Democratic Senator John Fetterman called the unearthing of new Epstein files mentioning President Donald Trump by name "absolutely troubling" and advocated for all related documents to be released.
Speaking to CNN, Fetterman said "we probably need more" on the matter, as the House moves to force a floor vote to compel the Department of Justice to release all files related to the investigation.
"My understanding is that now that the House is back now, they have enough to activate that discharge petition," Fetterman added, noting that "everything should come out" then. "I think, you know, enough people agree that it should just come out and just see where this goes and follow the evidence."
The latest documents released by Democrats feature three emails from a tranche of more than 23,000 documents subpoenaed from the Epstein Estate.
They include a 2011 message in which Epstein told his longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell that a victim had "spent hours at my house" with Trump, describing him as "the dog that hasn't barked." Maxwell responded: "I have been thinking about that ..." The names of alleged victims were redacted.
In a separate exchange from December 2015, author Michael Wolff told Epstein he heard CNN might question Trump about his relationship with him. Epstein replied: "If we were to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?" Wolff said Trump should answer publicly and risk "hanging himself," noting it could create "PR and political currency" for Epstein.
Another email from January 2019 shows Epstein appeared to dispute reports that Trump had barred him from Mar-a-Lago, writing: "Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop." The full context of the exchange is unclear.
None of the newly released documents contain allegations of criminal conduct by Trump.
The White House has slammed Democrats, calling the effort a "tired CON JOB to smear the President."
Top officials from the administration also held a meeting to discuss the matter, reportedly compelling some of the Republicans supporting the matter to refrain from doing so. No one did and after the swearing in of Arizona Rep. Adelita Grijalva the initiative got enough signatures to force the vote.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, who has opposed the measure, said he will bring the measure to a vote next week. Even if it passes, the move will have to pass the Senate and be signed into law by Trump, which is unlikely given his opposition.
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