President Donald Trump was told months ago by his Attorney General that his name appears "multiple times" in the infamous Epstein files.

Trump was informed during a White House meeting in May by Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche - the same day he was recommended against releasing the documents, according to the Wall Street Journal.

The 45th and 47th President was told many other high-profile individuals were also named.

However, individuals named in the files have not necessarily been accused of any wrongdoing.

The files are said to have contained "unverified hearsay" about Trump and the individuals who had social connections to Epstein, senior administration officials claimed.

According to the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal, Bondi recommended that the administration not release more files because they contained child pornography and victims' personal information.

The sources claim that Trump deferred to Bondi on whether the additional files should be made public or not.

Officials, meanwhile, said the Attorney General's meeting with Trump was a routine briefing which covered multiple topics and that the files weren't the focus.

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White House communications director Steven Cheung hit out at the Journal's report as "fake news" in a statement to the Mail.

"The fact is that the President kicked him out of his club for being a creep," he said.

"This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media, just like the Obama Russiagate scandal, which President Trump was right about."

Maga supporters have criticised the administration and its dealing with the files, and have demanded they be released.

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It comes after Bondi told Fox News that she had the Epstein "client list" on her desk which was ready for review.

Then, Phase I of the report was released, though it did not contain any bombshell information - provoking many among Trump's base.

According to an FBI memo which was leaked months later, no such client list was ever found in the documents.

It all comes as a Florida judge has denied a Department of Justice request to release grand jury transcripts from the investigation into Epstein.

GETTY | Donald Trump, pictured with Melania Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

In a 12-page order, Judge Rosenberg ruled on Wednesday that transcripts could not be released due to guidelines governing grand jury secrecy set by the federal appeals court that oversees Florida.

"The court's hands are tied," she claimed.

The judge added that the Government's argument last week that files should be released due to "extensive public interest" did not meet the requirements for documents to be unsealed.

She also declined to transfer the issue to New York, where two judges are separately deciding whether to unseal transcripts related to Epstein's 2019 sex-trafficking probe. The request is still pending.

Judge Rosenberg ruled that a new case be opened so lawyers could make further arguments.