Overview
- Newly released emails include a 2011 message from Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell saying Trump "spent hours" with a victim and a 2019 note to author Michael Wolff asserting "he knew about the girls."
- House Democrats say Epstein’s estate turned over more than twenty thousand pages, and they are pressing for a House vote to compel a broader Justice Department release.
- The White House calls the disclosures a selective leak and says the redacted victim is Virginia Giuffre, who publicly said Trump was not involved in wrongdoing.
- The timing coincides with the swearing‑in of Democrat Adelita Grijalva, whose signature is expected to trigger a process to force a vote on releasing unclassified Epstein records.
- Separately, Rep. Jamie Raskin says Maxwell is preparing a commutation application as reports detail her transfer to a minimum‑security camp and claims of preferential treatment.