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Were there other documented parties or events where Trump and Epstein appeared together at Mar-a-Lago or elsewhere?
Executive summary
Documents and contemporary reporting show multiple documented occasions where Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein appeared together at Mar‑a‑Lago and at other social events in the 1990s and 2000s, including a widely circulated November 1992 Mar‑a‑Lago party and a 2000 Mar‑a‑Lago charity fundraiser; Epstein also appears with Trump at a 1997 Victoria’s Secret event and in photographs from Mar‑a‑Lago in 2000 [1] [2] [3]. Newly released emails and committee materials in 2025 reference Epstein discussing Trump and Mar‑a‑Lago, and reporting notes Trump later said he barred Epstein from the club [4] [5] [6].
1. Familiar faces at Mar‑a‑Lago: party photos and public events
The most commonly cited visual evidence of Trump and Epstein together is a November 1992 Mar‑a‑Lago party — footage of that event has circulated widely — and a 2000 charity fundraiser at Mar‑a‑Lago where Trump, Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and Melania Knauss posed for photographs [1] [3]. Rolling Stone and other outlets list those gatherings among the clearest public instances of the two men in the same place, establishing that they socialized in Palm Beach and at Trump’s club during the 1990s and into 2000 [1].
2. Social settings beyond Mar‑a‑Lago: New York and Victoria’s Secret
Reporting documents other public intersections, including a 1997 Victoria’s Secret party in New York where Epstein and Trump were both present; The Guardian and Rolling Stone cite images and accounts that place Epstein at New York social events connected to fashion and finance where Trump also appeared [2] [1]. Those instances support the idea that their association included multiple high‑profile social milieus beyond Palm Beach.
3. Allegations tied to specific Mar‑a‑Lago gatherings
Several survivors and contemporaneous accounts reference recruitment or encounters connected to Mar‑a‑Lago: Virginia Giuffre said she was recruited from Mar‑a‑Lago to work for Epstein, and other women have described encounters linked to parties held at the club, including a so‑called “calendar girl” event that multiple reports tie to Trump, Epstein and other guests [7] [8]. News outlets cite depositions and survivor testimony that place Epstein’s recruitment activity in the Mar‑a‑Lago milieu, though Giuffre did not accuse Trump himself of sexual wrongdoing in those accounts [7].
4. Newly released emails and oversight reporting: Epstein wrote about “girls” and Mar‑a‑Lago
House Democrats released emails from Epstein’s estate in 2025 that mention Trump and Mar‑a‑Lago; in one 2019 message Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls” and referenced Mar‑a‑Lago in the same note, according to NBC News and CNN summaries of the documents [4] [5]. Oversight reporting and committee releases have kept Mar‑a‑Lago at the center of questions about where Epstein met and recruited women, though Republicans on the committee and the White House have disputed interpretations and emphasized that documents to date do not prove Trump’s knowledge of crimes [9] [5].
5. Trump’s public account and the claim he “banned” Epstein
Trump has stated he barred Epstein from Mar‑a‑Lago for poaching staff and for being “a creep,” a narrative repeated in White House statements and media coverage; several outlets, including The New York Times and CNN, report Trump’s claim that the relationship soured when Epstein “stole” female employees from the club [6] [5]. Reporting also notes Epstein remained a Mar‑a‑Lago member until 2007, per timelines compiled by multiple outlets [1].
6. Political context, document releases and competing narratives
The 2025 release effort and the House’s push to publish “Epstein files” have become politically charged: Republicans argue Democrats are politicizing the probe and have defended Trump, citing depositions they say clear him of known wrongdoing; Democrats and survivors’ advocates argue fuller transparency is needed to understand who knew what and when [9] [10]. Coverage from ABC, NBC, CNN and others makes clear that the material released so far “neither concretely proves nor disproves” Trump’s knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, a point stressed by GOP and White House messaging [9] [4].
7. What available sources do not say or do not show
Available reporting in this dataset documents multiple joint appearances, photographic evidence, survivor testimony linking recruitment to Mar‑a‑Lago, and Epstein’s emails referencing Trump and the club, but these sources do not present definitive evidence in the materials cited here that Trump participated in Epstein’s criminal conduct; they instead document association, social overlap and conflicting explanations about who knew what [7] [4] [9]. If you’re asking whether other specific parties or lists of guest‑by‑guest attendance beyond the cited 1992 party, the 1997 Victoria’s Secret event and the 2000 fundraiser exist in the provided reporting, those detailed guest lists are not found in current reporting [1] [2].
Conclusion — how to read the record: Photographs, survivor testimony and newly released Epstein emails establish multiple occasions when Trump and Epstein were at the same events, especially at Mar‑a‑Lago in the 1990s and 2000; reporting also shows sharp disputes over interpretation and incomplete documentary proof regarding Trump’s knowledge of Epstein’s crimes, which is why investigators and journalists continue to press for fuller releases of files [1] [4] [9].