{"id":7400,"date":"2025-11-12T22:15:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/12\/live-updates-what-to-know-on-epstein-emails-as-trump-mentioned-in-newly-released-documents-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T22:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:15:01","slug":"live-updates-what-to-know-on-epstein-emails-as-trump-mentioned-in-newly-released-documents-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/11\/12\/live-updates-what-to-know-on-epstein-emails-as-trump-mentioned-in-newly-released-documents-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: What to know on Epstein emails as Trump mentioned in newly released documents &#8211; NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div data-astro-cid-6llnna2y>\n<div data-astro-cid-6llnna2y>\n<p> Updated <\/p>\n<div q:container=\"paused\" q:version=\"1.15.0\" q:render=\"ssr\" q:base=\"https:\/\/nodeassets.nbcnews.com\/libra\/libra-assets\/qwik-assets\/\" q:manifest-hash=\"g9nc2c\" q:instance=\"eo59w7h525\">\n<p><time datetime=\"2025-11-12T21:37:56.332Z\" on-document:-l-i-b-r-a_-l-a-t-e-s-t_-c-a-r-d-s_-u-p-d-a-t-e-d_-e-v-e-n-t=\"q-CPgDJEUr.js#s_7ahy7323P2M[0 1]\" q:key=\"iA_0\" q:id=\"1\">November 12, 2025, 4:37 PM EST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p> By  NBC News <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"summary-box-qwik\" q:key=\"jS_2\" q:container=\"paused\" q:version=\"1.15.0\" q:render=\"ssr\" q:base=\"https:\/\/nodeassets.nbcnews.com\/libra\/libra-assets\/qwik-assets\/\" q:manifest-hash=\"g9nc2c\" q:instance=\"ig1ekoibpr\">\n<h2 q:key=\"jS_0\">What to know about today&#8217;s Jeffrey Epstein developments <\/h2>\n<ul q:key=\"jS_1\">\n<li q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"5\"><strong>EPSTEIN EMAILS: <\/strong>House Oversight Committee Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/jeffrey-epstein-wrote-trump-knew-girls-referenced-mar-lago-newly-relea-rcna243422\" target=\"_blank\">released emails <\/a>from the late convicted sex offender<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/jeffrey-epstein-wrote-trump-knew-girls-referenced-mar-lago-newly-relea-rcna243422\" target=\"_blank\"> Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> to his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell and journalist Michael Wolff. In one email, Epstein wrote: \u201cTrump said he asked me to resign (from Mar-a-Lago), never a member ever. Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.\u201d<\/li>\n<li q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"7\"><strong>GOP RELEASE: <\/strong>House Republicans followed the Democrats\u2019 release with their own: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/live-blog\/trump-jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-house-wolff-live-updates-rcna243503#rcrd93047\" target=\"_blank\">20,000 pages <\/a>of documents they said they obtained from the Epstein estate during their investigation into his case.<\/li>\n<li q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"9\"><strong>WHITE HOUSE RESPONSE: <\/strong>White House press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/live-blog\/trump-government-shutdown-house-vote-aca-schlossberg-live-updates-rcna242798#rcrd93045\" target=\"_blank\">Karoline Leavitt accused House Democrats<\/a> of \u201cselectively\u201d leaking emails to the media \u201cto create a fake narrative to smear President Trump,\u201d and called news coverage \u201cbad-faith efforts to distract\u201d from the president\u2019s accomplishments and the movement in Congress to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/democrats-wins-shutdown-fight-health-care-obamacare-subsidies-trump-rcna243211\" target=\"_blank\">reopen the federal government<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"b\"><strong>GRIJALVA SWEARING-IN:<\/strong> Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/live-blog\/trump-administration-live-updates-house-returns-dc-shutdown-vote-rcna242798#rcrd93033\" target=\"_blank\">was sworn in<\/a> today, giving Democrats the 218th signature they need to force a House vote on whether to order the Justice Department to release all the Epstein case files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div q:id=\"1\" on:qvisible=\"q-JBLzHKYZ.js#_hW[0]\" on-document:qidle=\"q-JBLzHKYZ.js#_hW[1]\" q:container=\"paused\" q:version=\"1.15.0\" q:render=\"ssr\" q:base=\"https:\/\/nodeassets.nbcnews.com\/libra\/libra-assets\/qwik-assets\/\" q:manifest-hash=\"g9nc2c\" q:instance=\"ec05ds1eshe\">\n<div id=\"rcrd93066\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T21:37:56.332Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"d\">\n<p>33m ago \/ 4:37 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Epstein was advised to let Trump &#8216;hang himself&#8217; about their relationship<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"k\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26223099-oversight-epstein-email-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">In a 2015 email released by the Democrats,\u00a0<\/a>author Michael Wolff informed Epstein that he heard CNN intended to ask Trump about his relationship with Epstein. Epstein responded by asking, \u201cif we were able to craft an answer for him, what do you think it should be?\u201d<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"n\">\u201cI think you should let him hang himself,\u201d Wolff responded. \u201cIf he says he hasn\u2019t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"figure-component\" q:key=\"hI_1\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_auto:eco,w_406\/rockcms\/2025-11\/251112-epstein-emails-3-mn-1005-ba1f47.jpg\"  alt=\"Email to Jeffrey Epstein referencing Donald Trump\" width=\"980\" height=\"564\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" q:id=\"q\"><\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Gg_6\"><span data-testid=\"caption-decoration\" q:key=\"Gg_0\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-body\" q:key=\"Gg_3\">House Democrats released emails from Jeffrey Epstein that referenced Trump.