Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggest | First Thing

One email, released by Democrats on House oversight committee, says Trump ‘spent hours’ with one trafficking victim. Plus, Al Gore wonders if ‘bullying’ Trump prompted Bill Gates to backtrack on climate

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Newly released emails suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including one memo in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls” he trafficked, and another that said Trump had “spent hours” with one victim at Epstein’s house.

What do the emails say? One message from Epstein to his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell, sent in April 2011, mentions Trump by name, saying: “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [victim’s name redacted] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned.” The redacted name was Virginia Giuffre, who had described being trafficked, though she did not accuse Trump of abuse.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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