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GOP Files Show 2013 Consultant Email Inviting Epstein to Democratic Fundraiser, Offering Jeffries Introduction

Republicans highlighted the outreach during a vote that requires the Justice Department to release Epstein records.

US Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks to reporters at a news conference inside the US Capitol.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters as the House heads toward a vote on a bill to force the Justice Department to release the case files it has collected on the late financier Jeffrey Epstein at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Hakeem Jeffries, Jeffrey Epstein, Barack Obama

Overview

  • House Oversight Committee Republicans released thousands of pages that include a May 7, 2013 email from Dynamic SRG pitching Jeffrey Epstein on a DCCC/DSCC dinner with President Obama and a chance to “get to know” then‑Representative Hakeem Jeffries.
  • The message from consultant Lisa Rossi promoted Jeffries as a rising figure, calling him “Brooklyn’s Barack,” and included materials touting his early work in Congress.
  • Chairman James Comer said the email shows Jeffries’ campaign solicited money from Epstein, a characterization he made in a floor speech referencing the latest document batch.
  • Federal Election Commission records do not show Epstein donations to Jeffries, the DCCC, or the DSCC around that time, and it remains unclear whether Epstein responded or met Jeffries.
  • Both chambers of Congress voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to require the Justice Department to disclose its Epstein files, and Jeffries has publicly supported releasing Epstein- and Ghislaine Maxwell–related records.