US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including some that mention President Donald Trump.
Early on Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee published three email exchanges, including correspondence between Epstein, who died in 2019 in prison, and his long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.
They also released emails between Epstein and the author Michael Wolff, who has written numerous books about Trump.
Within hours, House Republicans released a massive tranche of documents to counter what they said was a Democratic effort to cherry-pick documents. They also said it was an attempt to create a fake narrative to slander President Trump.
The emails were obtained by the committee after it subpoenaed Epstein's estate as part of its own probe into the federal investigation of Epstein.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the emails were selectively leaked by House Democrats to liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump.
The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Giuffre, she said.
Trump was a friend of Epstein's for years, but the president has said they fell out in the early 2000s, two years before Epstein was first arrested. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein.
What the Epstein-Maxwell email says
The first email released by Democrats is from 2011 and is between Epstein and Maxwell. Epstein writes to Maxwell: I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump.. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him.
Maxwell responded: I have been thinking about that... The victim's name was redacted, although it was later revealed to be Virginia Giuffre, a prominent Epstein accuser.
What the Epstein-Wolff emails say
In exchanges with Wolff, Epstein discusses his connection to Trump. In a second email exchange from 2015, Wolff writes to Epstein to inform him that CNN is planning to ask Trump about their relationship. Epstein responds with inquiries about managing the narrative.
What survivors have said
Survivors and advocates, such as Annie Farmer, urge for transparency regarding Epstein's connections and have demanded the complete release of documents to ensure the victims are heard.
