WASHINGTON — Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump "knew about the girls," according to documents made public Wednesday, but what he knew — and whether it pertained to the sex offender's crimes — is unclear.
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This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017.
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FILE - Virginia Roberts Giuffre holds a news conference outside a Manhattan court following the jailhouse death of Jeffrey Epstein, Aug. 27, 2019, in New York. Lawyers for Prince Andrew and Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17, formally asked a judge Tuesday to dismiss her lawsuit.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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The White House spokesperson says emails from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein about President Trump “prove absolutely nothing.”
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Rep. Adelita Grijalva signed a discharge petition to eventually trigger a vote to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein, giving it the needed 218 signatures. Grijalva’s seating brings the partisan margin in the House to a narrow 219-214 Republican majority.
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Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted for aiding Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operations, is reportedly seeking a commutation of her 20-year sentence from President Donald Trump.
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