Terrible revelations: New emails come to light - Trump knew about Epstein's girls - The Democrats' strike against the White House

New revelations are coming to light in the last few hours, as Democrats published new emails that, according to them, highlight new concerns about President Donald Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and how much he knew about the abuse of minors by the former financier and convicted sex offender.
The email revelation comes at the moment a new Democratic representative is sworn in, triggering a new political confrontation in Washington over the disclosure of further evidence surrounding the Epstein case.
The emails published by the Democrats include correspondence between Epstein and author Michael Wolff, as well as Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite serving a 20-year sentence for her role in facilitating Epstein's sexual trafficking.
In a 2019 email to Wolff, Epstein, who was convicted of sexual crimes, mentions that Trump "knew about the girls," although it is not specified exactly what he meant by this phrase. In another email from 2019, Epstein states that Trump "came to my house many times" and "never got a massage." This email was part of a large volume of documents released later the same day by a Democrat-led parliamentary committee.

Trump's denial

Trump has repeatedly and categorically denied knowing anything about Epstein's sexual trafficking. He has stated that he and Epstein, who committed suicide in a New York prison cell in 2019, were once friends before their relationship soured.
The Epstein case continues to follow Trump for months, unsettling even his political supporters, who believe the administration has covered up Epstein's ties to the powerful and wealthy, while criticizing the Justice Department for its unwillingness to disclose more evidence surrounding the case.
Trump accused the Democrats of publishing the emails to distract from the record 43-day government shutdown. "The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein topic again because they will do anything to distract from how unsuccessful they were in the Government Shutdown and so many other issues," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
The email revelation coincided with the day Democratic Representative Adelita Grijalva was sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson, offering her party the majority to push for a vote in the House for the release of all unclassified documents related to Epstein — something that both Johnson and Trump have resisted so far. "It is time to restore Congress's role as a check and balance on this administration," Grijalva stated.

The volume of documents

The entirety of the published emails includes a 2011 message to Maxwell, in which Epstein calls Trump "that dog that has not barked," adding that Trump "spent hours in my house" with one of his victims, whose name is redacted.
Later the same day, Republicans released a set of 20,000 documents related to Epstein, in which Trump's name appears frequently, usually in the context of his political career or allegations of sexual behavior.
In one of the correspondences, Epstein mentions a 20-year-old friend of his, whom he "gave to Donald" in 1993, and talks about photos with "Donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen," though it is not specified whether this was a joke.

White House: "Trump did nothing wrong"

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Democrats of redacting the victim's name in the published emails because the victim was Virginia Giuffre, who committed suicide in April and had described Trump as friendly without accusing him of any wrongdoing in her posthumous book. "These emails prove nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong," Leavitt stated on Wednesday.
Only 4 out of 10 Republicans stated in an October Reuters/Ipsos poll that they approve of Trump's handling of the Epstein files — a percentage much lower than the 9 out of 10 who approve of his general performance in the White House.
Trump and other administration officials approached Republican Representatives Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace, trying to persuade them to remove their names from the resolution that would demand the release of all documents, according to reports from Axios and other media.
Boebert told reporters that there was "no pressure" when she met with White House officials to discuss the issue on Wednesday, adding that she remains a supporter of the resolution. Mace, who has spoken publicly about her experience as a sexual abuse survivor, will not remove her name from the resolution "due to her personal history," her spokesperson Sydney Long stated.

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