The US Justice Department early Tuesday released thousands of new documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. More than 11,000 files were added in the latest batch, bringing the total number of newly released pages to nearly 30,000. The material includes photos, court records, FBI and DOJ documents, emails, news clippings and videos. The files were uploaded to the Department of Justice’s online repository as “Data Set 8.” Here are some of the key takeaways:

DOJ flags ‘untrue and sensationalist claims’ against Trump

The Justice Department said some of the newly released documents include claims submitted to the FBI shortly before the 2020 US election. According to the department, some of those claims were made against President Donald Trump and lacked credibility. “To be clear: the claims are unfounded and false, and if they had a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already,” the DOJ stated on X.

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Email claims Trump flew on Epstein’s plane ‘many more times’

One of the most closely examined documents is a January 2020 email written by an assistant US attorney in the Southern District of New York. The email states that newly reviewed flight records showed Donald Trump flew on Epstein’s private jet more often than was previously known.

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“For your situational awareness, wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported (or that we were aware),” the email says. The attorney wrote that Trump was “listed as a passenger on at least eight flights between 1993 and 1996, including at least four flights on which Ghislaine Maxwell was also present.”

Details of the flight records

According to the email, Trump flew with Epstein and a 20-year-old individual whose name is redacted on one flight. On two other flights, the email says Trump traveled with “women who would be possible witnesses in a Maxwell case.” “We’ve just finished reviewing the full records (more than 100 pages of very small script) and didn’t want any of this to be a surprise down the road,” the assistant US attorney wrote. There is no allegation of criminal wrongdoing against Trump. Being named in the files does not indicate criminal activity.

Federal authorities have not accused President Trump of wrongdoing related to Epstein. Trump and Epstein moved in the same social circles in New York and Palm Beach from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. Trump has previously said the two had a falling out around 2004 and had not spoken in the years leading up to Epstein’s death in 2019.

Emails between Maxwell and ‘the invisible man’

The latest release also includes emails exchanged between Ghislaine Maxwell and an individual who signed messages as “A” and used the alias “The Invisible Man.” In an August 2001 email, the individual wrote to Maxwell, “I am up here at Balmoral Summer Camp for the Royal Family”

The email continues, “How’s LA? Have you found me some new inappropriate friends? Let me know when you are coming over as I am free from 25th August until 2nd Sept and want to go somewhere hot and sunny with some fun people before having to put my nose firmly to the grindstone for the Fall.”

Maxwell responded, “So sorry to dissappoint you, however the truth must be told. I have only been able to find appropriate friends.”

The individual replied, “Distraught!”

Reference to Prince Andrew, no criminal allegation

The individual using the alias “The Invisible Man” is widely believed to be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew. In the same email exchange, the sender wrote about losing his valet and added, “…now my whole life is in turmoil as I have no one to look after me. He was a real rock and almost a part of the family … If you have any good ideas as to how to get my mind back on track I’d be grateful for advice. See you real soon… I hope if you are coming over. A xxx” Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor left the Royal Navy in 2001. The files note that there is no suggestion these emails indicate criminal wrongdoing.

Another set of emails from February and March 2002 shows Maxwell discussing arrangements for a proposed trip to Peru.

In one forwarded message, a contact asks: “About the girls… how old is he?. “The Invisible Man” later replies to Maxwell, “As for girls well I leave that entirely to you and Juan Estoban!” A later message describes the arrangements as, “Some sight seeing some 2 legged sight seeing (read intelligent pretty fun and from good families) and he will be very happy.” The message also includes a warning, “He does not want to read about any trip in the papers whom or what he saw.” Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor visited Peru in March 2002 on an official visit. There is no allegation of criminal wrongdoing linked to the trip.

Why the files are being released in stages

The Epstein Files Transparency Act required the DOJ to disclose its records on Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell by December 19. However, the department said the large volume of material meant the documents would be released on a rolling basis to allow time for redactions, especially to protect survivors. The Justice Department said it is releasing the documents “out of our commitment to the law and transparency,” while adhering to legally required protections for victims.