Overview
- House Democrats published three Epstein emails that mention President Trump, including a 2011 note calling him “the dog that hasn’t barked” and another claiming he spent “hours” with a redacted victim at Epstein’s home.
- The messages include exchanges with Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff and assert that Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, including “about the girls.”
- The White House called the release a selective smear and said the redacted victim was the late Virginia Giuffre, who had publicly said Trump was not involved in wrongdoing.
- Megyn Kelly said the emails “sound bad,” labeled the episode a “self‑inflicted wound” for the administration, and faulted Republicans’ handling of the response.
- House Republicans posted a far larger cache they described as tens of thousands of pages and accused Democrats of cherry‑picking, as reporting stressed the emails do not establish criminal wrongdoing and pressure grows to release the full archive.