Overview
- House Republicans published roughly 20,000–23,000 pages from Epstein’s estate, including previously unseen exchanges with former Harvard president Lawrence Summers.
- Emails from 2018 and 2019 show Summers asking Epstein for advice on courting women, with Epstein offering specific guidance in replies.
- The correspondence includes political chatter, such as Summers writing, “Do the Russians have stuff on Trump?” and Epstein criticizing the president in 2017.
- Democrats separately highlighted emails in which Epstein claimed Trump spent hours with a victim and “knew about the girls,” with reporting noting the victim was Virginia Giuffre, who did not accuse Trump of wrongdoing.
- The disclosures intensified a House fight over wider unsealing of records as newly seated Rep. Adelita Grijalva enabled procedural steps toward a vote, and Summers reiterated regret over his Epstein ties.