‘FAKE NARRATIVE’? Dems Left Out a Key Detail in Epstein Files Drop, Republicans Say

House Democrats redacted a key detail from their Wednesday release of Jeffrey Epstein files to promote a “fake narrative” and “smear” President Donald Trump, according to House Republicans and the White House.

The Democrat minority on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee first released documents obtained from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that included emails between Epstein and accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, as well as between Epstein and anti-Trump author Michael Wolff. 

An April 2, 2011, email from Epstein to Maxwell says, “I want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him, he has never once been mentioned.”

But the victim’s name that Democrats redacted is Virginia Giuffre, now deceased, who publicly said that she saw no evidence of wrongdoing from Trump. 

“Why did Democrats cover up the name when the Estate didn’t redact it in the redacted documents provided to the committee?” the Republican majority asked in an X post. 

“It’s because this victim, Virginia Giuffre, publicly said that she never witnessed wrongdoing by President Trump,” the post continued. “Democrats are trying to create a fake narrative to slander President Trump. Shame on them.”

In the memoir published after her death, Giuffre said she saw no evidence that Trump or former President Bill Clinton was involved in any of Epstein’s crimes.

Similarly, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denounced the Democrats’ framing. 

“The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump,” Leavitt said Wednesday. “The ‘unnamed victim’ referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Giuffre, who repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and ‘couldn’t have been friendlier’ to her in their limited interactions.”

Leavitt’s statement continued:

The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Giuffre. These stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump’s historic accomplishments, and any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distraction from the government opening back up again.

Sara Guerrero, a spokeswoman for the House Oversight Committee Democrats, did not respond to an inquiry from The Daily Signal to respond to charges from House Republicans and the White House. 

The committee ranking member, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., called for the Justice Department to release more Epstein files. 

“The more Donald Trump tries to cover up the Epstein files, the more we uncover,” Garcia said. “These latest emails and correspondence raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding and the nature of the relationship between Epstein and the president.”

Authorities found Epstein dead in a New York jail cell in August 2019 before his trial. Officials determined the death a suicide. 

A separate email exchange from Dec. 16, 2015, between Epstein and Wolff oddly contained the phrase “let him hang himself.” Wolff had merely made a figurative reference to Trump, however.

Wolff’s books on Trump have faced scrutiny for factual errors even from left-leaning media outlets such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Politico. 

Wolff told Epstein, “I hear CNN planning to ask Trump tonight about his relationship with you—either on air or in scrum afterwards.”

Epstein replied, “If we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?”

Wolff responded: “I think you should let him hang himself. If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency.”

Wolff continued, telling Epstein: “You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt. Of course, it is possible that, when asked, he’ll say Jeffrey is a great guy and has gotten a raw deal and is a victim of political correctness, which is to be outlawed in a Trump regime.”

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