Overview
- Democrats released three emails from Epstein’s estate, including a 2011 note saying Trump “spent hours” at Epstein’s home with a victim and a 2019 message asserting he “knew about the girls.”
- The White House and House Republicans said the messages were selectively leaked for political effect and argued they do not show wrongdoing by the president.
- Republicans responded by posting roughly 20,000 additional documents from the estate, while Democrats say investigators have received more than 23,000 pages in total.
- After Rep. Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in, a discharge petition reached 218 signatures, obligating a House vote next week to direct the DOJ to publish unclassified Epstein-related materials.
- Republicans identified the redacted victim as Virginia Giuffre, who had previously said she did not witness misconduct by Trump, and legal analysts note the emails alone do not establish criminal liability.