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The U.S. House Oversight Committee has released over 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revealing email exchanges that mention President Donald Trump. The release, initiated by committee Democrats, includes correspondence between Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and author Michael Wolff, prompting a swift counter-release from Republicans who accused their counterparts of selectively leaking information to create a "fake narrative."
One key document is a 2011 email from Epstein to Maxwell, in which he writes, "I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump.. [a victim] spent hours at my house with him." Maxwell reportedly replied, "I have been thinking about that…" The victim's name was later identified as Virginia Giuffre. The White House noted that Giuffre had stated in the past that Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing. This new release has once again highlighted the complex and scrutinized relationship between Epstein and powerful figures.
Further emails provide more context on their association. In a 2019 message to author Michael Wolff, Epstein claimed Trump knew about his activities with young women, writing, "Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine [sic] to stop." In a separate email written to himself that same year, Epstein noted that Trump frequented his house during the period of abuse but added, "He never got a massage." The emails also show Epstein and Wolff discussing how Trump should handle questions about their relationship during the 2015 presidential campaign. Wolff suggested Epstein could either let Trump "hang himself" with a denial or "save him, generating a debt."
The White House has strongly refuted the implications of the emails. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the release as a politically motivated effort to "smear President Trump," emphasizing that Trump had kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club decades ago. The ongoing release of documents from Epstein's estate continues to generate intense public and political scrutiny. Survivors and advocates have renewed calls for full transparency, demanding the complete release of all files related to the federal investigation into Epstein and his network.
