Representative Jamie Raskin has said unredacted copies of certain documents in the Epstein files appear to contradict President Donald Trump’s longstanding assertion that he barred the late sex offender from his Florida club.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the Maryland Democrat said one of the documents he reviewed at the Justice Department’s new satellite office in Washington, D.C., was an email from Jeffrey Epstein to his co‑conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. He said the email included details relayed by Epstein’s lawyers about a conversation with Trump’s attorneys around 2009.
Raskin, who is the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee, said Trump was quoted as saying that while Epstein was never a member of his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, he had nevertheless been a guest and had “never been asked to leave.”
“And that was redacted for some indeterminate, inscrutable reason,” Raskin added. “It seems to be at odds with some of the things that President Trump has been saying recently about how he had kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club.”
Newsweek has contacted the White House outside of regular working hours for comment.
Raskin is one of several members of Congress who have been granted access to view unredacted copies of the Epstein files at the newly set up facility in Washington.
The Justice Department has so far released around 3.5 million files concerning Epstein, but Raskin said they have withheld “three million documents,” and that on Monday he and other lawmakers had been given four computers and been able to review only dozens of files.
This is a developing story. More to follow.
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