'Dog that hasn't barked': Newly released Epstein emails imply Trump knew of his misconduct
Newly revealed emails from Jeffrey Epstein to Ghislaine Maxwell mentioned President Donald Trump multiple times, and implied Trump knew more than he says.
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.
Maxwell responded: “I have been thinking about that…”
The victim's name was redacted by Oversight Democrats, who have received a tranche of 23,000 documents from his estate, and CNN has not been able to determine who she might be.
“The President was never inappropriate with anybody,” Maxwell told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in an interview earlier this year. “In the times that I was with him, he was a gentleman in all respects.”
Epstein further claimed that Trump “knew about the girls” and discussed how to use Trump’s public statements about their relationship for “political currency."
Wolff wrote to Epstein Dec. 15, 2015, when Trump was running for president the first time, about a Republican primary debate that night hosted by CNN.
“I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you–either on air or in scrum afterwards,” Wolff reportedly wrote to Epstein.
CNN could not find a mention of Epstein in the transcript from that debate, which aired nearly a decade ago.
“I think you should let him hang himself," Wolff replied. "If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt. Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he’ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.”