Are there photographs or eyewitness accounts linking Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein and what year(s) were they taken?
Executive summary
Photographs and contemporaneous images document that Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein were photographed or captured together on multiple occasions, primarily in the 1990s; additional batches of images from Epstein’s estate and Department of Justice releases in 2025/2026 have shown Trump in Epstein’s photo files though some items are undated or were temporarily removed from official releases [1] [2] [3] [4]. Eyewitness-type documentary traces—flight logs and contemporaneous society photography—also place Trump on Epstein-associated trips and at shared social events in the 1990s, though government reviewers have cautioned that parts of the broad document dumps contain unverified material [5] [6].
1. Photographs in the public record: society photos from the 1990s
Archived society photography and contemporaneous news images show Trump and Epstein together at high-profile social events in the 1990s: Epstein attended Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples and Epstein and Trump appear together in photographs and video from Victoria’s Secret–related events in 1997 and a 1999 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show clip has been reported showing them chatting [7] [1]. Major outlets that reviewed the newly released cache report that files from Epstein’s collection include images of Trump posing with groups of women and standing near Epstein in photographs that Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released from Epstein’s estate, though several of those images were published without dates and with faces redacted [2] [8] [9].
2. Government releases, removed files and restoration: 2025–2026 document drops
Large tranches of materials tied to Epstein were released by the Department of Justice and by House Democrats in late 2025; those releases contained photographs that include or depict Donald Trump among other prominent figures, and at least one DOJ image that showed a small photograph of Trump among items in Epstein’s Manhattan home was briefly removed from the public site and later restored amid public backlash and congressional queries [4] [3] [10]. The AP reported that a missing file included a drawer image showing Trump alongside Epstein, Melania Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell before it disappeared from the DOJ page, an example of how the record has been fragmentary and unevenly released [11].
3. Documentary “eyewitness” traces: flight logs and contemporaneous notes
Beyond photos, prosecutorial and investigative materials have suggested Trump flew on Epstein’s private plane during the 1990s more often than previously reported; an internal prosecutorial email cited in public reporting said flight records reflected Trump’s travel on Epstein’s jet more times than earlier known, though the broader disclosures remain heavily redacted and contested by different actors [5] [6]. The New York Times’ reporting based on interviews and records frames the relationship as one visible in the public record through photos and society reporting up until a falling-out in the mid-2000s [12].
4. How to read these records: dates, context, and official caveats
Several key realities complicate a simple answer: many of the photographs coming out of Epstein’s estate are undated and were uploaded to public repositories years after being shot, which limits precise chronological claims in some instances [2]; government releases have been partial, and the DOJ has warned that portions of the “file drops” contained unverified or sensational content [6]. At the same time, contemporaneous society photos and video that have been independently identified—wedding attendance in 1993 and Victoria’s Secret events in the late 1990s—provide dated visual links between Trump and Epstein [7] [1].
5. Bottom line: what the documented record shows and what it does not
The documented record includes multiple photographs and video showing Trump in Epstein’s social orbit, chiefly in the 1990s, and later releases from Epstein’s estate and the DOJ have contained images connecting the two men or showing Trump among Epstein’s materials; some items are dated and corroborated by society reporting, while other images in the file dumps are undated or have been the subject of removal and restoration controversies, and certain claims in the broader dumps remain unverified by authorities [1] [7] [2] [3] [4] [11] [6]. Where the reporting does not provide conclusive dating or verification for a specific image or allegation, this account does not assert facts beyond what those sources document [2] [6].