Overview
- A House investigative committee released Epstein’s private emails and letters, including a 2017 note listing “Trump” among his Thanksgiving guests and messages asserting Trump “knew about the girls” and that a victim spent hours at his house.
- Trump rejected the allegations, saying he knows nothing about the emails and calling the narrative fake, while the White House said the messages prove nothing.
- After Democrats first posted select files, Republicans authorized publication of a much larger batch, placing more of Epstein’s correspondence into the public record.
- Attorney General Pam Bondi assigned Manhattan prosecutor Jay Clayton to examine figures named in the materials, including Bill Clinton and others Trump highlighted.
- The disclosures have fueled Republican infighting, with Trump withdrawing his endorsement of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as she accuses him of resisting full publication, while he also criticized Rep. Thomas Massie over an Epstein records transparency bill; separately, the BBC apologized for a flawed Panorama edit and Trump says he will sue for up to $5 billion, with no case filed yet.