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Attorney General Pamela Bondi released the first phase of Jeffrey Epstein’s classified documents Feb. 27, and some of President Donald Trump’s family were named in a contact list amid the 200 pages.
By Olivia Evans Feb 28, 2025 8:15 PM | Updated 17 hours ago
Declassified Jeffrey Epstein Files Released: Celebrities Named in His Contact Book
Federal Bureau of Investigation is sharing files related to late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi released 200 pages of previously classified documents Feb. 27—some of which had previously been leaked—in the first phase of seeking to “follow through on President [Donald] Trump’s commitment to transparency,” as stated in an FBI press release, and “lifting the veil on the disgusting actions of Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators.”
Among the documents, previously leaked by several media outlets and collected as evidence in the United States vs. Maxwell case, per U.S. Department of Justice, released Feb. 27, include flight logs from Epstein’s private plane from 1994 to 2004 as well as Epstein’s contact book, which referenced several high-profile names.
Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, 43, his former sister-in-law Blaine Trump and two late family members, brother Robert Trump and ex-wife Ivana Trump are among hundreds of those named in the contact book.
Trump’s wife Melania Trump—his then-girlfriend—was also cited in a flight log in 2000, among dozens of other names.
(Trump’s family members have not been accused of any involvement in Epstein’s crimes, and the list
only represents a group of people for which Epstein had contact information for.)
E! News has reached out to reps for Ivanka Trump, Blaine Trump and the White House but has not yet heard back.
In July 2019, Epstein—who had been convicted on charges of soliciting a child for sex in 2008—was arrested and charged with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors between 1994 and 2004.
At the time, Trump himself, who had previously boasted Epstein as a “terrific guy” to New York magazine in 2002, told White House reporters of Epstein, per the New York Times, “I had a falling out with him. I haven’t spoken to him in 15 years. I was not a fan of his, that I can tell you.”
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One month after his arrest, Epstein was found dead in his prison cell in what was ruled as a suicide, and therefore never faced trial, per the United States Attorney’s Office.
Meanwhile, his former girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested and charged for conspiring with the late financer in his abuse and sexual exploitation of minor girls the following year.
She was found guilty in 2021 of conspiracy to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport minors to participate in illegal sex acts, transporting a minor to participate in illegal sex acts, sex trafficking conspiracy, and sex trafficking of a minor, per the U.S. Attorney’s Office. (Maxwell is currently serving a 240-month prison sentence in Florida, but filed to appeal her charges in September, her lawyer told Reuters.)
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