The US House Oversight Committee published more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender whose 2019 death intensified scrutiny of the powerful people he knew.
The new release contains emails naming President Donald Trump, with claims by Epstein about Trump’s behavior and mental state and his alleged knowledge of underage girls.
The disclosures have once again pushed Trump deeper into the ongoing Epstein controversy.
In one email reviewed by CNN, Epstein writes to Ghislaine Maxwell in 2011 that Trump was “the dog that hasn’t barked,” implying Trump had not been openly linked to him despite private interactions.
The redacted person GOP members identified in the email was Virginia Giuffre, who died by suicide in April.
Another email from 2019 shows Epstein writing to author Michael Wolff to contest Trump’s claim that he banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago. Epstein wrote:
“Never a member ever, of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.”
Trump has said that he severed relations with Epstein because Epstein was “a creep” and accused him of recruiting spa workers at Mar-a-Lago.
Maxwell denied the recruitment claim during an interview with the Justice Department.
Epstein called Trump “borderline insane” and “crazy”
A 2018 email exchange with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers shows Epstein calling Trump “borderline insane.”
Other emails show Epstein calling Trump “f**king crazy” while discussing the 2017 Muslim ban with a New York Times reporter.
Epstein also sent an email to a reporter in 2018, questioning whether Trump was suffering “early dementia,” adding that the president’s behaviour appeared increasingly unstable.
Epstein was informed about Trump’s private jet sale
Documents show Epstein was receiving regular updates on Trump’s B727 jet throughout 2011.
In one message, the sender reported that Trump had a buyer lined up, while another later confirmed the sale of the plane for $2.7 million.
The senders were redacted, but Epstein’s accountant and lawyer were copied on the exchanges.
Epstein also exchanged emails with many well-known figures, including former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler.
Their correspondence discussed Trump’s conduct and possible impeachment and political scandals.
In one email, Epstein warned Ruemmler:
“Tightening the noose too slowly risks a very bad situation.”
He wrote a similar message to attorney Reid Weingarten, saying Trump was becoming “very erratic.”
Epstein claimed he once “gave” his girlfriend to Trump
One of the most explosive claims that has emerged is that Epstein emailed a New York Times reporter in 2015 to say he could provide “photos of Donald and girls in bikinis.”
He also said he “gave” his 20-year-old girlfriend to Trump in the 1990s, attaching a link to a webpage featuring the woman.
Trump has denied all wrongdoing and dismissed the new documents as a “hoax.”
Epstein and Maxwell coordinated responses to abuse allegations
Emails from 2015 reveal Epstein and Maxwell creating statements in response to the allegations made by Virginia Giuffre.
Maxwell asked for legal assistance because she needed to publicly distance herself from Epstein while denying knowledge of some incidents.
She later settled the defamation suit with Giuffre in 2017.
Trump’s spokesperson said the e-mails prove “nothing,” while the president claimed Democrats used Epstein to “deflect” from the government shutdown.
The thousands of pages represent the largest public release of Epstein-linked material to date, and analysts say more political tremors are likely as investigators continue combing through the files.
