Epstein files show Trump flagged by prosecutor for 'many' flights on sex offender's plane

President Donald Trump flew on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's plane at least eight times, according to a large tranche of documents briefly put into public view by the Department of Justice.

The Justice Department released thousands of files Monday, three days after publicizing an initial batch in partial compliance with a law passed last month by Congress,. They appear to have been removed from the agency's website several hours later – but the Washington Post downloaded the full set before they were taken down.

"The documents show that a subpoena was sent to Mar-a-Lago in 2021 for records that pertained to the government’s case against Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s accomplice in sex trafficking," the Post reported. "They include notes from an assistant U.S. attorney in New York about the number of times Trump flew on Epstein’s plane, including one flight that included just Trump, Epstein and a 20-year-old woman, according to the notes."

"The newly released documents also include several tips that were collected by the FBI about Trump’s involvement with Epstein and parties at their properties in the early 2000s," the report added. "The documents do not show whether any follow-up investigations took place or whether any of the tips were corroborated."

Flight records show Trump “traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware),” wrote an assistant U.S. attorney from the Southern District of New York in an email dated Jan. 8, 2020, after a review of flight records as part of the government case against Maxwell, who was convicted in 2021 of sex trafficking.

“For your situational awareness, wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware), including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell case,” the email states.

Maxwell was present on at least four of those flights, according to the prosecutor, and in some cases those flights included passengers who could be called as possible witnesses in a case against Maxwell.

“We’ve just finished reviewing the full records (more than 100 pages of very small script) and didn’t want any of this to be a surprise down the road,” the prosecutor wrote.