Overview
- House Democrats released three emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump “passed hours” at his home with a victim and “knew about the girls,” while Republicans identified the woman as Virginia Giuffre.
- Republicans published about 23,000 additional pages from Epstein’s heirs that include Epstein’s claim he was “the only one able to bring him down,” offers of photos of “Donald and girls in bikinis,” and efforts to scrutinize Trump’s finances and engage foreign intermediaries.
- One February 2019 memo-to-self states Trump knew of Epstein’s activities and visited many times but “never got a massage,” and Trump has not been charged in relation to Epstein.
- Another email says Epstein spent Thanksgiving 2017 with Trump, which, if accurate, conflicts with Trump’s account that their relationship ended years earlier.
- The White House called the releases a selective smear and Ghislaine Maxwell is preparing a commutation request to the president, as Democrats secured the signatures to force a vote on wider disclosure next week.