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 FRANCIS CHUNG/EPA 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.
“During the first party, Doe was asked to strip down to her underwear and give a massage to Epstein,” the account says. “Doe was asked by Epstein to do sexual acts, but she refused. Doe was later asked to massage the penis of Epstein’s guest, Trump, with her hands. Doe was told that this was what she had to do in order to get a job and Doe complied.
“During the second party, Doe was asked to perform oral sex on Trump and complied. During the third party, Doe was made to perform oral sex on Trump with another young girl named [redacted]. During the fourth visit, Doe was raped by Trump …
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“Epstein was angry that Trump was the one to take Doe’s virginity and then went on to rape Doe … Doe struggled and was struck by both men during the assault. Doe was then threatened with violence by both men to not make any report of what happened: ‘We’ll make you disappear like [redacted].’”
