Newly Released Epstein Email Brands Donald Trump the “Worst Person He’d Ever Known”
- Nov 14
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14 November 2025
In a remarkable development this week, a trove of more than 20,000 pages of documents from Epstein’s estate were unveiled by the House Oversight Committee, including an email dated February 8 2017 in which Epstein wrote that he had “met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. not one decent cell in his body, so yes- dangerous.”
The stunning message was addressed to former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and sent just weeks after Trump’s inauguration. The email underscores the depth of Epstein’s animus toward Trump at that point, and it adds fresh fuel to longstanding questions about the nature of their past interactions.
Beyond that striking line, the released documents contain a series of exchanges between Epstein and key figures including former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff, which reference Trump in context of alleged knowledge about Epstein’s misconduct. One email from 2019 even states that Trump “knew about the girls” and described how Trump allegedly told Epstein to resign from Mar-a-Lago, with Epstein writing, “Of course he knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop.”
From Trump’s team, the response was swift and dismissing. The White House accused Democrats of selectively dumping the files as a political attack. In response to the criticisms, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “These emails prove literally nothing. Liberal outlets are desperately trying to use this Democrat distraction”
For observers of the Epstein archive and the controversies bridging power and abuse, these new emails send a clear message: Epstein, until his death in 2019, harboured deep distrust and even contempt for Trump, and he apparently believed Trump posed a significant risk or danger. That the statements emerged in emails shared with a former USA official, and now in congressional document releases, raises the question of how much of Epstein’s view reflects reality, how much is rhetoric, and how much may reflect his own leverage strategy.
The timing matters. The release comes while Washington is still reeling from an extended federal government shutdown and as the files themselves become a potent political weapon. The large body of documents dump has triggered renewed calls from survivors, investigators and lawmakers to force full transparency of the Epstein estate and to map associations with high profile individuals.
From the vantage point of public trust and the politics of celebrity, the implications are wide-ranging. If Epstein believed Trump was “dangerous,” it begs examination of their past relationship, the extent of knowledge within that circle and whether other communications corroborate the claim. While a single email from a disgraced figure cannot stand alone as evidence of wrongdoing, the accumulation of related messages strengthens the broader pattern and raises questions about narrative, cover-up and accountability.
At this stage, the longer-term effects are still developing. Investigative bodies may decide to probe these leads further, civil litigants may use them to build cases, and the court of public opinion is already in session. The conversation around Epstein has long transcended one individual it is about power, access, secrecy, exploitation and the ways supposedly private networks spill into public life.
In short this revelation is more than a sensational email headline it may be a turning point in the evolving reckoning with Epstein’s network, Trump’s role in it, and the broader dynamics of influence. Whether new disclosures will push things toward legal consequences or remain in the realm of reputational risk remains to be seen.
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