Huge cache of Epstein files includes emails financier exchanged with wealthy, powerful

Newly released Epstein documents reveal communications with influential figures, including Trump, Bannon, Musk, and details surrounding his controversial death.

A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, released on Friday (January 30, 2026), revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before he died by suicide in 2019.

The Justice Department said it was disclosing more than 3 million pages of documents, as well as thousands of videos and photos, as required by a law passed by Congress. By Friday evening (January 30, 2026), more than 6,00,000 documents had been published online. Millions of files that prosecutors had identified as potentially subject to release under the law remain under wraps, however, drawing criticism from Democrats.

The documents show Epstein exchanged hundreds of friendly texts with Steve Bannon, a top adviser to President Donald Trump, some months before Epstein's death.

They discussed politics, travel and a documentary Bannon was said to be planning that would help salvage Epstein's reputation.

In March 2019, Bannon asked Epstein if he could supply his plane to pick him up in Rome.

A couple of months later, Epstein messaged Bannon, “Now you can understand why Trump wakes up in the middle of the night sweating when he hears you, and I are friends.”