That dodgy ‘suicide note’, thousands of redactions and a ‘tremendous backlash’: Trump’s frustration with the Epstein Files is clear… But one email could be the most damaging of all

Christmas is a time of giving, they say, and Democrats owe Jeffrey Epstein a bag of thank-you letters for everything he left under the tree for them.

When it comes to President Donald Trump’s escalating political troubles, disgraced pedophile financier Epstein has proven to be the gift that keeps on giving. And giving and giving.

The opposition party, on the other hand, is having difficulty dealing a blow to its opponent. So it helps Democrats immeasurably that Epstein’s connections to Trump are a topic of great importance to the MAGA crowd.

Trump has consistently denied wrongdoing. But constant revelations about the pair’s relationship long ago put an end to their insistence that they had almost nothing to do with each other.

The president was barely mentioned in previous Epstein Files documents released by the Justice Department last Friday. But it’s certainly represented in the latest release, which includes thousands more.

On Monday, Trump publicly expressed his disappointment with the public release of the materials, complaining: ‘Everybody was friendly with this guy (Epstein).’

He insisted most of the people shown in the files had met Epstein ‘innocently’, adding: ‘But they’re taking pictures with him because he was at a party and you’re ruining someone’s reputation.’

Although he had previously spoken highly of Epstein’s connections to Bill Clinton, he expressed sympathy for the former President.

When it comes to President Donald Trump’s escalating political woes, disgraced pedophile financier Epstein has proven to be the gift that keeps on giving.

Despite previously raving about Epstein’s connections to Bill Clinton (pictured above with Epstein), Trump expressed sympathy for the former President, who is featured in several photos included in the latest dump.

He said it was a “terrible thing” that photographs of Epstein with Clinton and other prominent figures were made public and claimed there had been a “tremendous backlash” among those who said they had been wrongly accused.

Trump, of course, includes himself in this category. But after spending years stoking rumors of a conspiracy and convincing his friends and fellow Americans that there was a massive cover-up to protect the rich and powerful collaborating with Epstein, his objections amounted to little.

Perhaps the most damaging email for Trump revealed in the latest dump concerns Epstein’s history of flying in his private jet fleet. This included the financier’s large Boeing 727, which became infamous as the Lolita Express.

The resort’s facilities included a double bed used by a number of young women who worked for Epstein on many flights.

It’s no surprise that attention has focused on a January 2020 email in which the federal prosecutor appeared surprised by the number of flights the president took on those jets.

They included Trump, Epstein and an unidentified 20-year-old woman who was the sole passenger.

‘Donald Trump traveled much more on Epstein’s private jet than previously reported (or that we were aware of)’, said the email, which was sent at a time when New York prosecutors were preparing to indict Epstein’s friend and procurer Ghislaine Maxwell.

It continued: ‘Specifically, he was listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Maxwell was present.

‘He is stated to have traveled with Marla Maples, her daughter Tiffany and her son Eric at various times, among others.’

The sender and recipient of the message have been edited. However, the bottom of the email says ‘Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York’ and his name is also redacted.

The email states: ‘On a 1993 flight, he and Epstein were the only two passengers listed; in the other, the only three passengers were Epstein, Trump and a then-20-year-old; The person’s name was redacted.

It continues: ‘Two of the passengers on the other two flights were women who would have been potential witnesses in a Maxwell case.’

The email ends: ‘We have just finished reviewing all of the records… and we didn’t want any of this to be a surprise down the line.’

Perhaps the most damaging email for Trump concerns Epstein’s history of flying on his fleet of private jets. This included the financier’s spacious Boeing 727, which is as infamous as the Lolita Express (pictured).

Among the amenities on the Lolita Express (pictured above) was a double bed, which was used on many flights by a number of young women working for the disgraced financier.

Authorities have not accused Trump of any crime, and the Justice Department, which said in a statement on Tuesday that it had released nearly 30,000 more pages of documents related to Epstein, insisted: ‘Some of these documents contain untrue and sensational allegations against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI just before the 2020 election.’

He continued: ‘To be clear: the allegations are false and false, and if they had any credibility they would already have been weaponized against President Trump.’

The DOJ did not specify which allegations were untrue.

