Overview
- House Oversight released about 20,000 pages of Epstein-related records, including emails in which Epstein wrote that Donald Trump "knew about the girls" and spent hours with a victim later identified by House Republicans as the late Virginia Giuffre.
- Asked aboard Air Force One about the "knew about the girls" line, Trump said he knows nothing about it and told a reporter "quiet" when pressed.
- Trump called the disclosures a hoax and publicly urged probes of Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, and JPMorgan; Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed SDNY U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton to lead the investigation.
- An earlier DOJ/FBI memo from July reported no incriminating client list and no basis to open cases against uncharged third parties, while the White House says Democrats selectively leaked the new emails.
- A bipartisan discharge petition has forced a House vote next week on a bill to require release of unclassified Epstein files, which would still need Senate approval and the president’s signature to take effect.