New emails suggest Trump knew about conduct of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

In messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote ‘of course [Trump] knew about the girls’

Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and US president Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997. Picture: Davidoff Studios/Getty Images

Damning new emails that suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Wednesday, including one in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls” that were procured for his sex-trafficking ring.

The release of the three messages by Democrats on the House oversight committee is likely to add significant pressure on the White House to release the so-called Epstein files, reportedly detailing the long-running scandal that has overshadowed Trump’s second term of office.