Just earlier this week, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a tranche of documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender who died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Among these were email exchanges where US President Donald Trump's name surfaced in multiple contexts, prompting immediate scrutiny.
Republicans responded within hours, releasing additional documents and accusing Democrats of deliberately “cherry-picking” evidence to “create a fake narrative to slander President Trump.”
Trump has repeatedly tried to distance himself from Epstein, insisting he severed ties nearly two decades ago and had no knowledge of “Epstein’s horrific crimes.” But the newly surfaced documents have reopened questions that the former president has long tried to keep closed.
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CNN reported on one email chain involving Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and journalist Michael Wolff that Trump had spent “hours” at Epstein’s home with a woman later identified as one of Epstein’s trafficking victims.
Even another exchange hinted that Trump “knew about the girls.” AFP added that these appeared to contradict Trump’s longstanding denials.
New Epstein email apparently contradicts Trump's denials about knowing of crimes
One of the most discussed entries came from an April 2, 2011 email, where Epstein told Maxwell, "I want you to realise that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump.. (REDACTED) spent hours at my house with him, but he has never once been mentioned. Police chief. etc. I'm 75 % there." CNN noted that the full context remains murky.
Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for aiding Epstein’s trafficking network, earlier told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche that she “never witnessed the President in any inappropriate setting in any way” and that she “didn't recall ever seeing Trump at Epstein's house.”
“The President was never inappropriate with anybody. In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects,” she added.
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Yet another email, from January 2019, revealed Epstein disputing Trump’s claim that he had been expelled from Mar-a-Lago. He wrote to Wolff: "Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. . of course he knew about the girls as he asked to Ghislaine to stop."
Nonetheless, following these rifts, on Friday, Trump withdrew his endorsement of one of his most outspoken allies, Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. In a late-night post on Truth Social, he wrote, "I am withdrawing my support and endorsement of 'Congresswoman' Marjorie Taylor Greene, of the great state of Georgia."
