Overview
- The explicit line attributed to Mark Epstein—“Ask him if Putin has photos of Trump blowing Bubba?”—appears in a 2018 thread included in a large House GOP Oversight Committee release.
- Lead Stories located the document in the committee’s public files and confirmed that the thread references Trump but does not name Clinton.
- The exchange mentions Steve Bannon and uses nicknames such as “DONNI TEE” and “your boy Donnie,” yet offers no context clarifying whether the remark was serious, sarcastic or a joke.
- Screenshots of the excerpt spread widely on social media, including posts by @CalltoActivism, prompting heavy online conjecture about the term “Bubba.”
- Metro reports that President Trump labeled the materials a “hoax” and said he would ask federal authorities to probe Epstein’s links to Bill Clinton and banks, while the House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat, Robert Garcia, said the message cannot be reliably interpreted from the email alone.