More than 20,000 pages of emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate were turned over to Congress by the House Oversight Committee, reigniting tough questions about Epstein’s connections to Donald Trump and other powerful and influential people.
In a widely cited 2011 message to Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein wrote that Trump “spent hours at my house” with a young victim, a claim he framed cryptically, calling Trump “that dog that hasn’t barked.”
In a separate 2019 email to journalist Michael Wolff, Epstein said Trump “knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.”
The committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia, said these documents strengthen calls for full transparency: “The more Donald Trump tries to cover up the Epstein files, the more we uncover.”
But Republicans, including Oversight Chairman James Comer, pushed back, accusing Democrats of cherry-picking and politicizing the release.
Legal analysts emphasize that Epstein’s emails, while striking, don’t equate to legal proof of wrongdoing by Trump. The content is redacted, fragmentary, and reflected Epstein’s own claims, which may or may not represent reality.
Beyond the emails, the committee has made tens of thousands of other Epstein-estate records publicly available. These include financial ledgers, calendars, and congressional subpoenas.
