Following a cursory search of the Epstein file documents released by the corrupt "Justice Department" Friday, journalists have noted the names of certain notables who are mentioned in connection with the child sex trafficker:
Trump ("thousands" of mentions)
As with past releases of files related to Epstein, Trump’s name is mentioned thousands of times – many are innocuous references, but some include uncorroborated allegations sent to the FBI claiming that he also abused young girls. [snip]
The files also show that accusations of sexual misconduct by the president connected to Epstein were repeatedly raised to federal authorities. On Aug. 6, 2025, an email exchange apparently sent between agents at the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force described a list of “Trump accusers.” It also included a spreadsheet of tips called into the FBI’s National Threat Operations Center.
One alleged that a friend had been “forced to perform oral sex on President Trump” in New Jersey, about 35 years prior, when she was 13 or 14 years old. [snip]
Some of the complainants were not reached by agents, one was “deemed not credible.” The caller who mentioned a friend in New Jersey identified the friend on the phone, and the tip was sent to the “Washington Office” to conduct an interview.
A woman also reached out to the FBI on Jan. 13, 2021. She “wanted to know why nothing was being done in regards to the information she provided” about Trump.
“[redacted] stated TRUMP was actively recruiting girls, whether it was for him or EPSTEIN she did not know,” the tip claims. (our emphasis)
Melania
In an email sent by then Melania Knauss to Maxwell in 2002, who was at the time President Donald Trump's girlfriend, commended on a New York magazine article about Epstein, The Daily Beast reported.
“Dear G! How are you?” Melania's email included. “Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great in the picture.”
Elon Musk (1,400 mentions)
The documents also include email correspondence between Epstein and tech billionaire Elon Musk.
Musk,
who has not been accused of any wrongdoing in the case, has previously
said that Epstein had invited him to his island but he had declined.
The
new emails show Musk had discussed travelling there on more than one
occasion - including a proposed 2012 trip - in which he asked Epstein:
"What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
The
emails from November 2012 show Epstein asked how many people Musk would
need transporting on a helicopter to the island and Musk replies that
he it would only be himself and his then-wife, Talulah Riley.
An
email from Musk to Epstein on Christmas in 2012 includes Musk inquiring
whether the financier had any parties planned because he needs to "let
loose".
"I've
been working to the edge of sanity this year and so, once my kids head
home after Christmas, I really want to hit the party scene in St Barts
or elsewhere and let loose," he writes, adding that a "peaceful island
experience" is the opposite of what he's wanting.
In
another batch of emails from the end of 2013, Musk and Epstein discuss a
visit to the financier's island and are working on logistics and dates...
Commerce Secretary Howard Nutlick Lutnick
On one occasion in December 2012, Epstein invited Lutnick to his private
island in the Caribbean for lunch, according to documents released on
Friday show. Lutnick’s wife, Allison Lutnick, enthusiastically accepted
the invitation and said they would arrive on a yacht with their
children. On another occasion in 2011, the two men had drinks, according
to a schedule shared with Epstein.
Lutnick has tried to distance himself from associations with Epstein,
saying in a 2025 interview that he cut ties with the sex offender
decades ago, calling him “gross.”
The two men’s lives continued to
intersect as recently as 2018, documents show. That year, Epstein
contributed to a philanthropic dinner honoring Lutnick, according to
email exchanges. The year prior, the two men sent each other emails
about the construction of a building across the street from both of
their homes...
Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh
Donald Trump’s
nominee to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh,
appeared in the government’s Friday release of additional Jeffrey
Epstein tiles.
Warsh’s name appears to be on an emailed list of guests to “St. Barth’s Christmas 2010,” among others such as Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and disgraced director Brett Ratner. Warsh also appears on a list of people attending a dinner hosted by British aristocrat William Astor. [snip]
... Before Friday’s release, Warsh’s biggest controversy was his connection to Ronald Lauder, who reportedly inspired Trump’s interest in Greenland during his first term in office. Lauder has purchased commercial interests on the island.
Now
Warsh may have to answer questions about how well he knows Epstein and
what he was doing on St. Barts during Christmas 2010. Questions will
also be raised as to whether Trump chose him because he, Epstein, and
Warsh know each other from being in the same circles.
Steve Bannon
The documents contain hundreds of friendly text messages between Epstein
and Steve Bannon in the months leading up to Epstein’s suicide in
August 2019. Bannon, a conservative activist who had served as Trump’s
White House strategist earlier in the president’s first term, bantered
over politics with the financier, discussed get-togethers with him over
breakfast, lunch or dinner and, on March 29, 2019, asked Epstein if he
could supply his plane to pick him up in Rome: “Is it possible to get
your plane here to collect me?”
Epstein told him his pilot and crew “are doing their best” to arrange
that flight but if Bannon could find a charter flight instead, “I’m
happy to pay.”
Apparently in France at the time, Epstein followed
up with a text saying: “My guys can pick you up. Come for dinner.” The
exchange did not show how that played out. In their communications over
months, the two at times touched on a documentary that Bannon was said
to be planning to polish Epstein’s sullied reputation.
On June 28,
2019, Epstein messaged Bannon: “Now you can understand why trump wakes
up in the middle of the night sweating when he hears you and I are
friends.” The context is not discernible from that exchange. Bannon
responded: “Dangerous.”...
As for the limited, redacted Friday documents release itself, a group of survivors and their relatives rightfully believe the coverup is still in place:
The group of survivors and their relatives said
the massive cache of files released Friday protects the names of their
abusers at their expense.
“This latest release of Jeffrey Epstein
files is being sold as transparency, but what it actually does is expose
survivors,” reads the statement provided by the publicist of the late
Virginia Giuffre, one of the most vocal Epstein accusers. “As survivors,
we should never be the ones named, scrutinized, and retraumatized while
Epstein’s enablers continue to benefit from secrecy.”
The group dismissed the notion that Friday’s release represented all the documents that should be legally made public.
“This
is not over. We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and
every perpetrator is finally held accountable,” the statement reads.
Democrats also want to know where are the rest of the files? And they want to see the full case files.
It's not over.
(Gif: you can't erase this testimony, MF)
