Emails from Jeffrey Epstein to his relatives mention Donald Trump . They make it clear that the US president was aware that Epstein and his associates were committing crimes. Trump denies it. The new revelations came after representatives of the Democratic Party first declassified several emails, and later 23,000 pages of various documents related to Epstein were published.
In an email dated April 2, 2011, Epstein wrote to his associate Gillian Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year sentence for crimes committed with the late billionaire: "I want you to realize that the dog that has not barked yet is Trump. [Victim name withheld] spent "I spent hours at my house with him, and he was never mentioned once."
In another email from 2019, when Trump was already president, Epstein wrote to journalist Michael Wolff, author of several books about Trump: "Of course Trump knew about the girls, didn't he ask Guillain to stop".
A campaign against Trump?
The White House has accused members of the Democratic Party of waging a campaign against Trump. According to White House press secretary Caroline Levitt, "the Democrats have selected specific emails" to send to the media as part of a "smear campaign" against the American president.
The White House has never said that the content of the emails was forged or false. The additional 20,000+ pages of declassified documents that The first few emails published in American media have left the same big question - did Donald Trump know about the crimes committed by Epstein and does that make him an accomplice? A special committee in the US Congress is currently investigating everything related to Epstein.
"Trump is not involved in crimes”
The White House claims that the classified name of an Epstein victim mentioned in one of the emails is that of Virginia Giuffre, who committed suicide this year. Her memoir was published this October. In it, she accuses Britain's Prince Andrew of taking advantage of her while she was a minor. This led to the removal of his royal titles.
Caroline Levitt emphasized that Giuffre had previously said that Trump was not involved in any crimes and had always been benevolent towards her. According to The White House press secretary said this shows that Democrats are trying to misrepresent the president as involved in the crimes.
Vote to declassify Epstein files
However, the controversy over the Epstein files could gain momentum again. Due to the government shutdown, the House of Representatives has not been in session for several weeks. But now Epstein will reappear on the agenda for the US president. The vote on the disclosure of the files is scheduled for next week in the House of Representatives, as its Republican chairman Mike Johnson told reporters.
In addition, excerpts from the emails were published shortly before the Congressional session, at which a new representative from Arizona, Democrat Adelita Grijalva, was sworn in. She said she would sign the request to disclose Epstein's files. There are also some Republicans who support the request. Therefore it is possible that they will help the opposition Democrats gain a majority.