Epstein used a fake Austrian passport while travelling, damning new DoJ documents suggest: Live updates

By NATASHA ANDERSON, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Updated: 11:20 EST, 23 December 2025

A newly surfaced image from DoJ files appears to show an Austrian passport with a fake alias that was allegedly used by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. 

Thousands of new documents, including hundreds of videos or audio recordings, linked to Jeffrey Epstein‘s case were made public by the DOJ this morning. 

President Trump avoided any comment on the release of new Epstein documents on Tuesday, instead posting several unrelated messages on Truth Social. 

Trump was named in several documents, some of which contained vile allegations that the DOJ said were probed by the FBI and determined to be ‘unfounded and false.’ The Daily Mail has approached the White House for comment.

The allegations against President Donald Trump made in the latest trove of Epstein files are ‘untrue and sensationalist,’ the Department of Justice has claimed.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act mandated the complete release of the Epstein files by Friday of last week, however there are still thousands of files that still have not been released. 

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has blamed the delay on the need to redact the identities of Epstein’s more than 1,000 victims from the hundreds of thousands of documents and photos in the government’s possession.

Epstein traveled with fake Austrian passport, newly released emails suggest

The latest Epstein files release included images of an expired Austrian passport that FBI agents discovered in his Manhattan townhouse in 2019.

The apparently fraudulent document features Jeffrey Epstein’s photograph, but bears the name Marius Fortelni.

Fortelni is a real person. He was an Austrian national who built a successful real estate business in West Africa and Saudi Arabia, according to his about.me biography.

He moved to NYC in the 1980s and founded his own real estate agency in 2000. Fortelni’s last known address is in Palm Beach, Florida. He relocated to the sunshine state in 2016.

Newly released emails sent to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York in 2020 suggest that Epstein may have used the fake Austrian passport to travel during the 1980s – when Fortelni was living in NYC.

It is unclear how Epstein obtained the fake passport or if Fortelni was aware that the financier had used his identity.

The presence of documents referring to Fortelni in the Epstein files does not imply any wrongdoing.

Trump hits the golf course amid Epstein files backlash

President Donald Trump was spotted at his golf course in Florida this morning after the latest batch of Epstein files were dropped.

Trump was photographed waving from his presidential motorcade as he departed the Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach for his Mar-a-Lago estate.

He has so far avoided any comment on the release of new Epstein documents, instead posting several unrelated messages on Truth Social.

Although Trump was named in several Epstein files, the Department of Justice has said that all the allegations against him were determined to be ‘unfounded and false.’

Trump has not been accused of any wrongdoing concerning the disgraced financier.

Despite this, Epstein survivor Haley Robson called for Trump to be impeached during a CNN appearance this morning. He also claimed that US Attorney General Pam Bondi should be held in Contempt of Congress.

The Daily Mail has approached the White House for comment.

Breaking:Epstein survivor calls for Trump’s impeachment

Epstein survivor Haley Robson has called for President Donald Trump to be impeached.

Robson appeared on CNN this morning after the latest Epstein files were released by the Department of Justice.

She has also suggested that US Attorney General Pam Bondi should be held in Contempt of Congress.

Trump was named in several of the documents released this morning, some of which contained vile allegations that the DOJ said were determined to be ‘unfounded and false.’ The Daily Mail has approached the White House for comment.

The presence of documents referring to Trump in the Epstein files does not imply any wrongdoing. The president has not been accused of any wrongdoing concerning the disgraced financier.

Trump administration rushes to delete chilling video recreating Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide

A shocking video purporting to show disgraced pedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein taking his own life briefly appeared in a Department of Justice file dump on Monday before being swiftly deleted.

The grainy, 12-second clip appeared to show a man wearing orange prison gear on the floor of his cell, and the timestamp on the video was from 4.29am on August 10, 2019 – two hours before Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan cell.

The video immediately sparked confusion and was pulled from the public files shortly after its publication.

Breaking:Trump sidesteps Epstein files in slew of social media posts

President Donald Trump has been actively posting on Truth Social this morning but has not addressed the Epstein files.

He detailed his phone calls with the presidents of Kazakhstan and Uzebekistan, promoted the broadcast of the Kennedy Center honors and discussed the economy.

But he failed to comment on the trove of documents released by the Department of Justice this morning related to Jeffrey Epstein.

Trump was named in several documents, some of which contained vile allegations that the DOJ said were probed by the FBI and determined to be ‘unfounded and false.’ The Daily Mail has approached the White House for comment.

