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ARTICLE VIEW:
4 takeaways from the latest batch of the Epstein files
Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN
Updated:
6:22 PM EST, Tue December 23, 2025
Source: CNN
The Justice Department has released related to convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein – documents that include many more mentions of than
last week’s dump.
DOJ released on Friday — the deadline for it to make them public
after Congress passed a new law last month — and continues to
gradually release additional documents.
Below are some takeaways from the latest release.
1. New evidence of a pursuit of ‘co-conspirators’
We’re continuing to learn potentially significant things about the
government’s handling of the Epstein investigations.
The new batch of documents, for example, includes evidence that
prosecutors sought to investigate and potentially charge more people.
A series of apparent FBI emails from July 2019 cite “10
co-conspirators.”
“When you get a chance can you give me an update on the status of the
10 CO conspirators?” reads one July 7, 2019, email from a sender with
“FBI New York” in their signature.
Another email from two days later requests “an update on the 10
co-conspirators by COB today.”
A third cites efforts to locate and serve these people with subpoenas.
It indicates some were indeed contacted. One who wasn’t is described
as “a wealthy business man in Ohio.”
The documents also cite – but don’t appear to actually include –
memos after Epstein’s August 2019 death outlining co-conspirators
that could be charged.
To date, only Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, his former girlfriend,
have been charged.
We don’t actually have these memos or the names of the alleged
“co-conspirators,” so we don’t know whom these could be in
reference to. It’s not clear what kinds of crimes might have been at
issue. And while many have been on the hunt for a so-called “client
list” that the FBI says doesn’t exist, it’s not clear whether
these documents actually implicate others in alleged crimes.
We don’t know what happened with these potential prosecutions. The
fact that the cases were never charged might suggest that the
investigations didn’t substantiate such charges. But the use of
“co-conspirators” suggests that, at least at one point,
investigators felt others were involved in Epstein’s crimes.
And these are the kinds of documents that lots of people have been
anticipating for a very long time – documents that might suggest who
else might be held accountable for Epstein’s crimes.
You can bet there will be lots of pressure on the Trump administration
to make sure they get produced.
2. We’re learning how Trump was invoked in the Epstein investigations
Friday’s initial batch included . This batch features a much heavier
dose of the current president.
And perhaps most notably, the documents show how Trump’s name came up
in the context of Epstein’s and Maxwell’s investigations and
prosecutions. (Trump has never been accused by law enforcement of
wrongdoing related to Epstein’s crimes, and he has denied any
wrongdoing.)
There is seeking “any and all employment records relating to” a
redacted individual. (While it’s not clear who the individual is,
we’ve known that one of Epstein’s accusers, the late Virginia
Giuffre, formerly worked at Mar-a-Lago.)
There is from an assistant US attorney for the Southern District of New
York noting Trump flew on Epstein’s plane eight times (something
that’s since become public knowledge via the release of flight
records). The assistant US attorney also says two of the flights
included “women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case.”
At least four of the flights included Maxwell, according to the flight
records.
There are also tips to the FBI involving Trump and his relationship
with Epstein, with little or no indication about whether those tips
were followed up on or corroborated.
3. A much-discussed letter that the DOJ now says is ‘fake’
Aside from those references, the new document dump features an
intriguing apparent reference to Trump.
Included is a letter — which the Justice Department now says is
“FAKE” — signed by “J. Epstein” and addressed to another
infamous convicted sex offender, disgraced ex-USA Gymnastics doctor
Larry Nassar.
“We shared one thing … our love and caring for young ladies and the
hope they’d reach their full potential,” the letter . “Our
President also shares our love of young, nubile girls.”
The letter then includes another lewd apparent reference to Trump. (It
doesn’t use the word Trump, but it’s from 2019, when Trump was
serving as president.)
It then suggests that, unlike Trump, “we ended up snatching grub in
the mess halls of the system. Life is unfair.”
Notably, the letter is postmarked three days after Epstein’s death in
prison, which has been ruled a suicide. The author alludes to having
“taken the ‘short route’ home,” and wishes Nassar, “Good
luck!” The letter was marked as “return to sender.”
What to make of this? There are so many questions that are unanswered
here.
DOJ said Tuesday afternoon the FBI had determined the letter was
“FAKE,” in part because the writing didn’t appear to match
Epstein’s. (An FBI document from 2020 indicates a handwriting
analysis had been requested, but the documents released Tuesday don’t
include the results.)
The DOJ statement also noted the letter was postmarked in Virginia,
while Epstein had been held in New York; the return address listed the
wrong jail; and it was processed three days after Epstein died.
Even if this letter were indeed from Epstein, it would just be a claim.
Earlier Tuesday, the DOJ didn’t invoke this letter specifically but
broadly suggested the allegations raised against Trump – likely
including the FBI tips mentioned above – weren’t true.
“Some of these documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims
made against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right
before the 2020 election,” the DOJ said. “To be clear: the claims
are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they
certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump
already.”
CNN has reached out to the White House about the latest batch of
documents, including that letter.
But there are just too many unanswered questions about this letter to
draw definitive conclusions.
At the very least, the new disclosures are the kinds of things Trump
once indicated he worried would unnecessarily tarnish people.
Trump in a 2024 Fox News interview in the Epstein files that had the
potential to “affect people’s lives.” He , warning that merely
being in a picture with Epstein could ruin someone’s reputation.
4. More questionable actions from the DOJ
The release of these materials previously has been marred by DOJ
mishandling, and that’s continuing.
First, DOJ’s initial Tuesday statement is extraordinary. It reads as
if it’s from Trump’s personal lawyer – i.e. its reference to how
this information, if credible, “certainly would have been weaponized
against President Trump” – rather than a neutral handler of this
information.
That’s a huge contrast to how the DOJ handled Clinton’s appearance
in the files released Friday. Back then, a DOJ spokesperson pointed to
an image of Clinton appearing in a hot tub with a redacted individual
and of Epstein’s abuse.
Clinton, like Trump, has never been accused by law enforcement of
wrongdoing related to Epstein. On Monday – before the latest batch
was released — the former president’s spokesman to release
everything it has related to Clinton, claiming that “selective
releases” were about “insinuation,” not transparency.
The DOJ’s questionable handling of the files has also been
underscored by the curious and that go beyond the limits of the law
Congress passed last month.
The 2020 email from the assistant US attorney redacts the author’s
name, for instance. Other emails appear to redact the names of
government officials, meaning it’s not clear which officials were
involved in key decisions and discussions – including emails from
around the time of Epstein’s much-criticized non-prosecution deal in
the late 2000s.
And lastly, the documents were apparently uploaded Monday, then
removed, then reposted again, according to .
It’s not clear why that happened or whether the documents that were
reposted match the ones that had been initially been posted.
The Justice Department has already failed to comply with the deadline
to release all of these documents, which were due in their totality on
Friday.
And after that initial release, it briefly pulled back some documents
that had been posted, including one image that , which was later
restored.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has said the photo was removed due
to caution about potentially featuring an Epstein victim.
“It has nothing to do with President Trump,” Blanche said this
weekend. “The absurdity of pulling down a single photo because of
President Trump is laughable.”
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