One that the Trump administration would be particularly happy to expose as ‘fake news’ is a hand-written letter apparently sent by Epstein to US gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing numerous young gymnasts.

The letter, postmarked on August 13, 2019 and sent from ‘J Epstein’ in Manhattan Penitentiary, reads: ‘Dear LN, as you know by now, I took the ‘shortcut’ home. Good luck! We share one thing: our love and concern for young ladies in the hope that they will reach their full potential.’

It continues: ‘Our President shares our love for young, attractive girls. He liked to “grab” a young beauty when she passed him, whereas we found him grabbing food in the system’s cafeterias. Life isn’t fair. Best regards, J.Epstein.”

Epstein committed suicide on 10 August, and mention of Epstein taking a ‘shortcut home’ was widely interpreted as a reference to him killing himself.

Given widespread conspiracy theories claiming that Epstein was murdered, the letter seemed potentially explosive, both for that statement and for what it said about the unnamed president.

This document was reportedly found in the prison mailroom by investigators weeks after it was returned from an Arizona prison and was marked ‘no longer at this address’.

‘Apparently he sent it by post and it was returned to him,’ an investigator tells a prison official in an email included in released documents. ‘I’m not sure if I should open it or give it to anyone?’

But on Tuesday the Ministry of Justice issued a statement declaring the letter to be a forgery, saying: ‘This forged letter is a reminder that the release of a document by the Ministry of Justice does not render the allegations or allegations in that document untrue.’

On Tuesday, December 23, the Department of Justice released a statement saying the so-called ‘suicide letter’ (pictured) was written by Epstein and sent to fake US gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.

In fact, the FBI concluded that not only was this document postmarked in Northern Virginia three days after Epstein’s death, but its handwriting did not match the disgraced financier’s handwriting.

Some of the newly released Trump-related documents say little about their possible significance.

For example, there is a 2021 subpoena to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, related to the government’s investigation into Maxwell.

Trump insisted he barred Epstein from his club after the attacker ‘stole people who worked for me’. The late Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s chief accusers, said she was working at the club when she was 16 or 17 when she was recruited by Maxwell to work for Epstein.

The subpoena requests ‘any employment records’ relating to an individual whose name has been redacted. It is unclear whether that person was Ms. Giuffre or whether the club complied with the subpoena.

Despite the President’s previous emphasis on ‘complete transparency’, the released documents were heavily censored.

Most of the time almost everything is hidden. Take the 2021 email describing a photo of Trump and Maxwell retrieved from an iPhone 7 belonging to Steve Bannon.

The attached screenshot of the photo has been edited with the sender and recipient’s names.

The endless Epstein saga and the president’s wildly varying approach to it (first promising to release the documents unredacted as a campaign promise, then changing his mind) are certainly hurting Trump politically.

Any move his administration makes regarding this case now risks being interpreted in the worst possible light.

When the image, which included a small photograph of Trump and was found in one of Epstein’s desk drawers, was removed from the DOJ website, critics immediately blamed government censorship intended to prevent Trump from being embarrassed.

However, the image, which was later reinstated, was actually removed for review after Epstein’s sex-trafficking accusers claimed they were identified in the photo.

When an image (pictured) containing a small photo of Trump found in one of Epstein’s desk drawers was removed from the DOJ website, critics immediately accused the government of censorship

After those accusing Epstein of sex trafficking claimed to be identified in this image, the image was later reinstated, with the Department of Justice stating that the image had in fact been removed for review.

On Tuesday, Haley Robson, one of Epstein’s accusers, told CNN that she “very much wants” the president to be impeached for his handling of the Epstein case.

Robson, who previously said he supported Trump, told CNN’s Pamela Brown that he no longer supports him or the administration.

‘I am correcting any support I gave to her, to Pam Bondi, to Kash Patel,’ he said. ‘I am so disgusted with this administration. I think Pam Bondi and Kash Patel should resign and I would like to see No. 47 impeached over this. And I’m just waiting.’

Many are also waiting to see how Trump’s relationship with a man she once described as “a great guy” and “a lot of fun to be with” will end for her.

Whatever happens, it’s unlikely to be ‘fun’ for anyone other than his political rivals.