<\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-suffix-space\" q:key=\"Gg_4\">\u00a0<\/span><span q:key=\"Gg_5\">  House Oversight Committee<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"w\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/house-democrats-release-new-epstein-emails-referencing-trump\/story?id=127435983\" target=\"_blank\">Wolff told ABC News on Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0he \u201cwas in an in-depth conversation with Epstein at that time about his relationship with Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"z\">\u201cI was trying at that time to get Epstein to talk about his relationship with Trump, and actually, he proved to be an enormously valuable source to me,\u201d Wolff told ABC News. \u201cPart of the context of this is that I was pushing Epstein at that point to go public with what he knew about Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93067\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T21:31:47.031Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"11\">\n<p>40m ago \/ 4:31 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva sworn in, to be final signature forcing Epstein files vote<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"18\">WASHINGTON \u2014 More than seven weeks after her special election victory, Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva stood on the House floor and took the oath of office Wednesday, marking the end of a bitter standoff with GOP Speaker Mike Johnson, who had refused to seat her during the record government shutdown. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"1b\">During the 43-day shutdown \u2014 the longest in American history \u2014 Democrats claimed that Johnson was refusing to seat Grijalva to prevent the release of the Justice Department\u2019s files from its Jeffrey Epstein investigation. The Epstein matter has plagued President Donald Trump and his allies on Capitol Hill, as many in his MAGA base clamor for more transparency concerning the investigation.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"1e\">Grijalva represents the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/bipartisan-duo-expects-signatures-wednesday-force-vote-release-epstein-rcna231405\" target=\"_blank\">218th signature on a bipartisan discharge petition<\/a>, which would allow rank-and-file lawmakers to bypass Johnson and his leadership team and force a floor vote to release files. She has said that signing the petition will be one of her first acts as a member of Congress.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"1h\">Doing so will force the House to hold a vote in the coming weeks to compel the Justice Department to release all of the files related to its investigation into Epstein. But the bill is unlikely to pass the Senate or be signed into law by Trump, who has personally urged Republicans to block the discharge push.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"1k\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/arizona-democrat-adelita-grijalva-sworn-contentious-seven-week-delay-rcna243007\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Read the full story here. <\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"figure-component\" q:key=\"hI_1\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_auto:eco,w_1250\/rockcms\/2025-11\/251112-adelita-grijalva-zz-9548cc.jpg\"  alt=\"Adelita Grijalva on Capitol Hill.\" width=\"980\" height=\"639\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" q:id=\"1n\"><\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Gg_6\"><span data-testid=\"caption-decoration\" q:key=\"Gg_0\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-body\" q:key=\"Gg_3\">Adelita Grijalva on Oct. 14 on Capitol Hill.<\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-suffix-space\" q:key=\"Gg_4\">\u00a0<\/span><span q:key=\"Gg_5\">Francis Chung \/ POLITICO via AP Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93065\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T20:58:48.405Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"1s\">\n<p>2h ago \/ 3:58 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Epstein on Trump: &#8216;I know how dirty Donald is&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"1z\">The larger set of documents released by Republicans on the committee contained an August 2018 email exchange between former Obama White House lawyer Kathy Ruemmler and Epstein. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"22\">Ruemmler had sent Epstein a link to a New York Times op-ed that referenced former Trump fixer Michael Cohen,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/crime-courts\/ex-trump-lawyer-michael-cohen-discussing-plea-deal-prosecutors-n902571\" target=\"_blank\">who had just pleaded guilty<\/a>\u00a0to violating campaign finance laws related to hush money payments to adult film actress Stormy Daniels.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"25\">In one email from the exchange, Epstein wrote: \u201cyou see, I know how dirty donald is. My guess is that non lawyers ny biz people have no idea. What it means to have your fixer flip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93062\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T20:08:04.200Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"27\">\n<p>3h ago \/ 3:08 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Epstein survivor calls release of emails &#8216;step forward&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"2e\">Danielle Bensky said she was 17 and a budding ballerina in 2004 when Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused her at his Manhattan mansion. