How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files – The New York Times

How Trump Appears in the Epstein Files

The New York Times found more than 5,300 files with references to Mr. Trump and related terms. They include salacious and unverified claims, as well as documents that had already been made public.

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By Steve Eder, Michael C. Bender, and David Enrich

Feb. 1, 2026

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The Justice Department looked into sexual misconduct allegations against President Trump in connection with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but did not find credible information to merit further investigation, Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, said on Sunday.

Mr. Blanche’s comments, which he made on CNN’s “State of the Union,” came less than 48 hours after the Trump administration released about three million pages of documents collected by the Justice Department as part of its years long investigation into Mr. Epstein, who died in 2019.

The controversy over Mr. Epstein has dogged Mr. Trump for the past year. After Mr. Trump’s allies vowed on the 2024 campaign trail to release the Epstein files, his administration rapidly backtracked. Mr. Trump’s resistance to releasing the government’s files fueled speculation that they contained damaging information about him or his allies.

The files are peppered with references to Mr. Trump, who had been a close friend of Mr. Epstein’s until the early 2000s. While Mr. Trump has repeatedly downplayed the relationship, the two men bonded over their pursuit of young women. Mr. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in connection to Mr. Epstein.

Using a proprietary search tool, The New York Times identified more than 5,300 files containing more than 38,000 references to Mr. Trump, his wife, his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, and other related words and phrases in the latest batch of emails, government files, videos and other records released by the Justice Department. Previous installments of the Epstein files, which the department released late last year, included another 130 files with Trump-related references.

Many of the documents released on Friday that mention Mr. Trump are news articles and other publicly available materials that had landed in Mr. Epstein’s email inbox. None of those files include any direct communication between Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein. (Few of the files date back as far as the early 2000s, when the two men were friends.)

Here is what our review of the files has found so far.

Mr. Trump is named in unverified tips received by the F.B.I.

Mr. Trump is one of half a dozen prominent men about whom the agency’s files includes “salacious information,” according to an email an F.B.I. official wrote to a colleague last year.

Some of that information appears to be in the form of more than a dozen tips submitted through the F.B.I.’s National Threat Operations Center in West Virginia. Some of the tips include accusations of sexual abuse by Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein. F.B.I. officials last summer compiled the tips into a summary, which was among the files released on Friday.

The F.B.I. summary does not include corroborating information, and The Times is not describing the details of the unverified claims. The names of some of the tipsters in the document have not been redacted.

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CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo Gutierrez ID’d in Alex Pretti Shooting — ProPublica

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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

by J. David McSwane

February 1, 2026, 4:10 pm

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The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

The records viewed by ProPublica list Ochoa, 43, and Gutierrez, 35, as the shooters during the deadly encounter last weekend that left Pretti dead and ignited massive protests and calls for criminal investigations.

Both men were assigned to Operation Metro Surge, an immigration enforcement dragnet launched in December that sent scores of armed and masked agents across the city.

CBP, which employs both men, has so far refused to release their names and has disclosed few other facts about the deadly incident, which came days after a different immigration agent shot and killed another Minneapolis protester, a 37-year-old mother of three named Renee Good.

Pretti’s killing, and the subsequent secrecy surrounding the agents involved, comes as the country confronts the consequences of President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown. The sweeps in cities across the country have been marked by scenes of violence, against immigrants and U.S. citizens, by agents allowed to hide their identities with masks — an almost unheard of practice in law enforcement. As a result, the public has been kept from one of the chief ways it has to hold officers involved in such altercations accountable: their identity.

Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers have called for a transparent investigation into the killing of Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse working at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital.

“We must have a transparent, independent investigation into the Minnesota shooting, and those responsible—no matter their title—must be held accountable,” Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah wrote on X on Monday.

The agency sent a notice to some members of Congress on Tuesday acknowledging that two agents fired Glock pistols during the altercation that left Pretti dead. That notice does not include the agents’ names. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees CBP, said the agents had been placed on leave after the Jan. 24 shooting. And after a week of protests and calls from lawmakers for a review, the Justice Department said Friday that its Civil Rights Division is investigating the shooting. A DOJ spokesperson did not answer questions, including whether DHS has shared materials, such as body-camera footage, with its investigators.

