All the Trump bombshells, wild accusations, and embarrassing chatter in the new trove of 23,000 Epstein documents released by the House.
Donald Trump’s Jeffrey Epstein problem came roaring back to life on Wednesday, when members of the House released 23,000 pages of documents from the late sex offender’s estate.
House Democrats released three emails that suggested Trump knew all about Epstein’s sex trafficking, though he’s always denied any knowledge of his former friend’s crimes. An email Epstein sent to journalist Michael Wolff in 2019 said of Trump, “Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.” In another 2011 email to his accomplice Ghislane Maxwell, Epstein claimed Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of the sex trafficking victims.
Hours later, with the House expected to move forward in an effort to force the release of the Epstein files, Republicans released tens of thousands of Epstein documents, which were obtained by a subpoena in August.
Here’s a roundup, which we’ll keep updated, on the big bombshells, wild accusations, and embarrassing chatter in the new trove of Epstein emails.
Epstein told Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” with one of his victims
In an email sent to Maxwell in April 2011, Epstein wrote, “i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [REDACTED VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there”
Maxwell replied, “I have been thinking about that…”
At the time Trump was a reality TV star and businessman, not a politician. As the New York Times reported, around this time “Epstein was emailing staff members about negative press coverage he had recently received about the abuse that took place inside his home in Florida.”
Epstein told Wolff that Trump “knew about the girls”
In a January 2019 email to Wolff, which was partly redacted, Epstein mentioned Mar-a-Lago, then said, “trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever,” adding, “of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislane to stop.”
In the months prior to this email Wolff had authored a book about Trump and the Miami Herald had published a series of reports on the lenient 2008 plea deal Epstein struck with federal prosecutors in Florida. In the summer of 2019, Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges and died in a Manhattan prison weeks later.
Wolff advised Epstein on what to do if Trump was asked about their relationship
On December 15, 2015, the night of a GOP presidential primary debate, Wolff told Epstein that he’d heard CNN was “planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you — either on air or in scrum afterwards.”
Epstein replied, “If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?”
Wolff suggested Epstein 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 P.R. and political currency” he wrote, saying that could later be used to “hang” Trump later, or “save him, generating a debt.”
Trump was not asked about Epstein during the debate; it’s unclear if he was asked about him later that night.
Wolff discussed the Katie Johnson rape allegation against Epstein and Trump
In April 2016, a Reuters reporter reached out to Epstein attorney Martin Weinberg for comment on a story about a woman, who went by the pseudonym Katie Johnson, who had filed a lawsuit accusing Epstein and Trump of raping her in 1994, when she was 13.
Epstein forward the exchange to Michael Wolff with the note “here we go.” Wolff replied, “Well, I guess if there’s anybody who can wave thus [sic] away, it’s Donald. Let me know if there’s anything I can do.”
Epstein then denied the allegation, saying “no, obviously someone who is deranged, but lets see, it will be released by reuters this afternoon supposedly.”
(Johnson filed three suits over the same rape allegation; two were dismissed and then she withdrew the third case days before the 2016 election. As Vox noted at the time, the circumstances around the cases were bizarre.)
Epstein described Trump ogling women in a swimming pool
In a December 2015 email to Landon Thomas Jr., who was then a reporter at Times, Epstein claimed Trump was so distracted by the women that he almost walked into a glass door.
“Read the [BuzzFeed article] re my airplane logs and hawaiian tropic contest,” Epstein wrote. “Have them ask my houseman about donald almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door.”
Jeffrey Epstein: "Have them ask my houseman about donald [Trump] almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door." pic.twitter.com/NPg5ZNxKbW
— Gandalv (@Microinteracti1) November 12, 2025
Someone told Epstein “I don’t want to …. find Trump in your house” in 2017
In December 2017 someone setting up a private meeting with Epstein at his apartment in Paris joked, “i m at the door but I will wait for my time.. i don’t want to come early to find Trump in your house,” adding two smiley faces.
Some have speculated that the sender was one of Epstein’s victims, as their name is blacked out in the emails. But the sender’s name could have been redacted for other reasons.
