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, including some that mention President Donald Trump.

Early Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three emails, including one between Epstein, who died in prison in 2019, and his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking.

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

Hours later, House Republicans released a huge batch of documents to counter what they said was an attempt by Democrats to “cherry-pick” the documents. They also said it was an attempt to “create a false story to smear President Trump.”

White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said the emails were “selectively shared” by House Democrats “with liberal media outlets to create a false story to smear President Trump.”

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

Trump had been Epstein's friend for years, but the president said the two had a falling out in the early 2000s, two years before Epstein was first arrested. Trump has consistently denied any wrongdoing against Epstein.

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

In it, Epstein writes to Maxwell: “I want you to understand that the dog that didn’t bark was Trump. [VICTIM] spent hours with him in my house.”

Epstein further writes that Trump was “never mentioned,” including by “the chief of police.”

Maxwell replied: “I thought about it…”

The victim's name was redacted in the email released by Democrats, although an unredacted version is in the tranche released by the committee. This is indicated by the name “virinia”.

The White House said the person in question was the late Virginia Giuffre. prominent Epstein accuser who committed suicide earlier this year. The White House statement said Giuffre “repeatedly stated that President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing and 'could not have been more friendly' to her in their limited interactions.”

Giuffre said in a 2016 deposition that she never saw Trump engage in any abuse. And in the memoirs published this yearshe did not accuse the president of any wrongdoing.

Asked why the name was initially redacted, Representative Robert Garcia – the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee – said the party would never release the names of victims in accordance with the families' wishes.

In conversations with Wolf, Epstein discusses his connection to Trump, who was campaigning for the presidency ahead of his first term in office.

In a second email exchange released by Democrats, Wolf writes to Epstein in 2015 to notify him that CNN plans to ask Trump about their relationship “either on air or in a fight afterwards.”

Epstein responds: “If we could give him an answer, what do you think it should be?”

Wolf writes: “I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he wasn't on the plane or at home, that gives you valuable PR and political currency. “You can hang him in a way that will potentially benefit you in a positive way, or if it really looks like he might win, you can save him by creating debt.”

He adds: “Of course, it's entirely possible that when asked, he'll say that Jeffrey is a great guy, got a raw deal, and is a victim of political correctness that should be outlawed under the Trump regime.”

In a separate email from October 2016, days before the US presidential election, Wolf offers Epstein the opportunity to do an interview that could “finish” Trump.

“This week is an opportunity to come out and talk about Trump in a way that will make you more sympathetic and help finish him off. Interested?” Wolf writes to Epstein.

The third email released by Democrats was dated January 2019, during Trump's first term.

In it, Epstein tells Wolf, “Trump said he asked me to resign,” apparently referring to his membership in the Mar-a-Lago President's Club, adding that he “was never a member.”

Epstein adds that “of course he knew about the girls because he asked Ghislaine to stop.”

Responding to the message in a video he posted on Instagram, Wolf said, “Some of these emails were between me and Epstein in which Epstein discussed his relationship with Donald Trump.”

“I've been trying to tell this story for a long time,” he added.

In addition to Trump, the document also mentions Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew.

He was responding to an email sent by Ghislaine Maxwell through Jeffrey Epstein in March 2011 about alleged sexual activity with a masseuse working for Epstein.

Andrew's response reads: “Hi! What is all this? I don't know anything about this! You have to SAY, please. This has NOTHING to do with me. I can't stand it anymore.”

Maxwell sent a right-of-reply email from the Mail on Sunday, March 4, making numerous allegations against Maxwell, Epstein and then-Prince Andrew.

The right-of-reply email said the woman, whose name is redacted in the released document, was introduced to Andrew by the disgraced financier in 2001 at Maxwell's home in London, where she had sex with Andrew.

On March 6, 2011, the Mail on Sunday published an article with a photograph of Prince Andrew and Virginia Guiffre.

Andrew has always denied any wrongdoing and has never been charged.

The new documents also name Lord Peter Mandelson, who was sacked as Britain's ambassador to the US in September over his links to Epstein.

They show he was in contact with Epstein as early as 2016.according to the documents.

The last contact between the pair came when the then business secretary took Epstein's advice on a bank deal in March 2010, just months after the US businessman was released from prison for child sex offences, the Daily Telegraph reported.

An email from Epstein to Lord Mandelson dated November 6, 2015, shortly after the peer's birthday, reads: “63 years old. You did it.”

Lord Mandelson responds less than 90 minutes later, saying: “Simple. I decided to extend my life by spending more of it in the US.”

Epstein then replies “in the Donald White House,” referring to the US presidential election later this week.

Epstein continues: “You were right to stay away from Andrew. I was right when you stayed with Rinaldo. [sic]”, a reference to Lord Mandelson's current husband Reynaldo Awilda da Silva.

Lord Mandelson has repeatedly said he regrets his relationship with Epstein. He declined to comment on the emails when approached by the BBC.