Overview
- A 2019 message attributed to Epstein says Trump wanted him to renounce Mar-a-Lago membership and that “of course he knew about the girls,” adding that he asked Ghislaine Maxwell to stop.
- Another email claims Trump “spent several hours” with one of Epstein’s victims at the financier’s home.
- Democrats say the documents came from Epstein’s legatees and raise serious questions about what Trump knew of Epstein’s crimes.
- No new criminal charges have been announced in connection with the disclosures.
- Trump rejects the assertions, calling the episode a Democratic “hoax,” while Democrats back a petition with 218 signers, including four Republicans, to force a House vote to release federal Epstein files.