Overview
- The Oversight Committee published three email chains from 2011 to 2019, including a note to Ghislaine Maxwell in which Epstein wrote that President Trump "spent hours" at his house with a person the panel identifies as a victim.
- In a 2019 message to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote that Trump "knew about the girls" and referenced Mar-a-Lago and a claim that Trump said he asked him to resign.
- A separate 2015 exchange shows Epstein and Wolff discussing how Trump might respond if asked about their relationship at a CNN Republican primary debate.
- Democrats say the emails are part of more than 23,000 estate documents now under review and are advancing steps to force a House vote compelling broader Justice Department disclosure once Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is sworn in.
- None of the emails were to or from President Trump, who has not been accused of a crime, and the excerpts are redacted and lack full context; Rep. Jamie Raskin says Maxwell is preparing a commutation bid as reports describe alleged special treatment at her Texas prison camp.