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Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released three bombshell new emails from sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that raise urgent questions on what U.S. President Donald Trump knew about the disgraced financier's activities.
Trump has always denied any personal wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's crimes before his conviction. Trump says he threw Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida over his behavior.
The emails threaten to reignite the anger in Trump's MAGA movement over his administration's handling of the release of the Epstein investigation files, one of the rare fissures between the president and his base of supporters. Trump has called the Epstein files backlash a "Democrat hoax."
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The three newly released emails, dated 2011, 2015, and 2019, involve email correspondence between Epstein, his jailed associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and journalist Michael Wolff, who has authored books about Trump.
Here are those emails in full, in chronological order.
Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Emails From April 2, 2011
Epstein: i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump.. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief etc. im 75 % there
Maxwell: I have been thinking about that...
Jeffrey Epstein-Michael Wolff Emails From December 15-16, 2015
Wolff: I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you—either on air or in scrum afterwards.
Epstein: if we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?
Wolff: I think you should let him 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. 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.
Jeffrey Epstein Email to Michael Wolff From January 31, 2019
Epstein: [VICTIM] mara lago. [REDACTED]. trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. . of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop
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House Oversight Republicans Push Back on Emails
House Oversight Democrats said the newly released emails "raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes."
U.S. Representative Robert Garcia of California, the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, said in a statement that the "glaring questions" concern "what else the White House is hiding and the nature of the relationship between Epstein and the president."
But the Republicans played down the significance of the emails and questioned why Democrats redacted the victim's name.
"Why did Democrats cover up the name when the Estate didn't redact it in the redacted documents provided to the committee?" the X account for House Oversight Republicans posted.
"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."
Update 11/12/25, 11:05 a.m. ET: This article was updated with additional information.
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