Overview
- Committee Democrats released three emails from 2011 to 2019 in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump "knew about the girls" and that a victim "spent hours" with him at Epstein's home.
- Republicans on the House Oversight Committee responded by posting roughly 20,000 additional pages from Epstein’s estate and accused Democrats of cherry‑picking.
- A newly sworn‑in Democrat, Adelita Grijalva, added the final signature to a petition that will force a House vote on releasing the full set of unclassified Epstein files.
- The White House called the selective release a smear, with press secretary Karoline Leavitt saying the emails prove nothing against the president, and Trump denied wrongdoing on Truth Social.
- Legal experts and news organizations say the emails are ambiguous and do not allege criminal conduct; Republicans identified the redacted victim as Virginia Giuffre, who had previously said she did not believe Trump knew of Epstein’s crimes and who died earlier this year.