Epstein emails released by Democrats say Trump ‘knew about the girls’ and spent time with a victim

WASHINGTON Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a email that Donald Trump had spent hours at Epstein s house with a victim of sex trafficking and stated in a separate message years later that Trump knew about the girls according to communications distributed Wednesday Related Articles House Democrats want to interview former prince Andrew about Epstein Democrats needed a new approach on a key House committee Then came the uproar over Jeffrey Epstein Abcarian Virginia Giuffre spent half her life fighting for justice against Epstein Giuffre memoir drops clues about Epstein s clients but gives sparse names UK royals and ruling body face pressure to formally strip Prince Andrew of his titles The emails made constituents by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee add to the questions about Trump s friendship with Epstein and about any knowledge he may have had in what prosecutors call a yearslong effort by Epstein to exploit underage girls The Republican president has consistently denied any knowledge of Epstein s alleged crimes and has noted he ended their relationship years ago In one email to Ghislaine Maxwell an Epstein girlfriend now imprisoned for conspiring to engage in sex trafficking Epstein wrote I want you to realize that that dog that hasn t barked is Trump He added that Trump had spent hours at my house with a person whose name is blacked out of the emails but who House Democrats identified as a victim Epstein wrote that Trump has never once been mentioned In a separate email to journalist Michael Wolff who has written extensively about Trump Epstein wrote of Trump Of subject he knew about the girls as he demanded ghislaine to stop The White House did not instantly return a message seeking comment Wednesday Epstein died by suicide in a New York jail in while awaiting trial on federal charges Lawyers for Maxwell a British socialite have argued that she never should have been tried or convicted for her role in luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein She is serving a -year prison term though she was moved from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas after she was interviewed in July by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Follow the AP s coverage of Jeffrey Epstein at https apnews com hub jeffrey-epstein