Overview
- Lawmakers from both parties released thousands of emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s files, including messages that reference President Donald Trump.
- At a briefing, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the emails prove nothing against Trump and framed the broader Epstein narrative as a partisan hoax, clarifying she was not calling the documents themselves fake.
- MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin highlighted emails and reported anecdotes that portray Epstein criticizing Trump and suggesting he fixated on young women, while stressing there is no evidence of crimes by Trump in the materials to date.
- Democrats are pursuing a discharge petition to force wider disclosure of Epstein records, with reporting indicating the effort could reach the 218 signatures needed for House action.
- A viral claim that Leavitt said Epstein’s emails referred to a “different Donald Trump” was debunked by Snopes as satire, with her actual remarks asserting the messages exonerate the president.