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"2h\">That was also the year that Trump claims he ended his friendship with Epstein. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"2k\">\u201cI think the release of the latest emails is another step forward for the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein who have been fighting for years to get the truth out,&#8221; Bensky told NBC News. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"2n\">&#8220;We have been banging on the transparency drum for so long,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I know that there are politics involved, but we should all be on the side of releasing all of the Epstein files once and for all.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93060\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T19:44:14.028Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"2s\">\n<p>3h ago \/ 2:44 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump is the &#8216;dog that hasn\u2019t barked&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"2z\">In an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26223097-oversight-epstein-email-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">email released by Democrats that Epstein allegedly<\/a>\u00a0sent to Maxwell in 2011, Epstein says Trump \u201cspent hours\u201d with someone the committee says was a victim. Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence on sex trafficking charges in connection with Epstein.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"32\">\u201cI want you to realize that that dog that hasn\u2019t barked is trump.. [Victim] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. Police chief. etc. im 75 % there,\u201d the email said.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"figure-component\" q:key=\"hI_1\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_auto:eco,w_397\/rockcms\/2025-11\/251112-epstein-emails-2-mn-1005-90e627.jpg\"  alt=\"House Democrats released emails from Jeffrey Epstein that referenced Trump.\" width=\"980\" height=\"445\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" q:id=\"35\"><\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Gg_6\"><span data-testid=\"caption-decoration\" q:key=\"Gg_0\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-body\" q:key=\"Gg_3\">House Democrats released emails from Jeffrey Epstein that referenced Trump.<\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-suffix-space\" q:key=\"Gg_4\">\u00a0<\/span><span q:key=\"Gg_5\">  House Oversight committee<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"3b\">Asked during a press briefing today whether Trump has ever spent hours with a victim at Epstein\u2019s house, Leavitt said, \u201cThese emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93058\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T19:14:42.460Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"3d\">\n<p>3h ago \/ 2:14 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Trump says Democrats &#8216;are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"3k\">Trump blamed Democrats for the renewed focus on his ties to Epstein and warned Republicans that they should focus on reopening the federal government. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"3n\">&#8220;The Democrats are trying to bring up the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax again because they\u2019ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they\u2019ve done on the Shutdown, and so many other subjects,&#8221; Trump wrote in a Truth Social post this afternoon. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"3q\">&#8220;Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap,&#8221; the president continued, arguing that Democrats cost the U.S. $1.5 trillion as a result of the government shutdown. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"3t\">&#8220;There should be no deflections to Epstein or anything else, and any Republicans involved should be focused only on opening up our Country, and fixing the massive damage caused by the Democrats!&#8221; he wrote. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"3w\">In addition to documents Democrats on the House Oversight Committee flagged today that spotlight Trump&#8217;s previous relationship with Epstein, Republicans on the committee also released 20,000 documents from Epstein&#8217;s estate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93056\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T19:14:06.564Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"3y\">\n<p>3h ago \/ 2:14 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Epstein on Trump: &#8216;Of course he knew about the girls&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"45\">In a 2019 email released by the committee today, Epstein wrote to author Michael Wolff that Trump \u201cknew about the girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"48\">\u201c[REDACTED] mara lago. [REDACTED],\u201d the email, sent several months before Epstein\u2019s death, reads. \u201cTrump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever. Of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"figure-component\" q:key=\"hI_1\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_auto:eco,w_399\/rockcms\/2025-11\/251112-epstein-emails-3-mn-1005-f85263.jpg\"  alt=\"House Democrats released emails from Jeffrey Epstein that referenced Trump.