CLAIM: DOJ Told Trump That His Name Is Among Many in the Epstein Files

July 23, 2025

The Wall Street Journal has just published a new report Wednesday afternoon, claiming that President Donald Trump was informed by the Justice Department in May that his name appears multiple times in the “Epstein files.”

The report confirms that “being mentioned in the records isn’t a sign of wrongdoing.”

The WSJ report begins as follows:

When Justice Department officials reviewed what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a “truckload” of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein earlier this year, they discovered that Donald Trump’s name appeared multiple times, according to senior administration officials.

In May, Bondi and her deputy informed the president at a meeting in the White House that his name was in the Epstein files, the officials said. Many other high-profile figures were also named, Trump was told. Being mentioned in the records isn’t a sign of wrongdoing.

The officials said it was a routine briefing that covered a number of topics and that Trump’s appearance in the documents wasn’t the focus.

They told the president at the meeting that the files contained what officials felt was unverified hearsay about many people, including Trump, who had socialized with Epstein in the past, some of the officials said. One of the officials familiar with the documents said they contain hundreds of other names.

They also told Trump that senior Justice Department officials didn’t plan to release any more documents related to the investigation of the convicted sex offender because the material contained child pornography and victims’ personal information, the officials said. Trump said at the meeting he would defer to the Justice Department’s decision to not release any further files.

On May 7, Bondi announced that the reason for the delay on releasing the files was because the FBI was still wading through thousands of videos of Epstein with children, and explained that none of that could ever be released to the public.

On July 7, the DOJ posted a memo saying there is no “incriminating client list.”

Exclusive: The Justice Department told President Trump in May that his name is among many in the Epstein files https://t.co/o14LCLQFPV

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) July 23, 2025