Trump Unleashes DOJ To Investigate Epstein’s Democrat Friends

President Donald Trump believes Democrats are reviving attention on Jeffrey Epstein to distract from the party’s recent government shutdown failure. Now, the president is directing his own focus toward Epstein, calling out prominent Democrats who had ties to the convicted sex offender.

Trump directed the Department of Justice on Friday to investigate Epstein’s connections to a list of powerful Democrats, including former President Bill Clinton, former U.S. Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Larry Summers, and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman. Trump compared the Democratic Party’s focus on Epstein to the Russian collusion investigation during his first administration, arguing that all the “arrows” are “pointing to the Democrats.”

“Now that the Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax, involving Democrats, not Republicans, to try and deflect from their disastrous SHUTDOWN, and all of their other failures, I will be asking A.G. Pam Bondi, and the Department of Justice, together with our great patriots at the FBI, to investigate Jeffrey Epstein’s 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,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“Records show that these men, and many others, spent large portions of their life with Epstein, and on his ‘Island.’ Stay tuned!!!” Trump added.

Trump’s directive comes two days after Democrats released multiple Epstein emails, including correspondence in which the pedophile claimed that Trump “knew about the girls” and “spent hours” at Epstein’s home with one of the sexual abuser’s victims. The House GOP Oversight Committee released an additional 20,000 pages of documents on Wednesday, and the White House said that the contents further confirm that Trump did not take part in Epstein’s sex crimes.

“The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. 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,” said White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.

Trump also responded to the Epstein email dump, saying on Wednesday that “Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done on the Shutdown.” He added, “Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap.”

Clinton’s association with Epstein is well documented, but — like Trump — the former president has not been accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein’s crimes. Clinton traveled across the world with Epstein numerous times, with flight records indicating that the former president was on Epstein’s infamous “Lolita Express,” the airplane on which Epstein is accused of using to sex traffic underage girls. In 2002, Clinton was also pictured getting a massage from one of Epstein’s accusers, then-22-year-old Chauntae Davies. Davies accused Epstein of raping her multiple times over the course of four years. She did not accuse Clinton of any wrongdoing.

Summers also had a good relationship with Epstein, as did financial power player Hoffman. None of those men has been publicly accused by any of the women who were victimized by Epstein. Summers and Epstein communicated regularly throughout the years, and the latest Epstein email dump revealed that Summers asked Epstein for advice about a relationship with a woman after Epstein had pleaded guilty to state-level prostitution charges.

Hoffman admitted in 2019 that his relationship with Epstein and his agreement to participate in a fundraising event alongside him “helped to repair [Epstein’s] reputation and perpetuate injustice.”

“For this, I am deeply regretful,” Hoffman added.

J.P. Morgan Chase, one of the world’s largest banks, has faced scrutiny after processing and handling more than $1 billion for Epstein over the course of 15 years. JPMorgan agreed to a $290 million settlement with Epstein’s victims in 2023 after it was accused of ignoring red flags about Epstein’s sex trafficking.