The House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released an extra 20,000 pages of documents the GOP-led panel acquired from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted intercourse offender whose demise by suicide spawned intense scrutiny of the high-profile individuals he knew.
The emails embody a message through which Epstein asserts President Donald Trump “knew about the girls” — seemingly in reference to Trump’s claim that he kicked Epstein out of his Mar-a-Lago club for poaching younger ladies who labored there. Epstein additionally wrote, “I know how dirty Donald is,” referring to potential scandals that may come out about Trump in a 2018 e-mail to a White House counsel beneath former President Barack Obama. The disgraced financier additionally emailed about Trump’s psychological state in 2018.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted the emails, saying they prove “nothing.” Trump accused Democrats of bringing up Epstein to “deflect” from their dealing with of the government shutdown.
NCS reporters went by means of the thousands of recordsdata, and you’ll learn highlights under:
From NCS’s Kaitlin Collins
NCS reviewed some of the emails released from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee this morning through which Jeffrey Epstein mentions President Donald Trump by title.
In one e-mail dated April 2, 2011, which NCS has independently reviewed, Epstein emailed his longtime affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell: “i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [REDACTED] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there.”
GOP members of the House Oversight committee identified the particular person as Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most outstanding survivors who died by suicide in April, and accused Democrats of hiding her title as a result of she had not alleged Trump to have achieved something unsuitable.
The newest launch additionally included emails between Epstein and creator Michael Wolff, together with one from January 2019 throughout Trump’s first time period.
According to the e-mail reviewed by NCS, Epstein wrote to Wolff apparently to deal with Trump’s declare that he requested Epstein to resign his membership at the president’s Mar-a-Lago Club.
“trump said he asked me to resign,” Epstein wrote, including, “never a member ever. . of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.”
The White House has stated Trump barred Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago membership “for being a creep,” and Trump himself has stated Epstein “stole” younger ladies who labored at the Mar-a-Lago spa whereas explaining why their relationship ended. In longtime Epstein affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell’s interview earlier this year with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, she denied recruiting at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump’s affiliation with Epstein has lengthy been public, although the president has denied any wrongdoing.
From NCS’s Marshall Cohen
In one of the thousands of documents released by the House Oversight Committee as we speak, convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein referred to as President Donald Trump “borderline insane” in a 2018 e-mail alternate with former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers.
“Trump – borderline insane,” Epstein wrote on December 22, 2018.
It’s unclear what prompted the alternate between Epstein and Summers.
From NCS’s Marshall Cohen
Some of the emails amongst the thousands of documents released by the House Oversight Committee as we speak present Jeffrey Epstein getting updates about Donald Trump promoting a personal aircraft.
In a message from April 2011, somebody instructed Epstein, “I hear Trump has a contract on his B272” however “no money has changed hands” but. The sender is redacted.
Someone instructed Epstein in a May 2011 e-mail, “Trump’s B727 sold for 2.7M.” The sender is redacted, however Epstein and an accountant and lawyer have been copied.
From NCS’s Em Steck
Every week after Donald Trump was inaugurated to his first time period as US president, he signed an government order banning the entry of overseas nationals from Muslim majority international locations for 90 days, broadly known as the “Muslim ban.”
Jeffrey Epstein stated in an e-mail to a New York Times reporter on January 28, 2017: “IT helps as he is seen as keeping his word.”
He added later in the e-mail: “That being said Donald is f**king crazy, I told you that.”
From NCS’s Marshall Cohen
The emails present an fascinating alternate between Jeffrey Epstein and Soon-Yi Previn, the spouse of controversial filmmaker Woody Allen.
Epstein despatched an article to Previn, titled, “Bill Clinton’s CIA chief joins Trump campaign.” The article, revealed by The Hill in September 2016, was about the former Clinton-appointed CIA director James Woolsey becoming a member of Trump’s 2016 presidential marketing campaign.
“Woody said it doesn’t mean anything,” Previn wrote in response to Epstein.
It’s unclear why Epstein flagged the information to Previn and what if any curiosity she or her husband would have had in Woolsey’s involvement with Trump.
Epstein and Maxwell coordinated public response after 2015 lawsuit alleged sexual abuse
From NCS’s Em Steck
In January 2015, an nameless girl – later revealed to be Virginia Roberts Giuffre – filed a lawsuit alleging that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell groomed and sexually abused her between 1998 and 2002. The lawsuit alleged they compelled her to change into a “sex slave” to highly effective males – together with a royal prince later revealed to be Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Mountbatten-Windsor, who has been stripped of his prince title, has denied the allegation and later settled a lawsuit Giuffre filed towards him.
In a number of e-mail exchanges on January 10, 2015, after the lawsuit was filed, Epstein and Maxwell coordinated their public response to the allegations.
“Initial response, too many unanswered question [sic] raised, relationship with jeffrey/…I am writing to writin [sic] to respond to alleagtinoin [sic] that have been made wchich [sic] are categorically untrue,” Epstein wrote Maxwell.
Maxwell responded by asking if her lawyer might converse with a lawyer, then wrote: “I have to distance myself from you in statement too. And they need me to say I was not aware of massage w/ andrew in my house. These things they have to stay along w/ meeting [REDACTED] and rebutting those allegations. I needs it asap.”
After Epstein assured Maxwell he was on the cellphone together with his lawyer about getting her a lawyer, she replied, “I need it written out in full.”
“Call me,” Epstein replied.
Maxwell later settled a defamation lawsuit with Giuffre in June 2017 for an undisclosed sum.
In an interview with the Justice Department this summer season, Maxwell stated her relationship with Epstein was “almost nonexistent” between 2010 and 2019 outdoors of corresponding over authorized issues.
