Grijalva’s signature came as Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three emails by the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in which he referenced Donald Trump. In one email from 2019, Epstein wrote that Trump “knew about the girls.” In another email from 2011 to his co-conspirator and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein mentioned that Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with Virginia Giuffre; earlier this year, Trump had said Epstein “stole” her from his club’s spa. Soon after the release of the three emails mentioning Trump, Republicans released a trove of over 20,000 emails from the Epstein estate. In one of them, Epstein described Trump as a “dirty” businessman who was “borderline insane.” On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about Trump’s ties to Epstein as described in the emails.
Journalist: “Did the President ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein’s house with a victim?”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt: “These emails prove absolutely nothing, other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.”
This comes as President Trump reportedly called Republican Congressmembers Lauren Boebert and Nancy Mace in a failed bid to have them remove their names from a discharge petition calling for a vote demanding that the Justice Department release the Epstein files. Congressmember Boebert was also reportedly summoned to the White House Situation Room Wednesday for a meeting with Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel to discuss the Epstein files. We’ll have more on this story after headlines, when we’ll speak with a lawyer who represents several survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s abuse.
