{"id":1901,"date":"2025-11-14T22:25:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2025-11-14T22:25:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T22:25:43","slug":"after-email-release-trump-calls-on-doj-to-probe-democrats-tied-to-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?p=1901","title":{"rendered":"After email release, Trump calls on DOJ to probe Democrats tied to Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"gnt_ar_hl\"><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_shl\">Trump&#8217;s call came after House Democrats released emails in which Epstein, a convicted sex offender, alleged the president &#8220;knew about the girls.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_dt\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_ar_b\">\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - President Trump urges DOJ to investigate Democrats over Epstein ties\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_vh\" data-c-et=\"President Trump urges DOJ to investigate Democrats over Epstein ties\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_vb gnt_em_vb__he\" aria-label=\"President Donald Trump called on the Justice Department and FBI to probe Democrats linked to Jeffrey Epstein in Truth Social posts.\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-wrapper dd-widget-upside-down\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-branding hide-tooltip\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-field\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-placeholder\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-input-placeholder-content\">How might Epstein emails impact House bill on DOJ file release?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-questions-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-questions\">\n<div class=\"dd-widget-question-container\">\n<p>Who did Trump urge DOJ to investigate linked to Epstein?<\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-arrow-tag\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-question-container\">\n<p>How might Epstein emails impact House bill on DOJ file release?<\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-arrow-tag\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-question-container\">\n<p>What accusations against Trump emerged from Epstein emails?<\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-widget-arrow-tag\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">WASHINGTON \u2212 President\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-autotag=\"26f031d1-9924-4f10-b4e6-019d076113d5\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0says he&#8217;s asking the Justice Department and the FBI to investigate Democrats linked to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including former President Bill Clinton, who he alleged &#8220;spent large portions of their life&#8221; with the disgraced financier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I will be asking A.G.\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/politics\/pam-bondi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-autotag=\"754f43ad-f923-4fa4-8b64-25e5be00f2af\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Pam Bondi<\/a>, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s involvement and relationship with Bill Clinton, Larry Summers, Reid Hoffman, J.P. Morgan Chase, and many other people and institutions, to determine what was going on with them, and him,&#8221;\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115548785919046772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">Trump wrote on Truth Social.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Trump&#8217;s call came after Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released emails obtained from Epstein&#8217;s estate in which the late financier,<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/07\/25\/trump-jeffrey-epstein-friendship-conspiracy\/85307396007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">\u00a0who was friends with Trump<\/a>\u00a0for more than a decade, alleged the president &#8220;knew about the girls.&#8221; &#8220;<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/13\/what-epstein-said-about-trump-emails\/87246495007\/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">I am the one able to take him down<\/a>,&#8221; Epstein wrote in another email.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_t gnt_em_t__hb\" data-c-et=\"American, British protesters tie Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein\" aria-label=\"From Los Angeles to Aberdeen, Scotland, protesters call for the release of Jeffrey Epstein's FBI files.\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Trump also railed against\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/12\/trump-warns-republicans-jeffrey-epstein-files-emails\/87235335007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Republicans working with Democrats<\/a>\u00a0to force the full release of Epstein&#8217;s federal case files, calling them &#8220;soft and foolish&#8221; in a social media post, and urged them to stop digging into his relationship with the disgraced financier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Some Weak Republicans have fallen into their clutches because they are soft and foolish. Epstein was a Democrat, and he is the Democrat\u2019s problem, not the Republican\u2019s problem!&#8221;<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115548539359870302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">\u00a0Trump wrote.<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Ask Bill Clinton, Reid Hoffman, and Larry Sommers about Epstein, they know all about him, don\u2019t waste your time with Trump. I have a Country to run!&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-news-politics-4-ac1\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Epstein socialized with the rich, famous and members of academia, many of whom were criticized following his 2019 sex trafficking indictment for maintaining ties to him after he&#8217;d pleaded guilty in 2008 to state child prostitution charges in Florida.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_img_ccw gnt_em_img_ccw__cap gnt_em_img_ccw__crd\" data-c-caption=\"President Donald Trump speaks during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.\" data-c-credit=\"BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, AFP Via Getty Images\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Clinton hosted Epstein at the White House in the 1990s and\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/bill-clinton-jeffrey-epstein-timeline-b2802828.