In a letter to Congress on Friday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers that “due to the volume of materials,” the DOJ would release the documents on a “rolling basis” through the end of the year, defying the law’s requirement to release the files in their entirety by Dec. 19.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on Monday that he would force the Senate to vote on suing the DOJ for the full release of files.

Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who co-sponsored the House bill that ordered the DOJ to release the Epstein files, are among congressional lawmakers considering holding federal officials, including Attorney General Pam Bondi, in contempt for the handling of the files. 

Khanna also threatened to begin impeachment proceedings against Bondi and Blanche if the DOJ continues to flout the law.

A group of Epstein survivors on Monday joined the call for congressional oversight in a statement. Nineteen survivors signed the letter, which urged “hearings, formal demands for compliance, and legal action, to ensure the Department of Justice fulfills its legal obligations.”

The survivors also noted that many of the released documents were heavily redacted.

“At the same time, numerous victim identities were left unredacted, causing real and immediate harm,” the group wrote.

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