Emails Reveal Wolff Urged Epstein to Exploit Trump During 2016 Campaign

Newly released emails show 📰Michael Wolff, the controversial author of Fire and Fury, advising convicted sex offender 👤Jeffrey Epstein on how to manipulate then-presidential candidate 👤Donald Trump for Epstein’s advantage.

According to the New York Post, in exchanges included in a trove released Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee, Wolff suggested that Epstein could create a “debt” from Trump, warning that questions about their alleged ties on the campaign trail could be leveraged for strategic gain.

“I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff wrote in a follow-up email. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt.”

Wolff also speculated that Trump might speak favorably of Epstein when questioned. “Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he’ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime,” Wolff wrote.

In another email, Wolff warned Epstein that he could be the “bullet” to end Trump’s campaign if mishandled and urged the sex trafficker to have a strategy in place. “The more Trump looks real, or perish the thought, inevitable, the more reporters are going to focus on this, so… you need a strategy,” he wrote in January