Justice Department told Trump in May that his name is in the Epstein Files, but haven’t found evidence of Trump wrongdoing

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. 

The sources familiar with the department’s review said the files appeared to include several unsubstantiated claims that the Justice Department found not to be credible, including those relating to Trump.

t wasn’t clear in what context Trump’s name appeared in the files. Like many high-powered people in 1990s New York, Trump was an associate of Epstein’s, who worked to cultivate celebrities to burnish his business. The revelation that his name appears in the documents does little to advance previous knowledge about his ties to the late sex offender.

“The White House is not surprised by this – Trump’s name was present in the binders that Bondi produced and handed out,” one of the White House officials said, adding that many of the materials already released by the Justice Department had included mention of the president’s name.

“The White House does not view this as groundbreaking or new or surprising at all,” the official said, adding that there is no evidence that Trump was involved in any wrongdoing.

“The fact is that the President kicked him out of his club for being a creep,” White House communications director Steven Cheung said in a statement to CNN, referring to Epstein.

“This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media, just like the Obama Russiagate scandal, which President Trump was right about.”

It is believed by many that the Epstein files contain incriminating evidence of many powerful billionaires and political figures participating in illicit sexual activity.