Ochoa is a Border Patrol agent who joined CBP in 2018. Gutierrez joined in 2014 and works for CBP’s Office of Field Operations. He is assigned to a special response team, which conducts high-risk operations like those of police SWAT units. Records show both men are from South Texas.

In the aftermath of the shooting, Gregory Bovino, who has orchestrated high-intensity immigration sweeps and arrests in a string of Democratic-led cities since early 2025, was removed from his role as Border Patrol commander at large and reassigned to his former post in El Centro, California.

A spokesperson for DHS declined to answer questions about the two agents and referred ProPublica to the FBI. The FBI declined to comment. ProPublica made several attempts to call Ochoa and Gutierrez but neither answered.

Ochoa, who goes by Jesse, graduated from the University of Texas-Pan American with a degree in criminal justice, according to his ex-wife, Angelica Ochoa. A longtime resident of the Rio Grande Valley, Ochoa had for years dreamed of working for the Border Patrol and finally landed a job there, she said. By the time the couple split in 2021, he had become a gun enthusiast with about 25 rifles, pistols and shotguns, Angelica Ochoa said.

DHS’ disclosure to Congress was drawn from an internal review of the agents’ body-camera footage, which has not been released to the public. State investigators, meanwhile, have accused their federal counterparts of blocking them from investigating the shooting.

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February 1

This day in history:

• 2021 – A coup d'état in Myanmar removes Aung San Suu Kyi from power and restores military rule.
• 1946 – Trygve Lie of Norway is picked to be the first United Nations Secretary-General.
• 1946 – The Parliament of Hungary abolishes the monarchy after nine centuries, and proclaims the Hungarian Republic.
• 1924 – Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.

Births:

• 1820 – George Hendric Houghton, American clergyman and theologian (d. 1897)
• 1894 – James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (d. 1955)
• 1979 – Jason Isbell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Deaths:

• 2007 – Gian Carlo Menotti, Italian-American playwright and composer (b. 1911)
• 1917 – Georg Andreas Bull, Norwegian architect (b. 1829)
• 1976 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)

Holidays:

• Memorial Day of the Republic (Hungary)
• *Christian feast day:*
• World Hijab Day

Random Article of the day:

Room Service (Shaun Cassidy album)

Room Service is Shaun Cassidy's fourth studio album.
Cassidy and songwriter-producer Michael Lloyd recruited 13 different musicians for the production of Room Service. The credits include four different guitarists and seven different keyboardists.
The album's only single, "You're Usin' Me," failed to chart.

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February 1

This day in history:

• 1979 – Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
• 2022 – Five-year-old Moroccan boy Rayan Aourram falls into a 32-meter (105 feet) deep well in Ighran village in Tamorot commune, Chefchaouen Province, Morocco, but dies four days later, before rescue workers reached him.
• 1957 – Northeast Airlines Flight 823 crashes on Rikers Island in New York City, killing 20 people and injuring 78 others.

Births:

• 1459 – Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (d. 1508)
• 1435 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (d. 1472)
• 1447 – Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1504)

Deaths:

• 1750 – Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699)
• 1734 – John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649)
• 1851 – Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (b. 1797)

Random Article of the day:
Curry, Talladega County, Alabama

Curry is an unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama, United States, located on Alabama State Route 21, 6.2 miles (10.0 km) northeast of Talladega.

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Song of the Day February 1 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Rick James

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James

Rick James - “Give It To Me Baby”

https://youtu.be/1dNIQVYGXbM?si=g9hXpjR6TfeYPY62

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Song of the Day February 1 2024

In remembrance of the birth of Rick James

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_James

Rick James - “Give It To Me Baby”

https://youtu.be/1dNIQVYGXbM?si=g9hXpjR6TfeYPY62

#SongOfTheDay #SOTD #SOTD2024 #February1 #RIckJames #GiveItToMeBaby #Disco #PostDisco #Funk #Music #MusicVideo #1980s

In 2008 NASA announced that Across the Universe by The Beatles would be the first song ever to be beamed directly into space. In a message to NASA, Sir Paul McCartney said the project was an "amazing" feat. "Well done, Nasa," he added. "Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul."

10 weird and wonderful things which happened on 1 February:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2022/01/1-february.html

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