A new series of bombshell emails obtained by the Daily Mail has revealed that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein repeatedly claimed former President Donald Trump “spent hours” with Virginia Giuffre, who was recruited at age 16 by Ghislaine Maxwell from Mar-a-Lago—but that Giuffre herself stated Trump “never did anything wrong.”
The unredacted emails, released Wednesday by House Oversight Committee Democrats via subpoena, show Epstein telling Maxwell in April 2011, “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 reportedly wrote back, “I have been thinking about that…” The context remains unclear, but the exchange has added new intrigue to the ongoing congressional fight for transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein saga.
Though Democrats redacted Giuffre’s name from their releases, the Daily Mail independently confirmed her identity from the original email. Giuffre has said repeatedly that Trump did not engage in any wrongdoing, telling the press he “couldn’t have been friendlier” to her.
The communications are part of a trove of material from the Epstein estate obtained by Congress after a months-long battle. Trump was not a sender or recipient of any of the emails, has never been criminally charged in the Epstein-Maxwell cases, and previously banned Epstein from Mar-a-Lago for recruiting underage spa employees—allegedly including Giuffre.
In a separate 2019 email to journalist Michael Wolff, Epstein claimed that “Trump knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop,” referring to Maxwell. In another email, Wolff wrote that CNN planned to confront Trump at a primary debate about his relationship with Epstein. Epstein, strategizing over potential messaging, asked Wolff, “If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?”
Trump has long maintained he cut ties with Epstein over his behavior, saying aboard Air Force One in 2019 that he declared Epstein “persona non grata” for poaching young women from the Mar-a-Lago spa and that Giuffre “might have been” among the employees recruited. White House officials this week criticized selective leaks by Democrats, reiterating that there’s no evidence Trump was involved in illegal activity or misconduct with Giuffre or others.
Meanwhile, Maxwell’s legal counsel is reportedly seeking immunity in exchange for congressional testimony, as House Republicans up pressure to release all Epstein-related Justice Department files. Congressional votes on further document releases could come as lawmakers end the recent government shutdown.