Epstein asked Times reporter if he wanted photos of “Donald and girls in bikinis”
In another December 2015 exchange, Landon Thomas Jr. pointed to a quote from his 2002 profile of Epstein for New York Magazine, saying that now everyone thinks he has “juicy info on you and Trump.”
Epstein replied, “would you like photso [sic] of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen.” Thomas answers, “Yes!!!”
The journalist then seemed to urge Epstein to go public about his relationship with Trump, highlighting a statement from the Trump campaign to BuzzFeed denying their connection. “I am serious man – for the good of the nation why not try to get some of this out there. I would not do it myself, but would pass on to a political reporter.”
Epstein replied with a link to an article about Norwegian heiress and businesswoman Celina Midelfart, with the comment, ” my 20 year old girlfriend in 93, that after two years i gave to donald.”
Times reporter warned Epstein about investigation
In September 2017, Landon Thomas Jr. warned Epstein that John Connolly was “digging around again” for a project about him. Earlier that year Connolly, investigative journalist and former NYPD detective, published the book Filthy Rich: The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein — The Billionaire’s Sex Scandal with co-author James Patterson.
Epstein said he knows “how dirty Donald is”
While discussing a 2018 New York Times opinion piece about Trump’s first impeachment with Kathy Ruemmler, former White House counsel to President Obama, Epstein said, “you see, i know how dirty donald is. my guess is that non lawyers ny biz people have no idea. what it means to have your fixer flip.”
Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is." pic.twitter.com/JYUscFmjdW
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 12, 2025
Epstein called Trump a “dangerous” “maniac”
In December 2018, Epstein compared Trump to a mafia don in identical messages sent to Kathy Ruemmler and his attorney Reid Weingarten.
He said, “you might want to tell your dem friends that treating Trump like a mafia don, ignores the fact that he has great dangerous power. tightening the noose too slowly , risks a very bad situation. gambino was never the commander in chief. there was little gambino could do as the walls closed in not so with this maniac.”
Weingarten agreed, saying Trump was starting to “behave very erratically.”
Epstein responded, “borderline insane. and corroborated by some that are close.”
Larry Summers shared sexist observations, urged Epstein “DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT”
In a 2017 email to Epstein, the former Treasury secretary and Harvard president made a joke about women being stupid, predicted President Trump’s “world will collapse,” then lamented, “I’m trying to figure out why American elite think if u murder your baby by beating and abandonment it must be irrelevant to your admission to Harvard, but hit on a few women 10 years ago you can’t work at a network or think tank.”
I don't know about this Larry Summers guy... pic.twitter.com/5yAx6OI4Nv
— David Austin Walsh (@DavidAstinWalsh) November 12, 2025
Epstein said there’s “not one decent cell” in Trump’s body
In another 2017 email to Larry Summers, Epstein said, “recall ive told you ,, – i have ment some very bad people ,, none as bad as trump. not one decent cell in his body.. so yes-dangerous.”
Epstein claimed he advised Russians on Trump
About a month before Trump met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in 2018, Epstein suggested that Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, should talk to him for insight into Trump.
“I think you might suggest to putin that lavrov can get insight on talking to me,” Epstein told Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway who was leading the Council of Europe at the time, per Politico.
Epstein claimed he’d previously advised Vitaly Churkin, Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, who died in 2017.
“Churkin was great,” Epstein wrote. “He understood trump after our conversations. it is not complex. he must be seen to get something its that simple.”
Epstein said he didn’t think Russia had anything on Trump
On July 16, 2018, the day Trump met with Putin, Larry Summers asked Epstein, “Do the Russians have stuff on Trump?,” adding “Today was appalling even by his standards.”
Epstein replied, “Not that i know. I would doubt it. He was totally predictable!! Not sure why it is not obvious, can explain on the phone.”
In another email, Epstein said his email was full of similar complaints about Trump’s meeting with Putin.
“I’m sure his view is that it went super well,” he told Summers. “he thinks he has charmed his adversary. Admittedly he has no idea of symbolism. He has no idea of most things.”
This post has been updated.
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