What We’re Finding Out About Jeffrey Epstein In The Latest Released Files

The U.S. Justice Department under the Trump administration released a huge tranche of Epstein-related documents — millions of pages, videos, and images — on January 30, 2026 under a transparency law. These are materials from investigations into Epstein’s conduct and networks. Some content has been pulled temporarily by the DOJ to fix over-redactions that may have obscured victim identities.

The files mention many prominent people by name in various contexts — e.g., Donald Trump is reportedly mention 1 million times and others appear hundreds of times in FBI lists or communications.

A viral screenshot circulating online purporting to show an email where Epstein wrote that Trump “doesn’t like Black girls” or used the term “boogers” is not authentic based on current DOJ releases — fact-checkers have not found it in the official files, and aspects of it (like a domain name) don’t match historically possible documents.

While not from the 2026 DOJ release itself, previous court materials from civil cases against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell included testimony from a former victim saying that Epstein expressed preferences for certain girls over others — including a statement (in a 2019 grand jury interview transcript) that he did not want “n*ggers, dark skinned or Black girls.” To be clear. Perpetrators, like Epstein often make disturbing, racist, and misogynistic comments that reflect their own prejudices and assumptions about who they think will report them or resist. If he said something along those lines, it would reflect his biased belief about which victims he thought were less likely to report him. And that was just the case. Black girls, according to Epstein would resist, tell someone or simply fight back. Black girls as he saw it were less likely to be manipulated.

Another transcript from earlier filings said a recruiter was told Epstein liked thin, blonde, attractive girls and referenced that when she mistakenly brought a Black girl, Epstein declined to massage her.

These were interviews and recollections by accusers, not new “emails from Epstein.” They reflect disturbing preferences attributed to him but are not standalone DOJ emails authored by Epstein in the recent file release.

The ongoing file release continues to draw scrutiny and political debate, both about what the documents show and what remains redacted or withheld. ++