Epstein files latest: Trump responds to latest documents - as Starmer calls on Andrew to testify before US Congress

In an exchange of emails on 9 February 2011, Sarah Ferguson asked Jeffrey Epstein for help with when a "wire" would be made to Columbia University.

It is unclear what the wire was.

Ferguson's email address has been redacted.

"I am embarrassed and sorry to ask you, as it is such a favour. What shall we do?" she said.

Responding the same day, Epstein said: "I need to speak to Andrew - don't worry".

Ferguson then replied by telling Epstein that Andrew was currently at the Royal Lodge in Windsor.

Both mentions of 'Andrew' appear to be references to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

A reminder, simply being mentioned in the records is not a sign of wrongdoing.

In an interview with the Evening Standard on 7 March 2011, Ferguson apologised for accepting £15,000 from Epstein.

"I would never have anything to do with Jeffrey Epstein ever again. I abhor paedophilia and any sexual abuse of children. It was a gigantic error of judgment."

We can now bring you some more emails released in the latest drop of Epstein files. 

Two emails were sent from an unknown person - whose identity has been redacted - to Jeffrey Epstein in July and August 2010 respectively.

Both emails mention the Royal Lodge in Windsor, where Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and family lived from 2004 until October last year.

In the earlier email, the sender said they would be with "PA" at the residence. It is unclear what this abbreviation stands for.

The second email appears to be the sender forwarding a message sent to them by "F". Again, it is unclear what this stands for.

"Can you come down to Royal Lodge on sept 1st.. To a big meeting of the way ahead of ME! Prince Andrew is calling it for 10:30am and then lunch afterwards," the message said.

It added the F individual "would really need" their help and "cannot do this" without them.

The sender asked Epstein if it was better that they "do NOT go" to the meeting, after being told by "PA" that it's their choice.

We do not know what the meeting was about, or why Epstein was being asked about it.

In a statement issued on 17 October 2025, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor reiterated that he "vigorously" denies the accusations against him.

Elon Musk has again distanced himself from having close ties with Jeffrey Epstein on social media.

The billionaire features in several documents released on Friday, including an email exchange in November 2012 in which he asks Epstein "what day/night will be the wildest party" on his island.

In other emails sent between the two men in late 2013, Musk discussed a visit to Epstein's island in the Caribbean.

Responding to another user on X last night, Musk said:

"They are trying to deflect responsibility to me from the truly guilty. I have NOT been to any of Epstein’s party, his plane or his island.

"But many others have. Those who have committed serious crimes need to be prosecuted."

Earlier in the day, Musk said on the platform that "no one pushed harder" than him to have the Epstein files released, but that "some email correspondence with him could be misinterpreted and used by detractors to smear my name."

Our data and forensics correspondent Tom Cheshire looks at some of the most notable documents discovered so far in the latest release of Epstein files.

It includes more emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein, footage of a deposition and a number of eye-raising photographs, many of which have parts redacted.

Sir Keir Starmer has said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should testify before the US Congress over his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.

Speaking to reporters on his way back from Japan yesterday, the PM said: "In terms of testifying I have always said anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information in whatever form they are asked to do that."

He added: "You can't be victim-centred if you're not prepared to do that.

"Epstein's victims have to be the first priority.

"As for whether there should be an apology, that's a matter for Andrew." 

The comments come after Starmer used similar language in November.

When asked this time about the revelations surrounding the husband of former US ambassador Peter Mandelson, Starmer said he was removed the post "in relation to the further information that came to light" last September.

"I've nothing more to say in relation to Peter Mandelson," he added.

Donald Trump has addressed the latest release of Epstein files for the first time overnight.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as he flew to Florida, the US president said the documents had cleared him of allegations about his links with Jeffrey Epstein.

"I didn't see it myself but I was told by some very important people that not only does it absolve me, it's the opposite of what people were hoping, you know, the radical left," he said.

Watch Trump's response...

Trump had a history with Epstein, who he knew socially, describing him in 2002 as a "terrific guy" who liked women "on the younger side". 

But after the paedophile's death in 2019, the president said they had "had a falling out" and had not spoken in 15 years.

Trump is named in some of the newly released documents, including in what appears to be internal emails by federal investigators from August 2025 looking into accusations involving the him and Epstein. 

The emails give no indication that any claims had been substantiated, and investigators noted several of the accusers were deemed not credible.

He was also named in documents previously released last year, including in flight logs for Epstein's private plane between 1993 and 1997.

The US president has consistently denied any wrongdoing, and simply being mentioned in the records is not a sign of wrongdoing.

Welcome back to our live coverage.

Donald Trump has spoken for the first time about the newly released batch of Epstein files, claiming the documents "absolve" him.

The US Department of Justice announced on Friday that more than three million pages, including more than 2,000 videos and 180,000 images, relating to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein had been made public.

Among them were pictures of that appeared to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on all fours over a woman lying on the floor, and Peter Mandelson in his underwear.

Stay with us for updates throughout the day as our team continues to comb through the files.

Thanks for following our rolling coverage of the latest disclosure of files related to the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his links to the rich and powerful.

Paste BN has been combing through millions of pages of documents and thousands of videos and photos released by the US Justice Department on Friday.

Watch back our rundown here...

The latest Epstein files drop includes emails exchanged between Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Jeffrey Epstein that reveal more about their relationship, and how Andrew continued contact after the billionaire financier was convicted as a sex offender, inviting him into the inner sanctum of royal life.

Andrew, who has "vigorously" denied any wrongdoing, claimed he cut off all ties with Epstein at the end of 2010, but emails appear to show otherwise.

Our royal correspondent Laura Bundock picks apart the key email exchanges, released in the latest batch of files by the US Department of Justice.

Images of Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to the United States, have been released by the US Department of Justice.

They show the former cabinet minister in his underwear, talking to a woman wearing a bathrobe.

There are several versions of essentially the same image, which are part of the latest tranche of material published by the DOJ.

Paste BN does not know when, where or by whom the photos were taken.

A spokesperson for Mandelson told Paste BN: "No one can say who or where the photo was taken. 

"Lord Mandelson has absolutely no idea or indeed whether it has any connection to Epstein at all."

Appearing in a photo in the Epstein files does not indicate wrongdoing.