• Trump accuses author Michael Wolff of conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to damage career
• Latest DOJ file release includes over 3.5 million pages of Epstein documents
• Emails show coordination between Wolff and Epstein dating from 2015 through 2018

WASHINGTON, DC (TDR) — President Donald Trump said he is looking to sue journalist Michael Wolff for “conspiring” with dead sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein to wreck his political career.

Trump shared his plan while speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Saturday night, one day after the Department of Justice released the latest batch of files on Epstein totaling over 3.5 million pages, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.

“Well they should be, because it looked like this guy Wolff, who’s a writer, was conspiring with Epstein to do harm to me. Wolff, who’s a third-rate writer, was conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to hurt me politically or otherwise, and that came through loud and clear. So we’ll probably sue Wolff on that.”

Lawsuit Plans Target Author And Estate

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The president escalated his rhetoric moments later, stating he will “certainly” sue Wolff and “maybe” file a lawsuit against the Epstein estate as well.

“That’s not a friend. We’ll certainly sue Wolff…maybe the Epstein estate, I guess. I don’t know. But we’ll certainly sue Wolff.”

According to the latest batch of Epstein files released Friday, Epstein asked Ken Starr in 2018 to help Wolff with indicting a “sitting pres.” That comes after a 2016 message from Wolff to Epstein was released last November, in which Wolff told Epstein he could “help finish” Trump by dishing dirt on the eve of the presidential election.

The newly released documents show Wolff not only exchanging political gossip with Epstein, but also advising him on how to position himself publicly, respond to press inquiries, and potentially damage Trump’s presidential ambitions dating from late 2015 through 2019.

Email Evidence Shows Strategic Coordination

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In January 2018, Wolff wrote bluntly to Epstein about Trump’s prospects.

“Trump is going to go down – why doesn’t he use this opportunity to strike out on his own?”

Wolff even floated the idea of implying the existence of tapes, according to the documents. Additional emails show casual coordination, from scheduling meetings to exchanging political gossip. In one 2018 message to Starr, with Epstein copied, Wolff discussed plans for a sequel focused on legal action against Trump. Starr replied warmly, thanking Epstein for the introduction.

Wolff authored the 2018 bestseller “Fire and Fury” on the inner workings of the first Trump administration. Trump attempted to stop the book’s publication with a failed cease and desist order and threatened to sue, though no case materialized. The book sold 5 million copies worldwide.

Wolff’s Video Response Sidesteps Ethics Questions

The author responded to the email revelations last fall with a video statement that did not address his apparent ethical misconduct or the nature of his relationship with Epstein. Instead, Wolff suggested that “perhaps we’re getting close to the smoking gun” regarding Trump’s relationship with Epstein.

Wolff claims to have recorded up to 100 hours of interviews with Epstein, including from using him as a source for “Fire and Fury” and from years of meetings when the disgraced financier appeared to want Wolff to write a biography of him. The author wrote two more books on Trump after “Fire and Fury,” and about Epstein in 2021’s “Too Famous.”

Massive File Release Sparks Democratic Criticism

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced Friday that the DOJ had released over 3 million additional pages responsive to the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Trump signed into law on November 19, 2025. Combined with prior releases, the total production reached nearly 3.5 million pages.

“Today’s release marks the end of a very comprehensive document identification and review process to ensure transparency to the American people and compliance with the act.”

However, Congressional Democrats who pushed for the release argue the DOJ is only releasing about half of the files collected. Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA), who co-sponsored the transparency bill, raised concerns about withheld materials.

“The DOJ said it identified over 6 million potentially responsive pages but is releasing only about 3.5 million after review and redactions. This raises questions as to why the rest are being withheld.”

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on officials to clearly state whether all documents related to Trump had been released, accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of changing numbers.

Trump Denies Wrongdoing Despite Name Mentions

President Trump’s name appears thousands of times in the documents released to date. At times he is directly mentioned by Epstein, though Deputy Attorney General Blanche noted that a significant majority appear to be mentions of Trump in news articles rather than direct references.

Blanche pushed back strongly on suggestions the Justice Department protected Trump from his name appearing in the files.

“We comply with the act, and there is no ‘protect President Trump.’ We didn’t protect or not protect anybody. I mean, I think that there’s a hunger or a thirst for information that I do not think will be satisfied by the review of these documents. And there’s nothing I can do about that.”

The DOJ statement acknowledged that the production “may include fake or falsely submitted images, documents or videos” submitted to the FBI by the public.

“Some of the documents contain untrue and sensationalist claims against President Trump that were submitted to the FBI right before the 2020 election. To be clear, the claims are unfounded and false, and if they have a shred of credibility, they certainly would have been weaponized against President Trump already.”

Long History Between Wolff And Trump

The contentious relationship between Trump and Wolff extends beyond “Fire and Fury.” Last month, Wolff sued First Lady Melania Trump in response to what he characterized as threats from the Trumps’ lawyers to sue him for $1 billion over statements he made about the Trumps based on his interviews with Epstein.

Trump has repeatedly denied Wolff’s claims over the years, issuing cease-and-desist letters ahead of “Fire and Fury” and publicly stating that Wolff was given “zero access” to the White House, calling the book “phony” and “full of lies.”

The Epstein Files Transparency Act required the DOJ to produce its files related to the late sex offender and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell by December 19, but the DOJ said the volume of material and the need to redact survivors’ identifying information meant the files would have to be released on a rolling basis. The latest release came well over a month past the congressional deadline.

Will Trump follow through on his threat to sue Wolff and the Epstein estate, or does the president’s latest legal vow represent another in a series of lawsuits threatened but never filed against critics and journalists?

Sources

This report was compiled using information from Yahoo News coverage of Trump’s Air Force One comments, Raw Story reporting on Trump’s response, NBC News live coverage of the Epstein files release, ABC News analysis of the DOJ release, CBS News review of the files, the official Department of Justice statement, NPR’s coverage of the release, Al Jazeera reporting, TIME Magazine’s analysis, The Boston Globe coverage, NBC News reporting on Wolff’s lawsuit against Melania Trump, and MEAWW’s analysis of Wolff-Epstein communications.

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