Jeffrey Epstein Wrote Trump 'knew About The Girls' And Referenced Mar-a-lago In Newly Released Emails

WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Epstein referenced President Donald Trump in emails to his subordinate Ghislaine Maxwell and a journalist, claiming successful 1 that Trump "knew astir nan girls," according to emails released by House Democrats.

Democrats connected nan House Oversight committee released 3 email chains, sent betwixt 2011 and 2019, saying nan documents came from nan convicted activity offender's property as portion of nan committee's investigation of nan Epstein case.

Epstein died by termination successful jailhouse successful 2019 while awaiting proceedings connected national activity trafficking charges. His decease has sparked conspiracy theories, including immoderate claiming that Epstein's powerful friends were alert of his crimes.

The management faced aggravated backlash and bipartisan calls for transparency aft nan Justice Department and FBI released an unsigned memo saying they had reviewed nan case against Epstein and Maxwell and that nary different group would beryllium charged successful relationship pinch their cases and that nary further worldly aliases grounds would beryllium released.

NBC News has not independently verified nan emails.

NBC News reached retired to nan White House and a lawyer for Maxwell for comment. NBC News besides reached retired to lawyers for Michael Wolff, nan journalist to whom immoderate of nan emails were addressed.

In a 2019 email released by nan committee connected Wednesday, Epstein wrote to Wolff that Trump “knew astir nan girls.”

The email was apparently referencing Trump and Epstein's soured relationship. The 2 were friends for years, but nan White House said earlier this twelvemonth that Trump booted Epstein “out of his nine for being a creep.”

“He took group that worked for me. And I told him, ‘Don’t do it anymore.’ And he did it,” Trump told reporters successful July, adding, “I said, ‘Stay nan hellhole retired of here.’”

“[REDACTED] mara lago. [REDACTED],” nan email, sent respective months earlier Epstein's death, reads. “Trump said he asked maine to resign, ne'er a personnel ever. Of people he knew astir nan girls arsenic he asked ghislaine to stop.”

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In different email Epstein allegedly sent to Maxwell successful 2011, Epstein says Trump "spent hours" pinch personification nan committee says was a victim. Maxwell is presently serving a 20-year situation condemnation successful relationship pinch Epstein’s crimes.

"I want you to recognize that that canine that hasn’t barked is trump.. [Victim] spent hours astatine my location pinch him ,, he has ne'er erstwhile been mentioned. Police chief. etc. im 75 % there," nan email said.

The committee redacted nan sanction of a personification it says was an Epstein victim. Additional discourse surrounding Epstein's alleged email is unclear.

Epstein said Trump "spent hours" pinch personification that nan committee says was a unfortunate of Epstein's.House Oversight Committee