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US officials dismiss ‘sensational’ Trump claims in Epstein files
President Trump is named more than 3,000 times in the files released on Friday. The Department of Justice calls the claims ‘unfounded and false’
US President Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office.
President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Friday
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George Grylls, Washington Correspondent
Friday January 30 2026, 9.16pm GMT, The Times
The US Department of Justice warned that the Epstein files contained “unfounded and false” claims about President Trump as it released three million new pages of documents.

The president is mentioned more than 3,000 times in the latest batch of documents. Trump administration officials said “untrue and sensationalist” claims about the president submitted just before the 2020 election were included in the 3.5 million pages published online.

“To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponised against President Trump already,” the Department of Justice (DoJ) said.

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Some of the mentions of Trump are clippings from newspaper articles or references to the president in emails. There is also a list compiled by the DoJ of accusations made against him by women. None have ever been substantiated.

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