Washington — Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability have released email correspondence from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, raising further questions about Epstein’s connections to former President Donald Trump and the handling of related evidence by federal authorities.
“The more Donald Trump tries to cover up the Epstein files, the more we uncover,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia. “These latest emails and correspondence raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding and the nature of the relationship between Epstein and the President. The Department of Justice must fully release the Epstein files to the public immediately. The Oversight Committee will continue pushing for answers and will not stop until we get justice for the victims.”
The tranche, released November 12, 2025, includes three key emails in which Epstein allegedly claimed that Trump “spent hours at my house” with a sex-trafficking victim and that Trump “knew about the girls as he asked Ghislane to stop.” According to the committee, the full estate production amounts to more than 23,000 documents currently under review.
In one email from 2011 to Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein wrote: “That dog that hasn’t barked is Trump … [Victim] spent hours at my house with him, he has never once been mentioned.” Another email from 2015 between Epstein and author Michael Wolff discussed how to respond to questions about Trump’s ties to Epstein, with Wolff suggesting, “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency.”
The committee’s release comes amid renewed scrutiny over how Epstein’s case was handled after his death in 2019 and whether federal agencies or political figures withheld evidence. Oversight Democrats argue that the new emails reinforce their concerns about potential obstruction or suppression of records and are pressing the Department of Justice to make all Epstein-related files public.
Trump’s office has not issued a new statement in response to the disclosures. The former president has previously denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein.
Additionally, Democrat-elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona—recently elected in a special election to succeed her late father—has pledged to become the 218th signature on a bipartisan discharge petition aimed at forcing a House floor vote on releasing the full unclassified files related to Epstein. Her swearing-in is expected imminently, and her signature would trigger legislative action to compel the vote.
