President Donald Trump was informed in May that his named appeared in the Epstein files, according to a new report.
Concretely, The Wall Street Journal detailed that Justice Department officials saw Trump's name several times while reviewing what Attorney General Pam Bondi has described as a "truckload" of documents related to the disgraced financier and sex trafficker.
Bondi then informed Trump of the findings in May. She added that many other high-profile figures were also named, and the outlet added that being mentioned is not a sign of wrongdoing.
Officials said the files had unverified hearsay about many people who had socialized with Epstein in the past, including Trump. They added that they were not planning on releasing additional files because they contained child pornography and victims' personal information.
The White House rejected the report, with White House communications director Steven Cheung calling it "another fake news story, just like the previous story by The Wall Street Journal."
He was making reference to a previous story by the WSJ, which alleged that Trump sent a "bawdy" letter to Epstein for his 50th birthday. Trump also rejected doing it and sued The Wall Street Journal, NewsCorp and Rupert Murdoch as a result.
"If there were any truth at all on the Epstein Hoax, as it pertains to President Trump, this information would have been revealed by Comey, Brennan, Crooked Hillary, and other Radical Left Lunatics years ago," a Truth Social statement read. "This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS!"
Trump has been accused of seeking to deflect attention from the issue, which has seen many in his base issue rare criticism of him. Some Republican lawmakers have urged the Trump administration to release the files, but the party has so far blocked initiatives to do so.
On Wednesday, Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer theorized that House Republicans declared an early summer recess not only to avoid voting on the Epstein files, but also to give President Donald Trump time to prepare documents to pardon Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
The Democratic legislator took to the Senate floor on Wednesday to share his theory after Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shut Congress down earlier than scheduled.
"The ghost of the disgraced Jeffrey Epstein is haunting our Republican colleagues so much so that Speaker Johnson decided to cut bait and send the House home to escape discussions about Epstein, instead of doing their jobs like grown-ups and making progress on appropriations," Schumer said in his remarks.
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