The White House has defended President Trump’s record and conduct in connection with Jeffrey Epstein, accusing congressional Democrats of selectively releasing private emails from the late financier to create a misleading narrative.
The response came after House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Democrats published three email exchanges involving Epstein, his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and journalist Michael Wolff.
In the emails, Epstein allegedly claimed that Trump had “spent hours” at his home and “knew about the girls.”
One message from 2011, written to Maxwell, reads: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is Trump… [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him. He has never once been mentioned. Police chief, etc. I’m 75% there.”
Another message, dated January 31, 2019, sent to Wolff, said: “[VICTIM] Mar-a-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.”
The White House criticized Democrats for releasing redacted versions of the emails while withholding key context. Officials said that the individual referenced in the messages was Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most public accusers who had previously said she worked at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort when she was 16 years old in 2000. Giuffre died by suicide earlier this year.
“The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a false story meant to smear President Trump,”said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in a statement. “The so-called ‘unnamed victim’ in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who consistently stated that President Trump was never involved in any wrongdoing and that he ‘couldn’t have been friendlier’ to her during their brief interactions.”
The administration’s statement framed the email release as a politically motivated attack, suggesting that Democrats were attempting to revive long-settled accusations against the president as part of a broader effort to damage his credibility ahead of upcoming elections.
Leavitt concluded that the White House will not tolerate misinformation, emphasizing that “the facts have not changed, and any attempt to exploit a tragic situation for political gain is shameful.”