Overview
- Emails authored by Jeffrey Epstein state that President Trump spent hours at Epstein’s home with a woman described by Democrats as a trafficking victim and that Trump “knew about the girls.”
- The messages, released November 12 by House Democrats, were produced after committee demands to Epstein’s heirs and include exchanges with Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff over roughly fifteen years.
- One email claims Trump asked Maxwell to stop, and another refers cryptically to Trump as “the dog that didn’t bark,” underscoring Epstein’s view that Trump avoided scrutiny.
- The assertions clash with Trump’s long-standing account that he distanced himself from Epstein and expelled him from Mar-a-Lago over “stealing” employees, while Trump has not been accused of crimes in the Epstein-Maxwell probe.
- Separately, Maxwell is preparing a request to President Trump for commutation of her 20-year sentence, according to a document obtained by House Democrats and reported by Politico after her appeal was rejected.