Lucrezia Ciotti The bond between Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump He returns to the center of public debate after the release of new emails rekindling suspicions of a closer relationship than the president has always claimed. The private communications, released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, appear to suggest that Trump was aware of the ring of women surrounding Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.
A story that intertwines power, scandal, and politics, and that brings to light one of the darkest pages in recent American history.
Did Trump know everything about Epstein? The email that puts him in trouble surfaces: "He spent hours with her."
A series of emails from Jeffrey's archives Epstein, published by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee and disseminated by CNN e The New York Times, reveals alleged direct contacts between Epstein and Donald Trump. In one of the letters, the financier claims that the president he would have spent “hours” in his residence together with a young woman later identified as a victim of the sex trafficking network.He knew about the girls“, Epstein writes in a message addressed to Ghislaine Maxwell — his partner and accomplice convicted of child exploitation — and to the author Michael Wolff.
According to reports, the woman mentioned would be Virginia Giuffre, one of the key witnesses in the case, who died in April 2025. The emails, obtained through a subpoena against Epstein's heirs, appear to contradict Trump's version, who had declared that he had excluded the financier from his Mar-a-Lago club for having "stolen" some of his employees, including Giuffre herself.
Did Trump know everything about Epstein? The White House's response and the accusations of manipulation.
The publication of the emails triggered an immediate reaction from the White House, who accused Democrats of selectively leaking documents to damage Trump.
"Democrats leaked emails to progressive media to create a false narrative and smear President Trump“, said spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.
The latter added that the “anonymous victim” mentioned in the messages was Virginia Giuffre, who “He has repeatedly stated that President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing and that he could not have been more cordial.” during their rare contacts.
According to the White House, the president would have removed Epstein "decades ago" for inappropriate behavior towards his employees.
"These stories — Leavitt concluded - sleep bad-faith attempts to divert attention from President Trump's historic successes".