Overview
- Newly released messages from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate include his claims that President Donald Trump “spent hours” with a trafficking and rape victim and “knew about the girls,” with House Republicans identifying the victim as the late Virginia Giuffre.
- Epstein also wrote in a private exchange that he was “the one able to take him down,” reflecting his soured view of Trump years after their friendship ended.
- Trump told reporters, “I know nothing about that,” and he asked Attorney General Pam Bondi and the FBI to investigate figures he named in the records, including Bill Clinton and others.
- The Justice Department said it will carry out the request, and Attorney General Bondi appointed Jay Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, to lead the review.
- A petition to publish more Epstein records accrued enough signatures to force a House vote on whether to compel broader public release of additional files.