Although the department is mandated to release all documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019, under the Epstein Files Transparency Act passed in November, it has withheld some files, claiming the process is delayed to protect victim identities.

But this week, the documents released by Trump’s own Justice Department—including flight logs and emails—told a different story. Federal prosecutors determined in January 2020 that Trump had been a passenger on the notorious private jet owned by Jeffrey Epstein—who would later be charged with sex trafficking—far more often than they had realized.

Two weeks ago, as the Justice Department prepared to begin releasing what are commonly known as the Epstein files, Maxwell filed a habeas petition, asking a federal judge to free her on grounds that “substantial new evidence” has emerged proving that constitutional violations spoiled her trial.

The documents released so far have raised fresh questions about the president’s ties to the late sex predator.

The note was released by the Justice Department as part of a batch of files related to the Epstein investigation.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) released its new cache of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein on Monday, which brought more attention to President Trump’s association with the disgraced

The president, the plane and the prince: Top takeaways from the 3rd Epstein files release The Justice Department on Tuesday released a third batch of records related to Jeffrey Epstein, a wide array of documents that shed light on alleged co-conspirators and the late sex offender's ties to the former Prince Andrew.

The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing. The BBC has contacted Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's team for a response.