14 People 10686 Fact-checks 4042 Articles People (14) Alex Epstein The David Perdue Files Students for Trump Vets for Trump The Trump Talks Donald Trump Tiffany Trump Eric Trump Melania Trump Ivanka Trump President Trump's lawyers Donald Trump Jr. Wisconsin Trump Victory Politics Elite Trump Fact-checks (10686) Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2025 in comments to reporters: The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.” By Grace Abels• July 18, 2025 Social Media stated on July 27, 2025 in a social media post: President Donald Trump “made 4,725 wire transfers” to Jeffrey Epstein, totaling nearly $1.1 billion. By Gabrielle Lazor, Loreben Tuquero• August 5, 2025 Markwayne Mullin stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.” By Amy Sherman• July 28, 2025 Facebook posts stated on September 17, 2022 in a post: “Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer became a federal judge” and “was the person to sign off on the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.” By Jill Terreri Ramos• September 26, 2022 Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk announces January 20th as the date for bombshell release of Diddy and Epstein client list.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 4, 2024 Conservative Daily Post stated on November 01, 2016 in a posting on the Internet: "FBI confirms evidence of huge underground Clinton sex network." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 4, 2016 Viral image stated on August 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Ghislaine Maxwell and Bruce Reinhart. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 12, 2022 Instagram posts stated on February 10, 2025 in an Instagram post: Says Kash Patel said, “FBI investigation uncovers 256 emails between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 12, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 05, 2026 in a Facebook post: Video shows “leaked Donald Trump audio about the Epstein files and Venezuela." By Maria Briceño• January 6, 2026 Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2020 in a Facebook post: The FBI uncovered "256 texts between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein" By Samantha Putterman• July 20, 2020 X posts stated on December 12, 2025 in an X post: Images from Jeffrey Epstein “archives” show President Donald Trump and Epstein with young women. By Maria Briceño• December 19, 2025 Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the "bones of children" were found on Jeffrey Epstein’s island. By Samantha Putterman• September 4, 2019 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Viral image stated on July 08, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows Jeffrey Epstein smirking as Donald Trump inappropriately touches a young girl. By Ciara O'Rourke• July 10, 2019 X posts stated on November 15, 2025 in an X post: A pro-Donald Trump Montana town planned a “pedophile bonfire” in a park for burning Trump flags and MAGA hats. By Maria Briceño• November 21, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the names of CNN anchors Chris Cuomo, Brian Stelter and Jake Tapper were on the flight logs of Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane. By Samantha Putterman• July 29, 2019 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden owns a private island next to Jeffrey Epstein’s. By Bill McCarthy• August 11, 2020 Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump got “exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers “killing black people.” By Tom Kertscher• June 3, 2020 Instagram posts stated on January 04, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Epstein List” shows 166 people connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. By Loreben Tuquero• February 1, 2024 Instagram posts stated on November 06, 2024 in an Instagram post: President-elect Donald Trump “has been to Epstein’s island” By Caleb McCullough• November 8, 2024 Articles (4042) Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release By Grace Abels• July 8, 2025 Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2025 Trump DOJ dismissal of Epstein ‘client list’ fuels MAGA division. Here’s a guide to the controversy. By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2025 ‘We have nothing to hide.’ How Donald Trump shifted on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files By Amy Sherman• November 17, 2025 Fact-checking falsehoods about Epstein’s client list, island and involvement with Trump By Amy Sherman• December 17, 2025 The Epstein files, Trump and Congress: What happens next? By Louis Jacobson• November 13, 2025 Have Democrats always been interested in Epstein case transparency? We looked back. By Amy Sherman• August 5, 2025 What we know about the Trump-Epstein falling out By Madison Czopek, Gabrielle Lazor• July 31, 2025 There’s no evidence the Trump administration had a role in Jeffrey Epstein’s death By John Kruzel• August 13, 2019 There’s no evidence that the Clintons were involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s death By Daniel Funke• August 12, 2019 Trevor Noah joked about Trump having visited Epstein's island, but documents don't show that By Madison Czopek• February 2, 2026 Trump ‘exonerated’ by Epstein docs? Here’s what they do (and don’t) say about the former president By Jeff Cercone• January 11, 2024 A birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein: What we know and what Trump says about its authenticity By Grace Abels• September 9, 2025 PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024 Announcing PolitiFact Readers' Choice for the 2025 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 15, 2025 ‘No idea who this woman is’: Looking at Trump’s familiar defense in light of E. Jean Carroll case By Jeff Cercone• May 10, 2023 Epstein emails led to rumors that Trump spent 2017 Thanksgiving with him. Here’s what we found. By Loreben Tuquero• November 19, 2025 Explaining the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories linked to Trump, Clinton By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel• August 13, 2019 What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies By Katie Sanders• December 15, 2025 QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren By Daniel Funke• August 12, 2020
