This appears to mostly be fluff, with a kernel of truth. It is true that Bradley Edwards, a lawyer representing Epstein’s victims, said Trump was helpful in the early stages of the investigation in 2009, according to Vox. However, other attorneys have sharply criticized Trump’s role. In August 2025, after the Trump administration delayed and then slowly rolled out its deadline for releasing files, Jack Scarola, another lawyer for victims, condemned the response as a “government-sponsored cover-up,” MSNBC reported.
The claim’s wording is also absolute, stating that “Trump did more… than anybody” and “has released more… than all other administrations combined.”
This isn't quite right. Most Epstein-related material appears to have been unsealed by courts, not presidential administrations. The Miami Herald, for example, secured numerous Epstein documents through a five-year Freedom of Information Act battle, as detailed in a Vanity Fair profile. Many additional records became public through Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against Ghislaine Maxwell, as noted by the Guardian. Further, Reuters reported on a major release in January 2024, which included Epstein-associated names that came from federal judge Loretta Preska in the Southern District of New York.
No credible evidence supports the claim that Trump oversaw the most disclosures, and the disclosures we have seen are mostly comprised of documents that had already been made public (such as those released in February of 2025, as noted by the AP).
