Overview
- House Democrats released three emails attributed to Jeffrey Epstein, including a 2019 note asserting Donald Trump "knew about the girls" and a 2011 message claiming he spent several hours with an alleged victim at Epstein’s home.
- The emails, addressed to Michael Wolff and Ghislaine Maxwell, were selected from thousands of pages obtained from Epstein’s estate and provided to the House oversight panel.
- Trump and the White House dismissed the disclosures as a hoax, with the press secretary identifying the referenced victim as Virginia Giuffre and citing her past statements that Trump did nothing wrong.
- A petition has secured sufficient signatures to force a floor vote next week on a measure to compel the Justice Department to publish its Epstein files.
- Republican committee members criticized the selective release and said they will publish roughly 20,000 additional pages as lawmakers and media examine the larger trove.