Democrats on the House oversight committee released three emails on Wednesday suggesting Donald Trump knew about the conduct of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. One email quoted Epstein saying “of course [Trump] knew about the girls” procured for Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring, while another indicated that Trump “spent hours” with one victim at Epstein’s house.
The release is likely to increase pressure on the White House to publish in full the so-called Epstein files, which reportedly detail the scandal that has overshadowed Trump’s second term. The committee’s Democratic members are calling for transparency following the disclosures.
Later on Wednesday, the committee’s Republican majority countered by releasing its own tranche of 23,000 documents. Republicans accused Democrats of “cherrypicking” the memos “to generate clickbait,” seeking to deflect attention from the allegations.
