Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, Mark Epstein, stated he would not be surprised if more emails concerning Donald Trump existed, following the release of over 20,000 emails from his late brother's correspondence. These emails, exchanged between 2011 and 2019, mention Trump in contexts suggesting Epstein believed Trump was aware of or involved with underage victims. One email from Epstein to journalist Julie Brown in 2019 stated Trump knew about "the girls" and asked Ghislaine Maxwell to "stop." Another email from 2015 offered a reporter private photos of Trump and girls.
The White House has characterized these revelations as a politically motivated smear campaign by opponents, with a press secretary asserting that the emails "prove absolutely nothing other than President Trump did nothing wrong." Mark Epstein, however, in an exchange with Newsweek, could neither confirm nor deny the existence of further damaging emails about Trump but expressed he would "not be surprised." He also previously suggested his brother possessed damaging information on influential figures that could have impacted the 2016 election.
The release of these emails has intensified pressure on the Trump administration to declassify all Justice Department files related to Epstein. A petition for the release of more files has gathered sufficient signatures, and the House is expected to vote on a measure mandating their full disclosure, potentially creating a difficult political situation for the president. Trump himself has publicly accused Democrats of using the Epstein case as a distraction from their own perceived failures.
