The Department of Justice released more files related to the investigation of the financier Jeffrey Epstein late Monday, making public thousands of documents that included emails from prosecutors, unverified tips and records from Mr. Epstein’s death in a Manhattan jail.
It was the latest batch in a slow drip that began Friday, the deadline that Congress had set for the release of all the files in connection with the investigation. Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, has said the files will be released over the coming weeks.
The documents contained hundreds of references to President Trump, who was a friend of Mr. Epstein’s before they had a falling out, a New York Times search found. A majority of the references were mentions in media reports or other material that had been included in the files, but some were focused on the president.
In one email, dated January 2020, an unidentified Manhattan federal prosecutor said he or she wanted to make the recipient aware that flight logs showed Mr. Trump had flown on Mr. Epstein’s private jet “many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware).”
The email went on to say that Mr. Trump was a passenger on Mr. Epstein’s plane on eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including two with possible witnesses in the criminal case against Mr. Epstein’s co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. Ms. Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking and other charges in Manhattan federal court in 2021.
Passengers on another flight included only Mr. Epstein, Mr. Trump and a 20-year-old, the email said. On other flights, Mr. Trump flew with Marla Maples, his former wife; his daughter Tiffany; and his son Eric.
The names of the potential witnesses, as well as the email’s sender and recipient, were redacted. Mr. Trump has not been accused of wrongdoing in connection with Mr. Epstein or Ms. Maxwell.
The White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. During an appearance at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida earlier Monday, Mr. Trump tried to distance himself from Mr. Epstein and said the issue was meant to distract from his accomplishments.
Mr. Trump also complained that the release of the files could damage of the reputation of people who appear in the files but who have not been accused of criminal wrongdoing. “A lot of people are very angry that pictures are being released of other people that really had nothing to do with Epstein. But they’re in a picture with him because he was at a party, and you ruined a reputation of somebody,” Mr. Trump said.
The documents also showed that Manhattan federal prosecutors subpoenaed Mar-a-Lago in 2021 for employment records in connection with Ms. Maxwell’s case.
The release contained a wide mix of documents, including blacked-out pages of Ms. Maxwell’s tax returns, tips to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and internal communications at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the Manhattan jail where Mr. Epstein died.
Thousands of documents that were made public Friday and over the weekend included photos of Bill Clinton, the former president, with Mr. Epstein, and testimony from the grand jury proceedings in the cases against Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell.
Mr. Trump said he hated to see images of Mr. Clinton in the files, even though he previously ordered his Justice Department to examine any potential links between Mr. Epstein and Mr. Clinton.
The release of the files had been long awaited by those who believed the materials could shed light on Mr. Epstein’s activities and his ties to prominent and powerful men. Some victims and their advocates criticized the batch released Friday as heavily redacted and containing few revelations.
Mike Baker, Debra Kamin, Steve Eder, Matthew Goldstein, David Enrich, Benjamin Weiser and Julie Tate contributed reporting.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs is a White House correspondent for The Times, covering President Trump and his administration.
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