Don't fall for alleged Epstein emails stating Trump doesn't like Black girls

In late January 2026, the U.S. Department of Justice released more than 3 million files pertaining to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. In the days after the release, a screenshot (archived) of a purported 2013 email from Epstein's account circulated in which the sex offender allegedly said President Donald Trump "doesnt like black girls." 

The screenshot (archived) supposedly showed emails Epstein sent to someone labeled "SP" in which Epstein allegedly wrote: "trump will be there. doesnt like black girls,, calls them 'boogers' , wont go w in 10 feet."

(X user @AFPost)

The above screenshot was fake. We found no evidence in the Epstein files of these emails referencing Trump's alleged dislike of Black girls. 

We dug through the Epstein files released by the DOJ using a range of search terms including "trump," "boogers" and "black girls" and found no results matching the screenshot. Although the DOJ has reportedly deleted some files after initially uploading them, we found no credible reports that this one was ever included in the release. We thus concluded that the above screenshot was fabricated. 

The screenshot appeared to have originated from X account @AFPost, which has since deleted the post. The account has a history of posting unverified claims. We have reached out to the account to learn more about the origin of the screenshot and will update this story accordingly.

While there was no evidence the screenshot in question was real, the DOJ has released documents in which unnamed victims and/or witnesses (referred to in the documents as "Jane Doe") alleged that Epstein did not want any "Black girls" or "girls with tattoos" when carrying out his activities. 

Another file detailed the testimony of an unnamed FBI official who interviewed a girl Epstein allegedly abused. Per the official's secondhand retelling, one of Epstein's victims took a Black girl to him:

She said that she had screwed up and that she had brought a black girl to Mr. Epstein, and that Epstein was not interested in black girls. But he did pay her, and said that he wasn't a racist. He paid her the $200 for her time, but did not want her to perform a massage for him.

We have previously noted that Trump had a well-known and documented friendship with Epstein, according to reporting by The Associated Press. Trump said in 2019 that he hadn't spoken to Epstein "for 15 years." The U.S. president's name appears repeatedly in the Epstein files, but none of those mentions have led to formal charges as of this writing. Inclusion of someone's name or picture in the Epstein files does not necessarily imply wrongdoing.

Snopes has reported extensively on claims related to the Epstein files.