Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the girls that Epstein was accused of victimizing, according to emails released on Wednesday (November 12) by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Democrats cite exchanges with author Michael Wolff and Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and Epstein's former girlfriend who is serving a 20-year prison sentence on charges including sex trafficking of a minor.

Among the exchanges is a 2019 email to Wolff in which Epstein said that Trump "knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop," and a 2011 message to Maxwell from Epstein asserting that Trump had "spent hours at my house" with one of his victims, whose name is redacted.

Trump has vehemently and consistently denied knowing about Epstein's sex trafficking. He has said that he and Epstein, who died by suicide in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019, were once friends before having a falling out.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the emails released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.

The release came on the day that House Speaker Mike Johnson is scheduled to swear in Democratic Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva to succeed her late father in Congress.

Grijalva is expected to provide the final signature needed for a petition to force a House vote to release all unclassified records related to Epstein, something Johnson and Trump have resisted up to now.

The Epstein case has dogged Trump and his Justice Department for months, creating upset among Trump's political base, which has been unusually critical of the administration for not releasing more information about Epstein's alleged crimes.

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House Democrats release Epstein papers saying Trump 'knew about the girls'

VIDEO SHOWS: SCREEN SHOTS OF PRESS RELEASE BY DEMOCRATS ON THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND EMAILS THEY HAVE RELEASED RELATED TO DONALD TRUMP AND THE EPSTEIN CASE / FILE RELATED TO THE EPSTEIN CASE

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SHOWS: INTERNET (NOVEMBER 12, 2025) (HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE – DEMOCRATS – Access all)

1. VARIOUS SCREEN SHOTS OF PRESS RELEASE BY DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM ABOUT THE RELEASE OF EMAILS RELATED TO U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE JEFFREY EPSTEIN CASE, TITLED (English): “House Oversight Committee Releases Jeffrey Epstein Email Correspondence, Raising Questions About White House Coverup of Epstein Files”

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2. SCREEN SHOT OF FIRST EMAIL EXCHANGE RELEASED BY HOUSE DEMOCRATS BETWEEN CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND GHISLAINE MAXWELL, WHO IS SERVING A 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE ON CHARGES INCLUDING SEX TRAFFICKING OF A MINOR

3. SCREEN SHOT OF SECTION OF EMAIL FROM EPSTEIN THAT READS (English): “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump… VICTIM [redacted] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. Police chief. Etc. im 75% there”

4. SCREEN SHOT OF FIRST EMAIL EXCHANGE

5. SCREEN SHOT OF SECOND EMAIL EXCHANGE RELEASED BY HOUSE DEMOCRATS BETWEEN CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF

6. SCREEN SHOT OF SECTION OF EMAIL FROM EPSTEIN THAT READS (English): VICTIM [redacted] mara lago [redacted] . trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. . of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop”

7. SCREEN SHOT OF SECOND EMAIL RELEASED

8. SCREEN SHOT OF THIRD EMAIL EXCHANGE RELEASED BY HOUSE DEMOCRATS BETWEEN CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF

9. SCREEN SHOT OF SECTION OF EMAIL FROM WOLFF THAT READS (English):

“I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you – either on air or in scrum afterwards.”

10. SCREEN SHOT OF SECTION OF EMAIL FROM EPSTEIN THAT READS (English):

“if we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?”

11. SCREEN SHOT OF SECTION OF EMAIL FROM WOLFF THAT READS (English):

“I think you should let him hang himself. 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. 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.”

12. SCREEN SHOT OF THIRD EMAIL EXCHANGE RELEASED BY HOUSE DEMOCRATS BETWEEN CONVICTED SEX OFFENDER JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF

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13. THEN-REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER DONALD TRUMP ALONG WITH JEFFREY EPSTEIN

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14. STILL PICTURE OF REP. JARED MOSKOWITZ (D-FL) HOLDING UP A PHOTO OF TRUMP WITH EPSTEIN DURING A MEETING OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE

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15. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF, PRIOR TO HIS INTERVIEW ABOUT HIS BOOK, “FIRE AND FURY: INSIDE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE”

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16. AUTHOR MICHAEL WOLFF SPEAKING ON NBC'S "MEET THE PRESS" (NOT A SOUNDBITE)

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17. VARIOUS OF COPIES OF WOLFF’S BOOK, “FIRE AND FURY: INSIDE THE TRUMP WHITE HOUSE”, ON DISPLAY IN BOOKSTORE

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18. (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AT CABINET MEETING, SAYING:

"And are people still talking about this guy (Epstein), this creep? That is unbelievable. Do you want to waste the time? [To Attorney General Pam Bondi] Do you feel like answering?" [Bondi says: “I don’t mind answering.”] I mean, I can't believe you're asking a question on Epstein at a time like this where we're having some of the greatest success and also tragedy with what happened in Texas. It just seems like a desecration.”

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19. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOS OF SEX OFFENDER AND FINANCIER, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, TAKEN FOR THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES' SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY’’

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20. STILL PHOTO OF GHISLAINE MAXWELL MASSAGING JEFFREY EPSTEIN'S FOOT AS EPSTEIN SITS IN SEAT ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT

21. STILL PHOTO OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND GHISLAINE MAXWELL SITTING NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND SMILING

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22. GHISLAINE MAXWELL SPEAKING AT EVENT (NOT A SOUNDBITE)

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23. MAXWELL, SPEAKING AT THE ARCTIC CIRCLE FORUM (NOT A SOUNDBITE)