Trump says the Justice Department has 'done its job' in releasing Epstein documents

The House Oversight Committee released 33,295 pages of DOJ records related to Jeffrey Epstein — out of around 100,000 — many of which were already public.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the Justice Department has "done its job" in releasing records from Jeffrey Epstein's case and that it was "time to end" the push for more transparency.

In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump attacked Democrats and charged that they did "nothing" about Epstein "while he was alive except befriend him, socialize with him, travel to his Island, and take his money!" Trump was friends with Epstein for years, though he said in 2019 — after the disgraced financier's sex trafficking arrest — that they had "a falling out." Epstein died by suicide in jail in 2019, and conspiracy theories about his death and criminal case have flourished in the years since.

Trump said Democrats "knew everything there was to know about Epstein, but now, years after his death, they, out of nowhere, are seeming to show such love and heartfelt concern for his victims. Does anybody really believe that?"

"The Department of Justice has done its job, they have given everything requested of them," he continued. "It’s time to end the Democrat Epstein Hoax, and give the Republicans credit for the great, even legendary, job that they are doing."

It’s not just Democrats, however, that want the Trump administration to release more Epstein documents. Several Republican members of Congress have been outspoken in calling for that as well, including Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky; Lauren Boebert of Colorado; Nancy Mace of South Carolina; and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., have been circulating a discharge petition that would force a floor vote in the House to require the Justice Department to hand over documents to Congress.