Overview
- Newly disclosed emails from 2011 to 2019 include Epstein telling Ghislaine Maxwell that a victim spent hours with Trump and telling Michael Wolff in 2019 that Trump “knew about the girls.”
- Republicans countered the curated release by posting roughly 23,000 pages and sharing unredacted material with outlets that they say identifies the redacted victim as Virginia Giuffre, who has publicly said she did not witness wrongdoing by Trump.
- White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the emails prove nothing and Trump labeled the disclosure a political trap for Republicans.
- The White House held a Situation Room briefing with members of Congress, and Leavitt acknowledged interactions that included Rep. Lauren Boebert.
- After Rep. Adelita Grijalva was sworn in, a discharge petition reached 218 signatures, triggering a seven-legislative-day window to force a House vote on full public release of non-classified Epstein-related files.