New email correspondence released by House Oversight Democrats revealed conversations held by late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein about President Donald Trump, alleging that the president “spent hours at my house” and “of course he knew about the girls.”
The Democrats released email correspondence between Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as author Michael Wolff, on Wednesday morning, hours before Democratic Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in ceremony, where she will become the 218th signature on a discharge petition to release the Epstein files.
In a private email with Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring in Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, Epstein allegedly said the “dog that hasn’t barked is trump … [victim name] spent hours at my house with him, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc.”
Maxwell allegedly responded, “I have been thinking about that … “
In another email, Epstein allegedly told Wolff, who has written several books about Trump, that “of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.”
“[Victim] mara lago. [identifier]. Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop,” the full correspondence allegedly said.
In another email exchange between Wolff and Epstein, the author allegedly told the financier he heard CNN was “planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you–either on air or in scrum afterwards.”
Epstein allegedly responded, “If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?”
Wolff allegedly said he thought Epstein should let Trump “hang himself.”
“If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency,” Wolff said, according to the released email. “You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt.”
“Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he’ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime,” Wolff allegedly added.
Trump has repeatedly insisted he has committed no wrongdoing and has called the Epstein saga a “hoax,” leading to outrage from some of his fellow congressional Republicans and much of his conservative base.
The emails came from the estate of Epstein, part of 23,000 total documents that the committee is currently reviewing as part of its larger investigation into the Epstein files.
The files have become a point of contention on Capitol Hill, as all House Democrats and four House Republicans have signed a petition to immediately release all information related to Epstein in the Justice Department’s possession.
“The more Donald Trump tries to cover up the Epstein files, the more we uncover. These latest emails and correspondence raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding and the nature of the relationship between Epstein and the President,” House Oversight ranking member Robert Garcia (D-CA) said. “The Department of Justice must fully release the Epstein files to the public immediately. The Oversight Committee will continue pushing for answers and will not stop until we get justice for the victims.”
However, House Republican leadership and other conservatives have insisted that the petition isn’t necessary, as the Oversight Committee conducts a thorough investigation into Epstein’s crimes that will release information to the public without harming the victims.
A House GOP Oversight Committee spokesperson told the Washington Examiner that Democrats continue to “carelessly cherry-pick documents to generate clickbait that is not grounded in the facts.”
“The Epstein Estate has produced over 20,000 pages of documents on Thursday, yet Democrats are once again intentionally withholding records that name Democrat officials,” the spokesperson argued. “Democrats should stop politicizing this investigation and focus on delivering transparency, accountability, and justice for the survivors.”
The House GOP Oversight Committee also accused Democrats of covering up names when the Epstein estate did not censor them in the redacted documents provided to the committee in a post on X.
“It’s because this victim, Virginia Giuffre, publicly said that she never witnessed wrongdoing by President Trump. Democrats are trying to create a fake narrative to slander President Trump. Shame on them,” the committee said.
Democrats have accused Republicans of wanting to protect Trump and pedophiles, a major argument as the caucus bashed House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) for weeks for not swearing in Grijalva during the House’s nearly two-month-long recess during the government shutdown.
Grijalva has said for weeks that she will be the 218th signature on the discharge petition to release the Epstein files. Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Nancy Mace (R-SC), and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) are the four Republican lawmakers who signed the petition.
Massie, who is co-leading the bill with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and has been a constant thorn in the side of the Republican trifecta, has said he will not budge. However, eyes will be on the three female lawmakers to see whether they will remove their names from the petition to avoid it being brought to the floor for what is likely to be a politically challenging vote for many Republicans.
The White House has been whipping the three signatories to remove their names to no avail.
Mace told the Hill that she will not remove her name from the petition. Greene has been incredibly vocal about releasing all the information regardless of whose names are in the files. Boebert has previously indicated she won’t remove her name despite pressure from the White House.
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House leadership has said it will not stop the bill from hitting the floor: Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) told the Washington Examiner he won’t break precedent and whip against privileged motions; Johnson said in early October he won’t block a floor vote on the bill; and House Rules Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said her panel won’t turn off the petition or seek to jam it in the panel’s deliberations.
The latter, essentially sticking language in a rule to kill a petition, has been a tactic used by Republican leadership before to avoid votes they dislike. Most recently, they used it for Rep. Anna Paulina Luna’s (R-FL) discharge petition on proxy voting for new parents.