The presence of documents referring to Trump in the Epstein files does not imply any wrongdoing. The president has not been accused of any wrongdoing concerning the disgraced financier.

All the new photos released in latest Epstein files… including girls in white dresses and pedo’s suicide attempt

Disturbing images have emerged showing the aftermath of a possible suicide attempt by Jeffrey Epstein as part of the latest release of files on the disgraced financier.

The new tranche of documents released Tuesday also feature photographs of young girls posing on beds and in long white dresses.

The partially-redacted photographs do not appear to show any famous figures, and the identities of those pictured are all obscured.

Trump and Epstein have ‘certain things in common’, lewd birthday message alleged

Jeffrey Epstein’s note to Larry Nassar – released in the latest trove of DOJ documents – is not the first time it has been suggested that the financier and President Donald Trump share commonalities.

Trump came under fire in September after Democrats released images of a lewd birthday card that he allegedly sent to Epstein.

A photo of the sexually suggestive card – which features a drawing of a curvaceous woman and appears to bear Trump’s signature – was turned over to Congress by representatives of the late financier as part of the investigation into Epstein’s crimes.

The alleged note, which was included as part of a birthday scrapbook for the disgraced financier, said the pair have ‘certain things in common’ and concludes: ‘may every day be another wonderful secret’.

Trump previously called the birthday message ‘false, malicious, and defamatory’.

‘These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don’t draw pictures,’ he said in his denial.

He also filed a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, which first reported the message. The paper denies the claim and stands by its reporting.

The Journal also published a handwriting analysis, claiming the ‘Donald’ signature matches Trump’s past writing.

The presence of documents referring to Trump in the Epstein files does not imply any wrongdoing. The president has not been accused of any wrongdoing concerning the disgraced financier.

Breaking:Epstein’s sinister note to sex predator Larry Nassar days before his suicide: ‘Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls’
Epstein’s brother’s made wild claim that ‘Trump authorized his murder’

Mark Epstein made an unsubstantiated claim that President Donald Trump ‘authorized’ his brother Jeffrey Epstein’s murder, an FBI agent reported in a document released in the latest trove of Epstein files.

Epstein submitted a tip to the FBI National Threat Operation Center in February 2023 regarding the death of his brother, the document revealed.

According to the FBI report, Epstein sent a text message to the tip line stating: ‘I have reason to believe he [Jeffrey Epstein] was killed because he was about to name names. I believe Presient [sic] Trump authorized is [sic] murder.’

He did not appear to provide any evidence to support his wild allegation.

Although Trump was named in several Epstein files, the Department of Justice has said that all the allegations against him were determined to be ‘unfounded and false.’

The Daily Mail has approached the White House for comment.

The presence of documents referring to Trump in the Epstein files does not imply any wrongdoing. The president has not been accused of any wrongdoing concerning the disgraced financier.

Epstein was found dead in his prison cell on August 10, 2019, while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide.

Mark Epstein has long denied his brother died by suicide and has instead peddled conspiracy theories that he was murdered.

Trump posts on Truth Social amid release of new DoJ Epstein files

President Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to post about tariffs amid the release of 30,000 new Epstein files.

In the post, Trump credited tariffs for what he described as strong US economic performance, writing: ‘The TARIFFS are responsible for the GREAT USA Economic Numbers JUST ANNOUNCED… AND THEY WILL ONLY GET BETTER!’

He went on to claim there was ‘NO INFLATION & GREAT NATIONAL SECURITY,’ before ending the message with an appeal related to the judiciary: ‘Pray for the U.S. Supreme Court!!! President DJT.’

Epstein ‘insisted he wasn’t suicidal’ nine days before his death

A document featured in the latest trove of Epstein Files claims that the pedophile did not appear suicidal in the days leading up to his death.

Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide in his prison cell on August 10, 2019 while awaiting his trial on sex trafficking charges.

A heavily redacted email dated nine days before his death suggests that Epstein denied having ‘suicidal tendencies.’

Hillary Clinton’s ice-cold response as Bill is dragged back into the Epstein files… and why she’s making him face the humiliation alone

The Epstein files are painfully familiar territory for Hillary Clinton when it comes to navigating the fallout from her husband’s past.

As Bill Clinton once again finds himself in an uncomfortable photographs with pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, Hillary’s apparent response has been neither panic nor public loyalty, but something colder.

Detachment, a source has told the Daily Mail.

An insider close to the former first lady says she has watched the latest storm break with indifference, having long ago decided that her scandal-hit husband has to deal with the repercussions on his own.

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Epstein used a fake Austrian passport while travelling, damning new DoJ documents suggest: Live updates