Justice Department Finds No Criminal Conduct by Trump in 3 Million Epstein Email Records

The Justice Department found no evidence of criminal conduct or inappropriate contact with victims by President Donald Trump after reviewing years of Jeffrey Epstein's personal emails, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche revealed in an exclusive statement to Fox News on Friday. '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', Blanche told Fox News Digital as the DOJ released more than 3 million pages of Epstein records, including 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.

One January 2019 email from Epstein to Wolff contained a more cryptic reference. 'Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop', Epstein wrote. However, in a February 2019 email, Epstein noted that a redacted individual worked at Mar-a-Lago and that 'Trump knew of it and came to my house many times during that period'. Epstein then added: 'He never got a massage'. The emails also show Epstein discussing a business arrangement involving Trump relating to a friend who was having 'financial difficulty with assisted living homes'.

Epstein's Personal Attacks on Trump

In January 2018 emails to Wolff, Epstein complained about Trump's presidency, saying he 'doesn't take advice' and that 'his children have little experience and poor judgement'. Epstein wrote: 'There are huge discrepancies re his real net worth. Full disclosure would make it clear'. The convicted sex offender continued mocking Trump in other 2018 emails, calling him 'dopey Donald or demented Donald' and complaining about his finances, business acquisitions, and relationship with Deutsche Bank.

In emails between Epstein and Thomas Landon of The New York Times in January 2018, Landon asked if Epstein was still in touch with Wolff, who had just published his book 'Fire and Fury' about Trump. Landon wrote: 'Have to say, he is looking/sounding increasing unhinged—Are you tempted to take any money off the table in the markets?' Epstein replied: 'No. But no question Donalds statement is goofy', though it's unclear which Trump statement he was referring to. Landon then asked: 'wasn't there a time when he at least completed sentences?' Epstein wrote back: 'No, he was always stupid'.

One January 2019 email from Epstein to Wolff contained a more cryptic reference. 'Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop', Epstein wrote. However, in a February 2019 email, Epstein noted that a redacted individual worked at Mar-a-Lago and that 'Trump knew of it and came to my house many times during that period'. Epstein then added: 'He never got a massage'. The emails also show Epstein discussing a business arrangement involving Trump relating to a friend who was having 'financial difficulty with assisted living homes'.

Massive Document Release After Deadline

Friday's release comes more than a month after the DOJ missed its 19 December deadline to make all Epstein files public under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Deputy Attorney General Blanche said more than 500 lawyers worked through nights, holidays, and weekends to review the material and make necessary redactions to protect victims' identities. 'Today's release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance with the act', Blanche said at a news conference. The department identified more than 6 million pages as potentially responsive to the act, but released approximately 3.5 million pages in total.

Blanche said authorities redacted every image or video of every woman depicted in the records except for Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's convicted accomplice. They also redacted images of exploited minors. 'We did not redact images of any man, unless it was impossible to redact the woman without also redacting the man'.

No Protection for Trump, DOJ Says

Blanche firmly denied suggestions that the DOJ protected Trump during the review process. 'We comply with the act, and there is no "protect President Trump." We didn't protect or not protect anybody'. He added that the White House 'had nothing to do' with the Justice Department's review of the files. 'They had no oversight over this review. They did not tell this department how to do our review, what to redact, what to not redact'.

The DOJ's explicit statement that Epstein never accused Trump of criminal conduct or inappropriate victim contact contradicts speculation that has circulated since the files' release was mandated. Despite years of personal emails showing Epstein's willingness to criticise Trump harshly on everything from his intelligence to his finances, the convicted sex offender apparently never claimed Trump engaged in criminal activity.The emails do reveal that Wolff actively encouraged Epstein to use Trump as a public distraction from his own legal troubles, suggesting a calculated PR strategy rather than genuine allegations.

As Trump continues his second term in office, these findings address ongoing questions about the extent of his involvement with Epstein's criminal enterprise, though the heavily redacted files still leave questions unanswered about other powerful figures in Epstein's orbit.