Epstein email appears to expose Trump lie as Dem shares unredacted version on House floor

An unredacted email appears to reveal testimony that contradicts President Donald Trump's longstanding narrative about Jeffrey Epstein's relationship to Mar-a-Lago. The 2009 correspondence from Epstein's attorney Jack Goldberger was substantially redacted in the Justice Department's initial Epstein files release.

Representative Dan Goldman displayed the complete email on the House floor Wednesday, exposing its contents. The correspondence documents a telephone conference involving Trump, his attorney Alan Garten, and a person presumed to be Brad Edwards, representing Epstein's victims.

According to Goldberger's summary, when asked whether Epstein was ever expelled from Mar-a-Lago, Garten stated, "No he was not a member. May have been his guest. Never asked to leave." A manager at the Florida estate confirmed to Edwards that Epstein was "never asked to leave Mar-a-Lago."

That directly contradicts repeated claims by Trump and the White House that Epstein had been kicked out of the club.

The email, reported on by The Daily Beast, documents Trump's responses regarding his relationship with Epstein. When questioned about flying on Epstein's plane, Trump stated, "I've been on a lot of planes. May have been on his plane. No young girls on plane." Regarding visits to Epstein's residence, Trump said, "I may have been there with my wife," adding, "May have been children of guests but that's it."

Trump has publicly maintained different positions. He stated he was not "friendly" with Epstein and was "never" on his plane. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt asserted, "President Trump did nothing wrong and he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago for being a creep."

However, the new evidence contradicts these claims. Trump appears thousands of times throughout Epstein files. Photographs document Trump and Epstein socializing together from the 1980s through the 2000s. Flight logs place Trump on Epstein's aircraft. Membership documents indicate Epstein maintained Mar-a-Lago membership until October 2007, more than one year after his indictment for soliciting prostitution.

Goldman accused Trump of making "false statements over the past quarter century about Jeffrey Epstein." He criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi's department for withholding information, stating: "The reason why this matters is because we don't have half of the Epstein files. We identified 6 million Epstein files for potential release but have only disclosed about 3.5 million."

Goldman questioned Bondi's motives, asking, "If the attorney general is covering up this information that she then reveals to Congress, what else is she covering up about Donald Trump's involvement in the Epstein files?"

The Justice Department and White House did not immediately respond to the Beast's requests for comment.