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">traveled on Epstein\u2019s jet<\/a>. Summers was Clinton\u2019s secretary of Treasury, and kept up a casual email relationship with Epstein as recently as 2017,\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/13\/what-epstein-said-about-trump-emails\/87246495007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">according to emails<\/a>\u00a0released this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Epstein was a longtime client of JP Morgan Chase, which was accused of facilitating Epstein\u2019s trafficking ring. The bank reached a nine-figure settlement with Epstein\u2019s accusers after they sued over the bank\u2019s role in Epstein\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_x__c gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<div id=\"ad-slot-7103-usatoday-native-article_link-news-politics-5-ac2\" class=\"gnt_x_sl gnt_x_al gnt_x__prmt\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"llx\" data-x-c=\"2\" data-google-query-id=\"CIW0k5DX8pADFX9dngYd-3klgA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/7103\/usatoday\/native-article_link\/news\/politics_1__container__\" class=\"gnt_x__prmt\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Trump threat comes amid House push for DOJ to release all Epstein files<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Democrats had enough support as of this week to override Republican leaders in the House and bring a bill to the floor that would compel the Department of Justice to release its remaining files on Epstein, who died by suicide while he was in jail awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges.\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/13\/republicans-vote-epstein-files\/87254922007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">Four Republicans signed on,<\/a>\u00a0including Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_cp gnt_em_cp__sp\" aria-label=\"Trump, Jeffrey Epstein and MAGA\" data-c-cta=\"DIG DEEPER\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The other Republicans were Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who has been leading the push alongside Democrat Ro Khanna of California to bring the legislation to the House floor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the swearing-in this week of Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva,\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-resolution\/581\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">the discharge petition<\/a>\u00a0reached<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/12\/adelita-grijalva-sworn-in-epstein-file-vote\/87237582007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">\u00a0the 218 vote threshold.<\/a>\u00a0House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he will hold a vote on the bill sometime next week. It would also need to pass the Senate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Massie accused Johnson, Trump, Bondi and FBI director Kash Patel of trying to kill the petition in a statement to USA TODAY on Nov. 14.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_gl_vg\" data-c-tc=\"22\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gnt_em_t gnt_em_t__hb\" data-c-et=\"Victims of Jeffrey Epstein rally at Capitol Hill to demand release of files\" aria-label=\"Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein joined House members to demand release of Epstein files in Washington, DC, on Sept. 3, 2025.\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Next week could be big for survivors of Epstein\u2019s sex trafficking scheme because we are forcing a recorded vote in the House on releasing the Epstein files,&#8221; Massie said. &#8220;President Trump and Speaker Johnson can still be on the right side by encouraging a YEA vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Trump&#8217;s name came up in emails that Democrats obtained from Epstein&#8217;s estate\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/12\/trump-jeffrey-epstein-emails-house-democrats\/87228977007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">and released on Nov. 12<\/a>, prompting a new wave of scrutiny on his friendship with the convicted sex offender. The president says he had a falling out with Epstein after he &#8220;stole&#8221; young female workers from him, and the White House said their friendship ended because Epstein was a creep.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\">\n<div class=\"label\" hidden=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"message\">\n<div class=\"title\">Get the\u00a0<span class=\"highlight\">Susan Page<\/span>\u00a0newsletter in your inbox.<\/div>\n<p class=\"description\">Get the latest story from Susan Page right in your inbox.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div id=\"bar\">\n<div class=\"progress-secondary\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/12\/jeffrey-epstein-donald-trump-emails\/87230452007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">One of the Epstein emails alleged<\/a>\u00a0Trump \u201cknew about the girls.&#8221; Another said that Trump &#8220;spent hours at my house&#8221; with one of the victims. Republicans have since\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GOPoversight\/status\/1988612679246794773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">identified that person<\/a>\u00a0as prominent Epstein accuser and<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/07\/29\/trump-falling-out-jeffrey-epstein-spa-staff\/85426667007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">\u00a0former Trump employee Virginia Giuffre,<\/a>\u00a0a former spa attendant at his Palm Beach resort, who did not level accusations against Trump. Trump has forcefully denied any wrongdoing in what he calls the &#8220;Epstein hoax.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that\u00a0President Trump\u00a0did nothing wrong,&#8221; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Giuffre\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/04\/25\/virginia-giuffre-dies-jeffrey-epstein\/83285515007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">died by suicide<\/a>\u00a0in April. She said in a unsealed deposition for a defamation lawsuit against Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell that she was forced as a teenager\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/08\/09\/documents-released-about-jeffrey-epstein-and-ghislaine-maxwell.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\">to have sex<\/a>\u00a0with powerful men.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s call came after House Democrats released emails in which Epstein, a convicted sex offender, alleged the president &#8220;knew about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"colormag-highlighted-post":false,"colormag-featured-post-medium":false,"colormag-featured-post-small":false,"colormag-featured-image":false,"colormag-default-news":false,"colormag-featured-image-large":false},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12938b275280a43554ec0f09b2f55a2756f50e6fd69b93e1e0172b75d6a79900?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Trump&#8217;s call came after House Democrats released emails in which Epstein, a convicted sex offender, alleged the president &#8220;knew about","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["Uncategorized"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":126,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":5,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":false,"medium":false,"thumbnail":false},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/?author=1"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/12938b275280a43554ec0f09b2f55a2756f50e6fd69b93e1e0172b75d6a79900?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-1\">Uncategorized<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1903,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justnews24.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}