\" width=\"980\" height=\"268\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" q:id=\"4b\"><\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Gg_6\"><span data-testid=\"caption-decoration\" q:key=\"Gg_0\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-body\" q:key=\"Gg_3\">House Democrats released emails from Jeffrey Epstein that referenced Trump.<\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-suffix-space\" q:key=\"Gg_4\">\u00a0<\/span><span q:key=\"Gg_5\">  House Oversight committee<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"4h\">The email was apparently referencing Trump and Epstein\u2019s soured relationship. The two were friends for years, but the White House said earlier this year that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-says-jeffrey-epstein-stole-virginia-giuffre-worked-mar-lago-spa-rcna221810\" target=\"_blank\">Trump booted Epstein\u00a0<\/a>\u201cout of his club for being a creep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"4k\">\u201cHe took people that worked for me. And I told him, \u2018Don\u2019t do it anymore.\u2019 And he did it,\u201d Trump told reporters in July, adding, \u201cI said, \u2018Stay the hell out of here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93055\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T18:53:41.092Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"4m\">\n<p>4h ago \/ 1:53 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">White House: Epstein emails \u2018prove absolutely nothing&#8217;\u2019<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"4t\">Asked whether Trump has ever spent hours with a victim at Epstein\u2019s house, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, \u201cThese emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"4w\">She was also asked about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/11\/12\/politics\/trump-administration-meeting-house-effort-epstein-document-release\" target=\"_blank\">CNN report<\/a> that indicated that the White House would meet with GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert, who has signed on to a petition to force the House to consider compelling the release of the Epstein files. <\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"4z\">\u201cDoesn\u2019t it show transparency that members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress whenever they please?\u201d she responded. <\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"jwplayer-with-overlay\" on-document:qidle=\"q-t-5CC6yQ.js#_hW[0]\" q:key=\"GH_15\" q:id=\"53\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" q:slot=\"poster\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,g_auto,w_390,h_220\/mpx\/2704722219\/2025_11\/1762973693236_now_brk_trump_epstein_emails_251111_1920x1080-65bdyb.avif\" alt=\"White House says Epstein emails referencing Trump 'prove absolutely nothing'\" width=\"390\" height=\"219.375\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93050\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T18:05:29.340Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"5p\">\n<p>5h ago \/ 1:05 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Bipartisan duo expects to have signatures today to force a vote to release Epstein files<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"5w\">After a weekslong delay, Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif., today are on the cusp of securing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/DischargePetition\/2025090209\" target=\"_blank\">enough signatures<\/a>\u00a0to bypass GOP leaders and force a floor vote to compel the Justice Department to release all the files in its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"figure-component\" q:key=\"hI_1\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/c_fit,q_auto:eco,w_900\/rockcms\/2025-11\/251112-ro-khanna-mn-1500-9e28f3.jpg\"  alt=\"Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., speaks on a phone as he departs a House Democratic Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill on Nov. 12, 2025. \" width=\"980\" height=\"654\" fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" q:id=\"5z\"><\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Gg_6\"><span data-testid=\"caption-decoration\" q:key=\"Gg_0\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-body\" q:key=\"Gg_3\">Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., at the Capitol today.<\/span><span data-testid=\"caption-suffix-space\" q:key=\"Gg_4\">\u00a0<\/span><span q:key=\"Gg_5\">Francis Chung \/ Politico via AP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"65\">Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz. \u2014 who won the seat of her late father in a September special election \u2014 has vowed she\u2019ll be the 218th signature on Massie and Khanna\u2019s \u201cdischarge petition\u201d after she is sworn into office at around 4 p.m. ET today.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"68\">That number represents a simple majority of the entire 435-member House chamber. Under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/crs-product\/R45920\" target=\"_blank\">House rules<\/a>, once a discharge petition hits that magic number of 218 signatures, the House must act on it, though seven legislative days must pass before a vote can be called.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"6b\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/bipartisan-duo-expects-signatures-wednesday-force-vote-release-epstein-rcna231405\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93047\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T17:38:43.758Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"6d\">\n<p>5h ago \/ 12:38 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">House Republicans release what they say are 20,000 pages of Epstein documents<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"6k\">After House Democrats released several emails from Epstein to his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell and journalist Michael Wolff that mention Trump, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee made public what they said are 20,000 pages of documents they obtained from the Epstein estate during their investigation into his case.