WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier and accused sex trafficker, wrote that President Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and allegedly “knew about the girls,” according to emails released Wednesday by House Democrats.
The White House called the Democratic release of the emails a “smear campaign.” During the 1990s, Trump attended parties with Epstein and flew on his private plane. However, Trump later ousted Epstein from his club and has consistently denied any knowledge of the sex trafficking. Epstein died by suicide in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial.
Late Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said the House of Representatives will vote next week on a bill that would compel the Justice Department to release all records related to the Epstein investigation. Meanwhile, Trump warned Republicans against participating in efforts to release more Epstein documents.
“The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein hoax again because they will do anything to deflect from how badly they’ve performed on the government shutdown and many other issues,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, after House Republicans responded to the Democratic release by making an additional 20,000 pages from Epstein’s estate public. “Only a very bad or foolish Republican would fall into that trap.”
The Democratic revelations came just after Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva was sworn in as a member of the House. She is the final signature needed to force a vote on legislation that would release all Justice Department records regarding the Epstein investigation.
“These emails prove absolutely nothing other than that President Trump did nothing wrong,” White House Press Secretary Karline Leavitt told reporters.
The Epstein case continues to haunt Trump, after he and his supporters spent years suggesting a cover-up involving the financier, before the Justice Department and FBI under Trump declared the case closed in July.
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