Overview
- The March 2018 email, released by the House Oversight Committee, shows Mark Epstein asking whether Vladimir Putin had photos of President Donald Trump “blowing Bubba.”
- Mark Epstein said the exchange was a humorous private conversation between brothers and asserted that “Bubba” did not refer to Bill Clinton.
- A spokesperson for Mark Epstein said “Bubba” is a private individual who is not a public figure and rejected a viral claim that it referred to a horse owned by Ghislaine Maxwell.
- Other released emails include unverified assertions about Trump, including a 2019 note to author Michael Wolff claiming he “knew about the girls” and a 2011 message alleging he spent hours at Epstein’s home with a victim.
- The document dump has prompted calls in Congress for full unclassified disclosures as the DOJ reviews the materials, while a White House spokesperson said the emails “prove literally nothing.”