Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Donald Trump ‘Knew About the Girls’ and Spent Time with a Victim in 3 Newly Released Emails

Newly disclosed emails obtained by Congress are drawing renewed attention to the past relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and former President Donald Trump.

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three redacted email threads — one between Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and two between Epstein and journalist Michael Wolff. The messages were provided as part of a cache of 23,000 documents the committee says it received from the Epstein estate.

The earliest email, dated April 2, 2011, shows an exchange between Epstein and Maxwell.

“I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump,” Epstein wrote. “[Redacted victim’s name] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned.”

Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that…”

Another exchange, dated Dec. 16, 2015, involves Wolff cautioning Epstein that CNN intended to ask Trump about their connection during an upcoming presidential debate.

Epstein replied, “If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?”

Wolff appeared to respond: “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.”

He continued, “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.”

According to The New York Times, Trump was ultimately not asked about Epstein during that debate.

The final email, dated Jan. 31, 2019, was also addressed to Wolff.

“[Redacted victim’s name] mara lago,” Epstein wrote, followed by an additional redacted portion. “Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. . of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.”

When asked for comment, the White House issued a statement from press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who accused House Democrats of promoting a “hoax” to distract from Trump’s record.

“The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump,” Leavitt said. She added that the “unnamed victim” referenced in the messages was Virginia Giuffre, who has previously stated that Trump was not involved in wrongdoing.

Leavitt also reiterated the claim that Trump expelled Epstein from Mar-a-Lago years ago for inappropriate behavior toward female employees.

California Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, countered that the emails raise “glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding and the nature of the relationship between Epstein and the President.”

The correspondence comes amid renewed pressure for the administration to release the Epstein files — documents associated with Epstein’s criminal activities.

Epstein was arrested in July 2019 on charges of s*x trafficking minors and conspiracy to do so. He pleaded not guilty but died by suicide in August 2019 while being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.

Although Trump once campaigned on making the Epstein files public, he has since labeled them a “hoax” on Truth Social.

“Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax,” Trump wrote in July 2025, criticizing former supporters who questioned him over the matter.

Trump has long sought to distance himself from Epstein, though documented interactions between the two continue to surface. In September 2025, Democrats on the Oversight Committee released an image of a hand-drawn birthday note Trump allegedly sent to Epstein in 2003 — a message Trump denied writing. The card included a drawing and a fictional conversation between the two men, with the line, “We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.”

The Wall Street Journal first reported on the note, prompting Trump to file a $10 billion lawsuit against the outlet.

“We have just filed a POWERHOUSE Lawsuit against everyone involved in publishing the false, malicious, defamatory, FAKE NEWS ‘article’ in the useless ‘rag’ that is, The Wall Street Journal,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time, vowing extensive legal action.