Jeffrey Epstein Called Donald Trump ‘Borderline Insane’ and Questioned If He Had ‘Early Dementia’ in Emails Before Death

A large collection of Jeffrey Epstein documents made public by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, Nov. 12, includes emails in which Epstein questioned Donald Trump’s cognitive state as Trump’s political profile was rising.

Republican members of the committee provided access to about 20,000 pages of records they obtained from the Epstein estate, following Democrats’ earlier release of three selected email exchanges.

Republicans criticized their Democratic counterparts on X for selectively sharing information, saying: “You deserve the full truth.”

Beyond the initial Democratic release — which focused on Trump’s relationship with Epstein — numerous other emails in the full document dump feature Trump as a topic of discussion.

Epstein, once a social acquaintance of Trump, frequently disparaged him. He questioned Trump’s mental acuity, at times calling him “borderline insane.”

CNN’s review of the documents reveals Epstein’s evolving commentary as Trump’s political ascent began. In 2015, Epstein reportedly told a New York Times reporter he possessed “photos [sic] of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen,” and alleged that he had “given” a 20-year-old girlfriend to Trump in the early 1990s.

Trump was 49 in 1995, when Epstein suggested the then-22-year-old woman was dating Trump.

Shortly after Trump’s inauguration in January 2017, Epstein emailed another New York Times journalist regarding the administration’s controversial “Muslim ban.” He commented on foreign policy and then added: “that being said Donald is f—— crazy I told you that.”

The following year, Epstein referenced reporting from Michael Wolff’s book Fire and Fury while wondering whether Trump was showing signs of “early dementia.” In another exchange, after a reporter suggested Trump appeared “increasingly unhinged,” Epstein responded, “no questions donalds statement is goofy. . early dementia?”

On March 24, 2018, he discussed a Daily Beast piece speculating whether Trump was headed toward “a Psychiatric Breakdown.” When former Obama White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler called the article “not confidence inspiring,” Epstein replied: “but — accurate.”

Later that year, he accused Trump of being “dirty” in a message referencing hush money payments to Stormy Daniels. In a December 2018 email to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Epstein again wrote: “Trump — borderline insane.” CNN noted the message lacked context explaining his remark.

Epstein repeated that characterization the same month to attorney Reid Weingarten, suggesting others close to Trump agreed with his assessment.

In one of the initial emails released earlier by Democrats, Epstein alleged that Trump “knew about the girls” — appearing to address claims that he had been removed from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club. Epstein wrote: “Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. . of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.”

On Nov. 12, the White House responded to those first three emails, dismissing them as a distraction and labeling the characterization of Trump’s involvement as a “hoax.”

A separate statement issued Thursday, Nov. 13, argued that the emails “prove literally nothing” and accused critics of attempting to divert attention from other political issues. The administration insisted Trump removed Epstein from his club years earlier for inappropriate conduct.

This document release arrives amid sustained public and congressional pressure to unseal Epstein-related records. Epstein, who died by suicide in August 2019 while in federal custody in New York, had pleaded not guilty to charges of s** trafficking minors and conspiracy.

The so-called “Epstein files” contain materials related to his criminal affairs. Although Trump once campaigned on making these documents public, he has since reversed course — calling the files a “hoax” on Truth Social.