Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released three new emails that allegedly link President Donald Trump to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The emails were provided by Epstein’s estate and released by Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Wednesday, per NPR.
An email from 2015 has author Michael Wolff writing, “I think you should let him hang himself,” allegedly referring to Trump.
Epstein and Wolff were talking about possible questions to pose to Trump about his relationship with Epstein for a CNN interview.
“If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency,” Wolff wrote. “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.”
The emails are part of 23,000 documents the committee is reviewing from the Epstein estate, Oversight Ranking Member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said in a statement.
“The more Donald Trump tries to cover-up the Epstein files, the more we uncover,” Garcia wrote. “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.”
An email from 2011 was between Epstein and his associate, Ghislane Maxwell.
Epstein allegedly called Trump the “dog that hasn’t barked.” He added Trump spent “hours at my house” with one of the alleged sex trafficking victims.
Another email, from 2019, was between Epstein and Wolff.
Epstein wrote, “of course [Trump] knew about the girls as he asked Ghislane to stop.”
The email does not go into further detail.
House Democrats released pages from a birthday book for Epstein in September.
The book allegedly includes a lewd drawing and letter that appears to be signed by Trump, who has denied being a close friend to Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019 while in federal custody.
House Democrats and four Republicans have pushed for a vote to release additional files related in the Epstein case. That has been delayed by the government shutdown that started in October.
House Speaker Mike Johnson was further able to delay the vote by keeping the House out for seven weeks.
