Overview
- Emails from 2011, 2015 and 2019 show Epstein telling Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff that Donald Trump spent hours at his home with a victim and that Trump "knew about the girls."
- Republicans and Axios say the unnamed woman is Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in April 2025 and described Trump as friendly in her accounts without alleging illegal conduct.
- The White House rejects the disclosures as selective leaks meant to defame the president and cites Trump’s decision years ago to bar Epstein from Mar-a-Lago.
- House Democrats seek a vote to force full publication of the Epstein files after obtaining thousands of estate documents, while the administration engages Republicans over the disclosure push.
- Documents reported by media and provided to lawmakers indicate Maxwell is preparing to request commutation of her 20-year sentence from President Trump.