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On Wednesday, November 12, 2025, House Republicans released 23,000 documents relating to the Jeffrey Epstein files. This happened about two hours after House Democrats released an email from Epstein that suggested a connection between him and President Donald Trump. Thousands of documents include references to Trump.
The email is from 2011 between Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s associate, and Epstein. Epstein said that Trump spent hours at Epstein’s house with one of his victims.
Releasing The Epstein Documents
Before the current government-shutdown, House Democrats and four Republicans pushed to release additional files. In September 2025, House Democrats released over 200 pages of a birthday book for Epstein that was created more than two decades ago. There was a drawing and letter signed by President Trump.
Today, Democrat Representative Adelita Grijalva of Arizona was sworn in this afternoon to vote to release the rest of the files. She signed the discharge petition as the 218th signature. Now, the petition is frozen so no member can remove their name.
President Trump’s Response
Previously, President Trump denied any meaningful connection to Epstein. In July 2025, Trump told reporters that he and Epstein fell out years ago. Epstein hired away young female employees that worked in a spa at Mar-a-Lago in Florida. During Trump’s campaign, he said he would release the files as a way to expose powerful people from hiding the truth.
President Trump and the White House are rushing to prevent additional revelations.
“The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they will do anything at all to deflect on how badly they have done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects,” Trump said in a Truth Social post regarding the email release.
