The White House convened an emergency gathering of senior Justice Department figures and a prominent Republican congresswoman following the dramatic publication of Jeffrey Epstein's correspondence, which revealed discussions about Donald Trump spanning nearly a decade.
Emergency Session in Situation Room
According to White House sources, the high-level meeting took place in the secure Situation Room and included Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Republican Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert.
The gathering occurred after Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee released a cache of emails on Wednesday from the late financier Epstein, who was convicted of sex offences involving minors.
Representative Boebert has emerged as one of the leading Republican voices in Congress pressuring the Justice Department to publish their complete collection of Epstein-related documents.
White House Defends Transparency
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt appeared to acknowledge the meeting during her Wednesday press briefing, though she declined to discuss specific details of conversations held within the Situation Room.
When questioned about whether the administration was pressuring Boebert to refrain from signing a petition demanding full disclosure of the Epstein files, Leavitt responded defensively.
"Doesn't it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress whenever they please," Leavitt challenged the reporter. "Doesn't that show the level of transparency when we are willing to sit down with members of Congress to address their concerns?"
The released correspondence reveals that Epstein communicated with Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff about Trump over a period spanning at least eight years.
Email Contents and Victim Statements
In one particularly notable email from April 2011, Epstein wrote to Maxwell: "i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump.. virignia [sic] spent hours at my house with him, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75% there."
Maxwell's brief response simply stated: "I have been thinking about that…" though the full context of their exchange remains unclear.
The victim referenced in these emails is Virginia Giuffre, who was recruited by Maxwell while working as a spa attendant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in 2000 when she was just 16 years old.
Importantly, Giuffre had repeatedly stated that President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing and described him as "couldn't have been friendlier" during their limited interactions. Democrats redacted her name from the published emails.
Tragically, Giuffre took her own life earlier this year.
Press Secretary Leavitt characterised the email release as a politically motivated "smear" campaign and highlighted Giuffre's previous statements absolving Trump of any misconduct.
Leavitt also noted that Trump had expelled Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club around October 2007 "for being a creep to his female employees, including Giuffre."
The communications became public after Democrats subpoenaed Epstein's estate earlier this year. It's important to note that Trump neither sent nor received any of the published emails and has not been charged with any crime related to Epstein or Maxwell.
The episode occurs against the backdrop of ongoing bipartisan efforts in the House of Representatives to force a vote on releasing the Justice Department's complete Epstein case files, a movement that Representative Boebert has been actively supporting.
