A slew of notable individuals appear in the latest Justice Department release of Jeffrey Epstein files.

A huge new tranche of files on millionaire financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has revealed details of his communications with the wealthy and powerful, some not long before he died by suicide in 2019.

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.

"From my standpoint, he was one of the two (maybe three) smartest men I'd ever met," a Yale professor said of Epstein in an email to CT Insider.

President Donald Trump is threatening legal action against author Michael Wolff and the Jeffrey Epstein estate after a new document release. Trump says the files clear his name, while emails show Wolff discussing Epstein as a political weapon during the 2016 campaign.