Overview
- Three emails from 2011, 2015 and January 2019 include Epstein telling Ghislaine Maxwell that a victim spent hours with Trump at his house and telling author Michael Wolff that Trump knew about the girls.
- The materials were selected from roughly 20,000–23,000 pages provided by Epstein’s estate to the House Oversight Committee, which removed identifying details of alleged victims before publication.
- White House officials reject the disclosures as selective and politically motivated and say the unnamed person is Virginia Giuffre, citing her past statements that Trump did not engage in wrongdoing.
- Democrats are advancing a House vote to compel the Justice Department to release all Epstein-related files, with newly seated Rep. Adelita Grijalva providing the decisive signature to force consideration.
- Officials caution that the released emails may be excerpts lacking full context and note that no criminal charges have been brought against Trump related to these materials.