What we know about the latest Epstein emails referencing Trump

US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein; Among them are some documents mentioning President Donald Trump.

Earlier Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three email exchanges, including correspondence between Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, and his longtime partner Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.

They also released emails between Epstein and author Michael Wolff, who has written numerous books about Trump.

Within hours, House Republicans released a slew of documents to counter what they said was an effort by Democrats to “unsolicited” the documents. They also said it was an attempt to “create a false narrative to slander President Trump.”

Trump had been a friend of Epstein’s for years, but the president said they had a falling out in the early 2000s, two years before Epstein’s first arrest. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing regarding Epstein.

Here’s what we know so far and how the White House is reacting.

The first email released by Democrats dates back to 2011 and is between Epstein and Maxwell.

In it, Epstein writes to Maxwell: “I want you to understand that that dog that doesn’t bark is Trump. [VICTIM] “I spent hours with him at my home.”

Epstein goes on to write that there was “not one mention” of Trump, including to a “police chief.”

Maxwell replied: “I was thinking about it…”

The victim’s name was redacted from the email Democrats released, but the unredacted version was included in the tranche released by the committee. This indicates the name “virignia”.

The White House said it was a reference to the late Virginia Giuffre, a leading Epstein accuser who died by suicide earlier this year. The White House said in a statement that Giuffre “has repeatedly stated that President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing and that he ‘could not have been friendlier’ towards her in their limited interactions.”

When asked why the name was changed in the first place, Rep. Robert Garcia, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said the party would never release the names of the victims in keeping with the families’ wishes.

Epstein exchanges views with Wolff, discussing his connection to Trump, who is campaigning for president ahead of his first term in office.

In a second email exchange released by Democrats, Wolff wrote to Epstein in 2015 to inform him that CNN planned to ask Trump questions about their relationship “either on air or afterward.”

“If we could formulate an answer for him,” replies Epstein, “what do you think it would be?”

Wolff writes: “I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he’s not on the plane or going home, that will make you some valuable PR and political money. You can hang him in a way that will potentially have a positive benefit for you, or if he looks like he could actually win, you can bail him out and create a loan.”

He adds: “Of course, if asked, it is possible for Jeffrey to say that he is a great guy, that he was wronged, and that he is a victim of political correctness, which would be illegal in the Trump regime.”

In a separate email sent in October 2016, days before the US presidential election, Wolff offers Epstein the chance to sit down for an interview that could “finish” Trump.

Wolff writes to Epstein: “There is an opportunity this week to come forward and talk about Trump in a way that will get you a lot of sympathy and help him finish his job. Are you interested?” he writes.

The third email released by Democrats is dated January 2019, from Trump’s first term in office.

In that document, Epstein tells Wolff: “Trump said he asked me to resign,” apparently referring to the president’s membership at the Mar-a-Lago club, adding that he “was never a member.”

“Of course he knew about the girls when he asked Ghislaine to stop,” adds Epstein.

Wolff responded to the statement in a video posted on Instagram: “Some of these emails are between me and Epstein, and Epstein discusses his relationship with Donald Trump.”

“I’ve been trying to talk about this story for a very long time,” he added.

In addition to Trump, the published document also mentions Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew.

In March 2011, Ghislaine responded to an email forwarded through Jeffrey Epstein regarding Maxwell allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a masseuse who worked for Epstein.

Andrew’s response: “Hello! What is all this? I don’t know anything about it! Please just say so. It has nothing to do with me. I can’t take it anymore.”

Maxwell forwarded a “right of reply” email from the Mail on Sunday, March 4, in which Maxwell made numerous allegations about Epstein and then-Prince Andrew.

The right-of-response email states that a woman whose name appears in the published document had sex with Andrew at Maxwell’s London home in 2001 and was introduced to Andrew by the disgraced financier.

On March 6, 2011, the Mail on Sunday published a story featuring a photo of Prince Andrew and Virginia Guiffre.

Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing and has not faced any charges.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the emails were “selectively leaked to liberal media by House Democrats in an attempt to create a false narrative to smear President Trump.”

“The fact remains that decades ago President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club for intimidating his female employees, including Giuffre,” he said.

“These stories are nothing more than malicious efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments, and any American with common sense can see through this deception and a clear distraction from reopening the government.”

When asked at the press conference about the broader release of the documents by the House Oversight Committee, Leavitt said they “prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.”