Epstein emailed about Trump’s psychological state together with his private legal professional and a former Obama official
From NCS’s Andrew Kaczynski
In a March 24, 2018, e-mail chain with Kathryn Ruemmler, a former White House counsel beneath President Barack Obama, Epstein shared a Daily Beast article titled, “How Close Is Donald Trump to a Psychiatric Breakdown?”
The alternate reveals Epstein forwarding the story early that morning to Ruemmler, along with her replying: “Not confidence inspiring.”
Epstein then responded: “but – accurate.”
A yr earlier in July 2017, Ruemmler wrote an e-mail to Epstein saying, “Trump is truly stupid.”
“Duh,” Epstein replied a number of hours later.
It just isn’t clear why Ruemmler and Epstein have been corresponding at the time.
But the Wall Street Journal reported in 2023 {that a} spokesperson for Goldman Sachs, the place Ruemmler was then employed, stated she had an expert relationship with Epstein in connection along with her position at legislation agency Latham & Watkins LLP.
Ruemmler didn’t instantly reply to a NCS request for remark.
In December 2018, Epstein emailed Ruemmler about Trump’s conduct, writing:
“you might want to tell your dem friends that treating trump like a mafia don, ignores the fact that he has great dangerous power. tightening the noose too slowly, risks a very bad situation. gambino was never the commander in chief. there was little gambino could do as the walls closed in. not so with this maniac.”
That similar day, Epstein forwarded the similar remark to Reid Weingarten, an attorney who labored for him.
Weingarten replied that Trump was “starting to behave very erratically.”
Epstein wrote again: “borderline insane. and corroborated by some that are close.”
From NCS’s Andrew Kaczynski
In early January 2018, as questions swirled about Trump’s conduct following the release of Michael Wolff’s ebook “Fire and Fury,” Epstein exchanged a collection of emails with a reporter at The New York Times discussing the president’s psychological state.
Epstein despatched the reporter an excerpt of the ebook that ran in New York Magazine.
The reporter remarked that Trump was “looking/sounding increasingly unhinged,” Epstein replies, “no questions donalds statement is goofy. . early dementia?”
Epstein emailed then-Prince Andrew: ‘you ok?’
From NCS’s Kara Scannell
In March 2011, as the Epstein scandal was picked up by British tabloids specializing in then-Prince Andrew’s involvement, Epstein reached out to Andrew to ask how he was doing.
“you ok?” Epstein wrote to an e-mail recognized as “The Duke,” an obvious reference to Andrew, recognized at the time as the Duke of York. “these stories are complete ant (sic) utter fantasy.”
King Charles stripped Andrew of his prince title final month and compelled him to maneuver out of the royal residence. Andrew relinquished his title as Duke of York weeks beforehand.
From NCS’s Marshall Cohen
In an August 2018 e-mail to Kathryn Ruemmler, a former White House counsel beneath President Barack Obama, Epstein wrote that, “I know how dirty Donald is,” referring to potential scandals that may come out about Donald Trump.
Epstein despatched the message on August 23, 2018, after Trump’s longtime fixer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to federal marketing campaign funds crimes. As half of a cooperation take care of prosecutors, Cohen implicated Trump in a 2016 hush-money scheme involving funds to grownup movie actress Stormy Daniels to cowl up an alleged affair, which Trump denies.
“You see, I know how dirty Donald is,” Epstein wrote in the e-mail. “My guess is that non-lawyers NY biz people have no idea what it means to have your fixer flip.”
The e-mail dialog started when Ruemmler despatched Epstein a New York Times column about the Cohen responsible plea and what it would imply for Trump.
Her e-mail stated, “The principled case for impeachment is clear. What’s missing is the courage,” quoting the column.
Trump was not impeached and he by no means confronted any federal prices over the matter regardless of a lengthy investigation. However, the Manhattan district legal professional later received an indictment of Trump on state prices in reference to the matter. Trump was convicted final yr of 34 felony counts of falsifying enterprise information to cowl up the funds.
Epstein corresponded with Steve Bannon about then-Prince Andrew and Trump
From NCS’s Em Steck
In early June 2019, President Trump made a state go to to the United Kingdom, the place he was welcomed by the former Prince Andrew. A photo shows Andrew grinning as he shakes Trump’s hand.
In a June 2019 e-mail alternate with Steve Bannon, Trump’s former White House chief strategist, Jeffrey Epstein wrote, “prince andrew and trump today.. Tooo [sic] funny.” And then he added, “recall prince andrews accuser came out of mara lago [sic].”
Bannon replied, “Can’t believe nobody is making u [sic] the connective tissue.”
It’s unclear what precisely Bannon meant by the message. Trump fired him from the White House in 2017, although Bannon remained influential in conservative politics as he does as we speak.
Trump and Andrew socialized together in the Nineties and 2000s, per newspaper studies, alongside Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, typically at Mar-A-Lago. King Charles stripped Andrew of his prince title in October.
NCS reached out to Bannon for remark however didn’t instantly hear again.
From NCS’s Aaron Blake
Many of the exchanges from the emails characteristic individuals implying Epstein had damaging details about Trump and suggesting that he go public with it.
Epstein typically didn’t have interaction with these ideas. But at one level in late 2015, he instructed a New York Times reporter that he might produce “photos [sic] of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen.”
Later in the similar e-mail string, Epstein additionally alluded to a girl he claimed each he and Trump had dated in the Nineties.
“my 20 year old girlfriend in 1993, , that after two years i gave to donald,” Epstein stated, linking to a webpage that includes the girl.
A beforehand revealed lewd 2003 birthday album for Epstein’s fiftieth birthday alluded to an analogous state of affairs. It included a joke about Epstein having sold “a ‘fully depreciated’ woman to Donald Trump.”
Trump says the documents are a “hoax” and has persistently denied any wrongdoing.