Convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein informed his shut affiliate Ghislaine Maxwell that Donald Trump “spent hours at my home” with one in all his victims, and informed a journalist that Trump “knew concerning the ladies”, in accordance with new paperwork launched by Democrats within the US Congress.
The US president, who was pals with Epstein within the Nineties however says the pair fell out within the 2000s, has at all times emphatically denied data of Epstein and Maxwell’s sex-trafficking operations. The White House mentioned the brand new emails had been selectively chosen to smear Trump.
Trump and his future spouse Melania with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago membership in Palm Beach, Florida in 2000.Credit: Getty
The three emails launched on Wednesday morning, US time, had been chosen by Democrats from a tranche provided by Epstein’s property to the House Oversight Committee underneath subpoena.
All three are from after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008 underneath a plea deal.
In the primary electronic mail, from April 2011, Epstein tells Maxwell: “i need you to understand that that canine that hasn’t barked is trump.. [REDACTED] spent hours at my home with him,, he has by no means as soon as been talked about. police chief. and many others. im 75% there.”
Read North America correspondent Michael Koziol’s full report on the brand new emails.
