Lawmakers are planning to release more Epstein estate documents following a bombshell revelation Wednesday that President Donald Trump may have had knowledge of the abuse of Epstein survivor Virginia Giuffre, according to reports.
Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Senior member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, told CNN that lawmakers are reviewing the Epstein estate documents and planning to release more, saying "there is a big appetite" to bring this information forward.
"I thought the 2011 emails kind of give a glimpse of what Epstein thought of Trump... he thought Trump had some connection to ‘his girls’ as he described them… it raises the notion that we should get these Epstein files. This set of documents that one way or the other we’re going to see these files," Krishnamoorthi said.
The redacted name was confirmed independently as Virginia Giuffre.
"GOP members of the House Oversight committee identified the person redacted by Democrats as Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s most prominent survivors who died by suicide in April, and accused Democrats of hiding her name because she had not alleged Trump to have done anything wrong," CNN Chief White House Correspondent Kaitlin Collins reported.
The emails from Epstein to Maxwell and author Michael Wolff were released Wednesday morning by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee and appear to place the president closer to his alleged sex crimes than previously disclosed, reported CNN.
“i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. (a redacted victim's name) spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there," Epstein wrote to Maxwell in a message dated April 2, 2011.
The House will return to session for the first time in 54 days on Wednesday. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is expected to swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), who was elected more than 40 days ago, and has vowed she will sign the “discharge petition.”
House Democrats are expected to have enough votes to force Republicans to vote to push the Justice Department to release all of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files.