House Democrats release new Epstein emails referencing Trump

Sex offender Jeffrey Epstein referred to Donald Trump arsenic the "dog that hasn't barked" and told his erstwhile companion Ghislaine Maxwell that an alleged unfortunate had "spent hours astatine my house" with Trump, according to email correspondence released Wednesday by Democrats connected the House Committee connected Oversight and Government Reform.

"I privation you to recognize that that canine that hasn't barked is trump," Epstein wrote successful a typo-riddled connection to Maxwell successful April 2011. "[Victim] spent hours astatine my location with him ,, helium has ne'er erstwhile been mentioned."

"I person been reasoning astir that ... " Maxwell replied.

Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell be de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart astatine Cipriani Wall Street connected March 15, 2005 successful New York City.

Patrick Mcmullan/Patrick McMullan via Getty Image

That email speech -- which came conscionable weeks aft a British paper published a bid of stories astir Epstein, Maxwell and their almighty associates -- was 1 of 3 released by the Democrats from a batch of much than 23,000 documents the committee precocious received from the Epstein Estate in effect to a subpoena. 

The names of alleged victims and different personally identifying accusation were redacted from the messages.

The different recently released email exchanges are betwixt Epstein and writer Michael Wolff, who has written 4 books chronicling the Trump presidency.  Wolff has said helium spoke to Epstein astatine magnitude astir Trump during his reporting for the books.

"I perceive CNN readying to inquire Trump contiguous astir his narration with you--either connected aerial oregon successful scrum afterwards," Wolff wrote to Epstein successful December 2015, six months aft Trump had officially entered the contention for the White House.

Michael Wolff attends Michael Wolff With Alec Baldwin On Donald Trump: All oregon Nothing astatine 92NY connected March 14, 2025 successful New York City.

Theo Wargo/Getty Images

 "If we were to trade an reply for him, what bash you deliberation it should be?" Epstein replied.

"I deliberation you should fto him bent himself," Wolff replied the adjacent day. "If helium says helium hasn't been connected the level oregon to the house, past that gives you a invaluable PR and governmental currency. You tin bent him successful a mode that perchance generates a affirmative payment for you, or, if it truly looks similar helium could win, you could prevention him, generating a debt. Of course, it is imaginable that, erstwhile asked, he'll accidental Jeffrey is simply a large feline and has gotten a earthy woody and is simply a unfortunate of governmental correctness, which is to beryllium outlawed successful a Trump regime."

The 3rd connection -- exchanged betwixt Epstein and Wolff portion Trump was good into his archetypal statesmanlike word successful January 2019 -- appears to interaction connected the taxable of whether Trump had banned Epstein from rank astatine Mar-A-Lago years earlier. 

"Trump said helium asked maine to resign, ne'er a subordinate ever," Epstein wrote, "Of people helium knew astir the girls arsenic helium asked ghislaine to stop"

The afloat discourse of these email exchanges is not wide from the portions released by the committee Democrats. Wolff did not instantly respond to petition for comment.

The White House did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Trump successful July posted a lengthy social media post that successful portion blamed Democrats for creating a contention astir files related to Epstein, which helium called a "scam" and "hoax."

"Their caller SCAM is what we volition everlastingly telephone the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters person bought into this 'b--------,' hook, line, and sinker," helium wrote astatine the time.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) delivers remarks to reporters connected November 10, 2025 connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, DC. The Senate reached a woody precocious Sunday to money the government, aiming to extremity the longest shutdown successful history.

Tom Brenner/Getty Images

The work of the emails comes connected the aforesaid time that House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is scheduled to curse successful Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona Democrat who won a peculiar predetermination past month.

Once sworn in, Grijalva is expected to supply the last signature connected a discharge petition to unit a ballot connected a House measure that would compel the Department of Justice to merchandise the government's afloat investigative files connected Epstein. 

The earliest that ballot could hap is the archetypal week of December, aft the Thanksgiving recess.

"The Department of Justice indispensable afloat merchandise the Epstein files to the nationalist immediately," said Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., the ranking Democrat connected the Oversight committee, which is conducting an probe into the national government's handling of investigations into Epstein.

"The much Donald Trump tries to cover-up the Epstein files, the much we uncover. These latest emails and correspondence rise glaring questions astir what other the White House is hiding and the quality of the narration betwixt Epstein and the President," Garcia said.

Representative Robert Garcia, a Democrat from California, during a House Select Subcommittee connected the Coronavirus Pandemic proceeding successful Washington, DC, US, connected Monday, June 3, 2024.

Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Trump medication has been dogged by contention implicit the Epstein files since the DOJ -- successful an unsigned connection earlier this twelvemonth -- announced that the section would not beryllium making its files public, contempt earlier promises by members of the Trump medication for transparency.

The connection said that the authorities had not turned up grounds of a "client list" oregon credible grounds that "Epstein blackmailed salient individuals arsenic portion of his actions."

The Oversight committee issued a bipartisan subpoena to the DOJ successful August for each records related to Epstein and Maxwell.

The DOJ has truthful acold produced lone a tiny fraction of the documents and different grounds gathered by national investigators implicit the people of aggregate investigations into Epstein's alleged planetary sex-trafficking operation. 

It's not wide if the email messages the property provided to the committee are besides successful the possession of the DOJ.

After Epstein's apprehension successful 2019, President Trump said helium hadn't spoken to him successful 15 years. Earlier this year, Trump claimed helium ended his relation with Epstein successful the aboriginal 2000s aft discovering that Epstein and Maxwell were allegedly poaching employees from Mar-A-Lago.

Epstein died by termination successful 2019 portion awaiting proceedings connected charges of trafficking young girls and women.

Maxwell, who has consistently denied immoderate wrongdoing, is presently serving a 20-year situation condemnation successful Texas for kid enactment trafficking and different offenses successful transportation with Epstein.