Anti-Trump author Michael Wolff appeared to advise disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on how to blackmail President Donald Trump in newly released emails.
House Democrats released a series of emails from Epstein in which he alleged that Trump knew about his conduct, alleging that Trump spent hours in his home with the victims, according to The New York Times. One email exchange from Dec. 15, 2015, found that Wolff warned Epstein that CNN was going to ask Trump about his relationship with Epstein and devised a plan that would allow Epstein to gain “valuable P.R. and political currency” if Trump were to deny any association with him.
“I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff told Epstein in the email. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable P.R. and political currency.”
A new email exchange from 2015, released by House Dems, shows journalist and author Michael Wolff advising Jeffrey Epstein about Trump and the press. https://t.co/aJo3VyKeJr pic.twitter.com/jwqdOaTYSt
— Scott Nover (@ScottNover) November 12, 2025
Trump never received a question about Epstein during his appearance on CNN and it is unknown if he was asked about it in private, according to The New York Times. (RELATED: Epstein Files Vote Draws Closer With Democrat Set To Be Sworn In After 50-Day Wait)
Epstein has come into the media spotlight since the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a report in July concluding that no outside party killed Epstein and that he possessed no client list. Trump told reporters on July 29 that he ended his friendship with Epstein after he “stole” female staffers from Mar-a-Lago, which he believed included Virginia Giuffre, a victim of Epstein’s sex trafficking operation.
Trump said during a joint press conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday that any incriminating evidence against him in the Epstein files would have been released by former President Joe Biden’s administration to boost Democrats’ chances in the 2024 election.
Epstein’s business partner, Ghislaine Maxwell, stated during a July 24 deposition that Trump was a “gentleman in all respects” and denied that she ever witnessed him act inappropriately.
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