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"6n\">NBC News is reading through the released documents and will report on their contents.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"jwplayer-with-overlay\" on-document:qidle=\"q-t-5CC6yQ.js#_hW[0]\" q:key=\"GH_15\" q:id=\"6r\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" q:slot=\"poster\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,g_auto,w_390,h_220\/mpx\/2704722219\/2025_11\/1762967546672_now_daily_a_tsirkin_gop_epstein_pages_251112_1920x1080-s03aib.avif\" alt=\"House Republicans release 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein estate\" width=\"390\" height=\"219.375\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93048\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T17:31:22.066Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"7a\">\n<p>5h ago \/ 12:31 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">White House responds to newly released Epstein emails<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"7h\">In a statement to NBC News, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused Democrats of \u201cselectively\u201d leaking emails \u201cto the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"7k\">She added, \u201cThese stories are nothing more than bad-faith efforts to distract from President Trump\u2019s historic accomplishments, and any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distraction from the government opening back up again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"7n\">NBC News has also reached out to lawyers for Maxwell and for Michael Wolff, the journalist to whom some of the emails were addressed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93049\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T17:25:27.047Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"7p\">\n<p>5h ago \/ 12:25 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Epstein wrote Trump \u2018knew about the girls\u2019 and referenced Mar-a-Lago in newly released emails<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"7w\">Epstein referenced Trump\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26223092-oversight-epstein-emails-redacted\/\" target=\"_blank\">in emails<\/a>\u00a0to his associate Ghislaine Maxwell and a journalist, claiming in one that Trump \u201cknew about the girls,\u201d according to emails released by House Democrats.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"7z\">Democrats on the House Oversight committee released three email chains, sent between 2011 and 2019, saying the documents came from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/jeffrey-epstein-files-house-oversight-rcna231420\" target=\"_blank\">convicted sex offender\u2019s estate\u00a0<\/a>as part of the committee\u2019s investigation into the Epstein case.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"82\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/jeffrey-epstein-wrote-trump-knew-girls-referenced-mar-lago-newly-relea-rcna243422\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Read the full story here.<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rcrd93051\" data-pubat=\"2025-11-12T17:25:26.746Z\" on:qvisible=\"q-Bz_qQ78x.js#_hW[0]\" q:id=\"87\">\n<p>5h ago \/ 12:25 PM EST<\/p>\n<h2 q:key=\"r0_1\">Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva to be sworn in today, nearly two months after she was elected<\/h2>\n<div data-icid=\"liveBlogCardLink\">\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"8d\">Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is scheduled to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva today \u2014 nearly two months after the Arizona Democrat won her late father\u2019s seat in a special election.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"8g\">Johnson has consistently said he would administer the oath of office to Grijalva when Democrats vote to reopen the government. The Senate passed a bipartisan measure to do just that Monday night, with the House expected to vote on the legislation this evening.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"8j\">When Grijalva is sworn in, the House breakdown will be 219 Republicans to 214 Democrats.<\/p>\n<p q:key=\"Il_0\" q:id=\"8m\">Grijalva is expected to be the 218th\u00a0signature on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/clerk.house.gov\/DischargePetition\/2025090209__;!!PIZeeW5wscynRQ!qN10vnXNLfS16wmSZ2RXctBh_lYkdHZifF5cjPjmdK-Gz727eyW3hJ2plevgNFVDeqNKs2TGKRUMxNf9WVSos0Z7Au-_ltP5a9yWBgQ$\" target=\"_blank\">discharge petition<\/a>\u00a0to force a House floor vote requiring the Justice Department to publicly release all the files related to the Epstein case. There is still an additional waiting period of seven legislative days before any of the signers of the petition can force a vote on it. The House speaker then has two legislative days before he must call up the measure for a vote on the floor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated November 12, 2025, 4:37 PM EST By NBC News What to know about today&#8217;s Jeffrey Epstein developments EPSTEIN EMAILS: House Oversight Committee Democrats released emails from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell and journalist Michael Wolff. 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