Overview
- Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee published excerpts from 2011, 2015, and 2019 emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump "knew about the girls" and that an Epstein victim spent hours with Trump at Epstein's house.
- The emails, part of roughly 23,000 documents obtained by the committee, include messages to Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff, with victim names and identifying details redacted and broader context not publicly available.
- The White House rejected the release as a selective partisan leak and said the unnamed victim was Virginia Giuffre, asserting she had not accused Trump of misconduct, while Trump has consistently denied knowledge or involvement.
- House Democrats say newly seated Rep. Adelita Grijalva could provide the 218th signature needed to force a vote to require the Justice Department to disclose the full Epstein investigative files.
- Separately, Maxwell is reported to be preparing a commutation application to President Trump, as a whistleblower alleges she received "concierge-like" treatment at FPC Bryan; no verified evidence has established criminal wrongdoing by Trump in the Epstein case.