Epstein emails claim Trump 'knew about girls' and spent hours with one at his house

Epstein, but the White House accused opponents of leaking material to smear the president.

- RHIAN LUBIN

Mr Trump was mentioned in communications between Epstein, his partner Ghislaine Maxwell, and author Michael Wolff, according to Democrats who released three exchanges dating from 2011 to 2019.

Mr Trump did not send or receive any of the emails. But the disclosures raise new questions about Mr Trump's friendship with the finance billionaire, even though the president has consistently denied knowledge of Epstein's sex crimes.

"Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein's horrific crimes," Democrats posted yesterday on social media. "Read them for yourself. It's time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES." In one email to Mr Wolff dated 31 January 2019, Epstein apparently wrote: "Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever... of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine [sic] to stop."

In another email from April 2011, Epstein claimed to Maxwell that Mr Trump had "spent hours" with a victim, whose name is redacted.