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Donald Trump stated on July 15, 2025 in comments to reporters: The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.” By Grace Abels• July 18, 2025 Social Media stated on July 27, 2025 in a social media post: President Donald Trump “made 4,725 wire transfers” to Jeffrey Epstein, totaling nearly $1.1 billion. By Gabrielle Lazor, Loreben Tuquero• August 5, 2025 Markwayne Mullin stated on July 27, 2025 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": The Jeffrey Epstein plea agreement “was a sweetheart plea deal that was made under the Obama administration.” By Amy Sherman• July 28, 2025 Facebook posts stated on September 17, 2022 in a post: “Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyer became a federal judge” and “was the person to sign off on the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.” By Jill Terreri Ramos• September 26, 2022 Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2024 in a Facebook post: “Elon Musk announces January 20th as the date for bombshell release of Diddy and Epstein client list.” By Ciara O'Rourke• December 4, 2024 Conservative Daily Post stated on November 01, 2016 in a posting on the Internet: "FBI confirms evidence of huge underground Clinton sex network." By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• November 4, 2016 Viral image stated on August 10, 2022 in a Facebook post: A photo shows Ghislaine Maxwell and Bruce Reinhart. By Ciara O'Rourke• August 12, 2022 Instagram posts stated on February 10, 2025 in an Instagram post: Says Kash Patel said, “FBI investigation uncovers 256 emails between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.” By Ciara O'Rourke• February 12, 2025 Facebook posts stated on January 05, 2026 in a Facebook post: Video shows “leaked Donald Trump audio about the Epstein files and Venezuela." By Maria Briceño• January 6, 2026 Facebook posts stated on July 09, 2020 in a Facebook post: The FBI uncovered "256 texts between Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein" By Samantha Putterman• July 20, 2020 X posts stated on December 12, 2025 in an X post: Images from Jeffrey Epstein “archives” show President Donald Trump and Epstein with young women. By Maria Briceño• December 19, 2025 Facebook posts stated on August 22, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the "bones of children" were found on Jeffrey Epstein’s island. By Samantha Putterman• September 4, 2019 Threads posts stated on July 14, 2024 in a Threads post: Photo shows the Instagram account of shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, with the bio, “In my quest to end Epsteins evil empire.” By Loreben Tuquero• July 15, 2024 Viral image stated on July 08, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says a photo shows Jeffrey Epstein smirking as Donald Trump inappropriately touches a young girl. By Ciara O'Rourke• July 10, 2019 X posts stated on November 15, 2025 in an X post: A pro-Donald Trump Montana town planned a “pedophile bonfire” in a park for burning Trump flags and MAGA hats. By Maria Briceño• November 21, 2025 Facebook posts stated on July 26, 2019 in a Facebook post: Says the names of CNN anchors Chris Cuomo, Brian Stelter and Jake Tapper were on the flight logs of Jeffrey Epstein’s private plane. By Samantha Putterman• July 29, 2019 Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Joe Biden owns a private island next to Jeffrey Epstein’s. By Bill McCarthy• August 11, 2020 Facebook posts stated on May 31, 2020 in a Facebook post: Says Donald Trump got “exposed for raping a 13-year-old" in retaliation for law enforcement officers “killing black people.” By Tom Kertscher• June 3, 2020 Instagram posts stated on January 04, 2024 in an Instagram post: “Epstein List” shows 166 people connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. By Loreben Tuquero• February 1, 2024 Instagram posts stated on November 06, 2024 in an Instagram post: President-elect Donald Trump “has been to Epstein’s island” By Caleb McCullough• November 8, 2024
Timeline: What the Trump administration has said about Epstein files release By Grace Abels• July 8, 2025 Is Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files? What to know after social media fight with Elon Musk By Amy Sherman• June 6, 2025 Trump DOJ dismissal of Epstein ‘client list’ fuels MAGA division. Here’s a guide to the controversy. By Maria Ramirez Uribe, Amy Sherman• July 15, 2025 ‘We have nothing to hide.’ How Donald Trump shifted on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files By Amy Sherman• November 17, 2025 Fact-checking falsehoods about Epstein’s client list, island and involvement with Trump By Amy Sherman• December 17, 2025 The Epstein files, Trump and Congress: What happens next? By Louis Jacobson• November 13, 2025 Have Democrats always been interested in Epstein case transparency? We looked back. By Amy Sherman• August 5, 2025 What we know about the Trump-Epstein falling out By Madison Czopek, Gabrielle Lazor• July 31, 2025 There’s no evidence the Trump administration had a role in Jeffrey Epstein’s death By John Kruzel• August 13, 2019 There’s no evidence that the Clintons were involved in Jeffrey Epstein’s death By Daniel Funke• August 12, 2019 Trevor Noah joked about Trump having visited Epstein's island, but documents don't show that By Madison Czopek• February 2, 2026 Trump ‘exonerated’ by Epstein docs? Here’s what they do (and don’t) say about the former president By Jeff Cercone• January 11, 2024 A birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein: What we know and what Trump says about its authenticity By Grace Abels• September 9, 2025 PolitiFact’s coverage of the Donald Trump assassination attempt By PolitiFact Staff • July 25, 2024 Announcing PolitiFact Readers' Choice for the 2025 Lie of the Year By Ellen Hine• December 15, 2025 ‘No idea who this woman is’: Looking at Trump’s familiar defense in light of E. Jean Carroll case By Jeff Cercone• May 10, 2023 Epstein emails led to rumors that Trump spent 2017 Thanksgiving with him. Here’s what we found. By Loreben Tuquero• November 19, 2025 Explaining the Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories linked to Trump, Clinton By Daniel Funke, Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel• August 13, 2019 What to make of an abysmal year for truth? PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies By Katie Sanders• December 15, 2025 QAnon, Pizzagate conspiracy theories co-opt #SaveTheChildren By Daniel Funke• August 12, 2020
