Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and a former television personality, has become the latest Trump administration official to appear in newly released documents tied to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, prompting renewed public attention amid a sweeping federal disclosure of case materials.
More than three million pages ofEpstein-related recordswere released by the Justice Department after President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in November 2025. Epstein, a convicted sex offender, died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
Oz’s name appears in several emails dated between 2012 and 2016, after Epstein had served a 13-month prison sentence between 2008 and 2009 for solicitation of prostitution with a minor. Oz has not been accused of any wrongdoing, and appearing in the Epstein files does not imply criminal behavior.
Among the documents is a January 1, 2016 email from Oz to Epstein that is completely redacted in the released files. In another exchange from October 2014, Epstein wrote that he could not attend an event involving physician Dean Ornish and Oz at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Ornish had invited Epstein via email.
Oz’s name also appears in a December 2012 email described as an “updated yes list for tomorrow evening,” sent by an individual identified as Allison Reddington to publicist Peggy Siegal and Epstein.
Additionally, Oz and his wife, Lisa Oz, sent Epstein an email on February 1, 2016, with the subject line “Mehmet & Lisa Oz’s Valentine’s Celebration.” The message included a link to what appeared to be a card sent through the e-card service Paperless Post.
The release of the Epstein files has reignited scrutiny of prominent public figures named in the documents, including Tesla CEOElon Muskand Microsoft co-founderBill Gates. The disclosures have also fueled political debate as Trump and Republicans seek to counter a potential Democratic surge in the November midterms.
Separately, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing backlash over acknowledging that he met Epstein twice after the financier’s 2008 conviction, despite previously saying he would “never be in the room” with him again following a 2005 visit to Epstein’s home.
During a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing, Attorney General Pam Bondi defended the Justice Department’s handling of the files and addressed survivors, stating she was “deeply sorry” for their suffering and that any accusations of criminal wrongdoing would be taken seriously and investigated.
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