Given the effort Trump has already expended to keep these files from getting out and how engaged an otherwise fairly disengaged president seems to be in preventing even the discharge petition from moving forward, it raises the question: What else is in these files?
Trump has repeatedly dismissed reports that he was aware of Epstein’s crimes, telling reporters in 2019 he had “no idea” the financier was abusing young women. Even back then, his denial was pretty hard to believe.
However, new emails released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee now call into question that claim. In a 2019 email, Epstein said of Trump: “Of course he knew about the girls.”
There’s a 2018 conversation about the hush money paid to Stormy Daniels on Trump’s behalf, in which Epstein wrote, “I know how dirty donald is.” One email included a meme shared with Epstein by his brother in 2016, with the caption “Would you trust this man with your daughter?”
Then there are some exchanges that, in a trove of creepy emails, stand out as being particularly gross. In a 2015 email, Epstein referred to “my 20 year old girlfriend in 93 ,, that after two years I gave to donald.” In that same exchange, he also wrote: “would you like to see photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen.”