Exhibit index House Oversight estate release · Nov 12 2025 DOJ EFTA Data Sets 1–12

Epstein Files Ledger

How often Donald Trump is named in the released Epstein documents and in what kind of document, who discussed him with Epstein, how the Clinton relationship compares, who else filled Epstein's inbox, how his wider correspondence network fits together, and the most damaging emails from or to public figures. Every quote here was read in the released text and is tagged with its Bates number so you can check it against the source.

Named is not accusedAppearing in these files, even often, is not evidence of a crime. Most mentions are news clippings.
Epstein's claims are claimsHe wrote to journalists and allies with his own aims. His statements about others are labelled unverified.
No victim namesNames the releasing body redacted stay redacted (██████). Uncorroborated tips are counted but not quoted.
Exhibits A–D · TrumpE · the ClintonsF–G · networkH · public figures
Exhibit A · Mention count

How many times Trump is named

We searched every document in both public releases for “Trump” (and “DJT”). The raw count is large, but most of it comes from news coverage that landed in Epstein's inbox or in investigators' files.

Where the mentions sit, by document type
DOJ releaseHouse Oversight release
Epstein's own messages naming Trump, by year
De-duplicated short messages Epstein wrote himself (forwarded articles excluded). Total: .
Who wrote the personal messages that name Trump
Exhibit B · Relationship map

Who connects Trump and Epstein

Left: people from Trump's own orbit who appear in the files, joined to him by their documented role. Right: Epstein's correspondents who discussed Trump with him. Line weight is the number of messages naming Trump that they exchanged with Epstein. Select anyone to see what the files show.

Trump's circleDiscussed Trump with EpsteinEpstein staff documented role Trump messages with Epstein
Exhibit C · Correspondence

Trump in the emails

The messages about Trump that drew the most attention, quoted as written. Epstein's assertions about what Trump knew or did are his claims. Nothing here has been tested in court.

Exhibit D · Official record

What the government documents say, and their status

Exhibit E · The Clintons

The Clinton relationship, measured the same way

Bill Clinton is the other president with documented ties to Epstein. The record differs in shape: flights in 2002–03, his office dealing with Maxwell, and private Epstein emails that consistently deny Clinton visited the island, which Epstein wanted to use to discredit an accuser.

Epstein's own messages naming each man, by year
Same method as Exhibit A: short, de-duplicated messages he wrote himself.
TrumpClinton (Bill or Hillary)
Who wrote the personal messages that name a Clinton
Exhibit F · Correspondents

The other relationships in the mailbox

The heaviest public-figure correspondents not covered above, ranked by de-duplicated messages with Epstein. One verified line from each shows what the relationship was about.

Exhibit G · Network

Epstein's wider correspondence network

69 public figures and staff with at least 25 de-duplicated messages to or from Epstein. Circle area is message volume; a line between two people means they were on the same thread at least five times. Hover or tap to trace someone's links. Private individuals are left out.

Exhibit H · Public figures

The most damaging emails we can read today

Selected by what the message itself shows: sexual content about women, an Epstein island visit, gifts, contact while holding public office, crisis coordination with Epstein, or a contradiction of the person's own public account. Every entry dates from after Epstein's 2008 conviction for procuring a minor. Filter by what it shows.

One document a day

We post one verified quote from the files every day, with its Bates number and context.

Exhibit I · Method

How this was built, and its limits

Sources

  • DOJ Epstein Files Transparency Act release, Data Sets 1–12: 1,380,932 PDFs, OCR text from a public CC0 dataset (Hugging Face, ishumilin/epstein-files-ocr-complete).
  • House Oversight estate release of Nov 12, 2025: about 25,800 text files (tensonaut/EPSTEIN_FILES_20K re-upload), plus an LLM-parsed email-thread table used only for sender/recipient fields.
  • Every quote was checked against the raw OCR text, not the parsed version.

Counting

  • “Mentions” counts case-sensitive matches of Trump, TRUMP and DJT. Trump-branded properties count too, so the raw figure overstates mentions of the man.
  • The two releases overlap (many estate emails appear in both), so document counts are not added together.
  • Document type uses text rules (newsletter markers, court captions, FBI forms, email headers). It is approximate.
  • “Personal messages” are thread segments under 2,500 characters with a human author, de-duplicated on their first 100 characters. Forwarded articles mostly fall out.

Known gaps

  • OCR errors drop or garble some names, so all counts are floors.
  • DOJ redactions hide many senders and recipients; those messages are counted as unidentified.
  • The network covers a curated list of about 90 public names. People outside it don't appear, even if they wrote often.
  • Consequences listed (resignations, arrests) come from news reporting as of October 2026.