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House Sets Vote on Epstein Files After Democrats Release Emails Referencing Trump

A bipartisan petition reached 218 signatures, triggering a floor vote to require the Justice Department to publish unclassified records.

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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the U.S. government shutdown, during the swearing-in ceremony for Sergio Gor as U.S. Ambassador to India, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 10, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Overview

  • House Oversight Democrats released three emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate, including a 2011 message to Ghislaine Maxwell and a 2019 note to Michael Wolff in which Epstein wrote that Trump "knew about the girls."
  • Republicans on the committee countered with more than 20,000 pages of estate records and accused Democrats of cherry‑picking a handful of messages.
  • Speaker Mike Johnson said the House will take up the disclosure measure next week after Rep. Adelita Grijalva supplied the decisive signature on a discharge petition.
  • The White House said the emails "prove absolutely nothing" and emphasized that the referenced victim has not accused the president of wrongdoing.
  • Legal analysts and multiple outlets cautioned the correspondence does not by itself establish criminal conduct, and any requirement to release DOJ files would also need Senate approval and the president’s signature.