A new tranche of more than 20,000 emails obtained from the Jeffrey Epstein estate has further exposed the deep integration of Epstein, a convicted sex trafficker, into the highest levels of the American and international bourgeoisie long after his 2008 conviction.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released three emails, which the New York Times prominently reported on Wednesday morning, substantiating Trump’s links to Epstein. The emails prove that Epstein trafficked women in proximity to and with Trump, and that the media, financial and political establishment worked to suppress this information for years.

The most extraordinary of the initial batch of emails released on Tuesday by House Democrats is an April 2, 2011 exchange between Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Epstein wrote:

“i want you to realize that the dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him ,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75 % there”

Maxwell replied only hours later: “I have been thinking about that…”

The email directly contradicts Maxwell’s claims to Assistant Attorney General Todd Blanche over the summer that Trump was a “perfect gentleman” and “never around the girls.” It shows Epstein explicitly reminding Maxwell that Trump had spent “hours” with a trafficking victim at his residence, believed to be Virginia Giuffre, and that this fact, the “dog that hasn’t barked,” had never been publicly exposed.

Also released were December 2015 emails between Epstein and writer Michael Wolff. The emails show Wolff acting as a political adviser to Epstein, warning him that CNN planned to confront Trump “on air or in scrum afterwards” about his relationship with Epstein during an upcoming debate. Wolff advised Epstein on how to frame Trump, telling him to “let him hang himself” if Trump lied, because such an exchange could benefit Epstein politically or, if Trump looked poised to win, provide leverage later.

A third email, dated January 31, 2019, shows Epstein writing to Wolff that he was “never a member ever” of Mar-a-Lago, despite Trump publicly claiming he expelled Epstein. Epstein added that “of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop.”

In a panicked attempt to shield Trump, Republicans on the House Oversight Committee responded to the initial Democratic “leak” by releasing a massive batch of emails, images and documents from the Epstein estate. This had the opposite effect as it provided further proof that Epstein remained in close and constant contact with powerful figures in media, finance, government, academia and foreign policy after serving his work-release sentence in 2009. The emails confirm a criminal ruling class deeply intertwined with Epstein and fully aware of his conduct.

Dozens of emails show Epstein corresponding with New York Times financial reporter Landon Thomas Jr. in the period before Epstein’s arrest and death in a federal jail in 2019. Epstein repeatedly offered the Times reporter damaging information about Trump, including knowledge of Trump’s behavior with “young women” at Epstein’s properties. Epstein even wrote of having photographic evidence. Yet none of this ever appeared in the Times.

One December 2015 email from Epstein to Thomas recounts Epstein’s houseman witnessing Trump “almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door.” Another shows Epstein offering: “would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen.” Thomas replied “Yes!!!”

Epstein replied with the name “laruen petrella” and what appears to be a redacted link to a photo. He also replied with a hyperlink to Celina Midelfart, daughter of a wealthy Norwegian family. In the 1990s, Midelfart dated both Trump and Epstein. Referring to Midelfart in the email, Epstein wrote, “my 20 year old girlfriend in 93, , that after two years I gave to donald.”

Epstein also maintained a relationship with billionaire Thomas Barrack, recently appointed by Trump as US ambassador to Turkey. In a March 9, 2016 message, Barrack wrote to the convicted sex trafficker, “Hope ur good. Lets catch up.” Epstein responded: “send photos of you and child. make me smile.”

A large set of emails reveals Epstein’s steady correspondence with Lawrence Summers, former Treasury Secretary, former Harvard president, and one of the most influential figures in international finance. Summers sought dating advice from Epstein in 2017, 2018, and 2019. In one exchange Summers described Trump as “world’s luckiest guy.” In another, Epstein counseled him on how to manage a romantic dispute, telling Summers “ignore the daddy im going to go out with the motorcycle guy, you reacted well ... annoyed shows caring.”

Further emails confirm Epstein’s communications with fascist Steve Bannon. In September 2018 Epstein advised Bannon that the attorneys for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause “false memories.” On June 3, 2019 Epstein wrote Bannon: “prince andrew and trump today. tooo funny. recall prince andrews accuser came out of mara lago.” Bannon replied: “Cant believe nobody is making u the connective tissue.”

It is known from earlier reporting that Bannon feared Epstein might expose Trump and his relationship during the 2016 election.

These revelations land at a volatile moment in Congress. The House has returned to session and Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva was finally sworn in, seven weeks after her election. House Speaker Mike Johnson used the shutdown as a pretext to delay the swearing-in, thus blocking Grijalva from signing a bipartisan discharge petition to force the release of Epstein files.

Over the last 48 hours the Trump administration has directly pressured Republicans to withdraw their signatures from the discharge petition. Trump personally called Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert, while Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel confronted Representative Nancy Mace the following day.

Neither backed down and with Grijalva’s signature, the Republican sponsor of the petition, Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky, announced he has the signatures required for the disclosure bill to reach the House floor. It is expected to pass with bipartisan support.

Even then the ruling class has built in escape hatches. The Senate must approve the measure, and the final release of documents would require the signature of Donald Trump, the man whose links to Epstein were described by the convicted sex trafficker as the “dog that hasn’t barked.”

At the same time, Ghislaine Maxwell is seeking a commutation from Trump. A whistleblower recently revealed that Maxwell is already receiving “concierge-style” treatment in federal custody after she was moved to a minimum security prison for women in Bryan, Texas. She is allowed customized meals, private after-hours access to the exercise yard, and even personal time with a puppy at the prison camp. She enjoys computer access denied to other inmates, many convicted of far lesser crimes. One prison official complained that he was tired of being “Maxwell’s bitch.”

The American ruling class presides over a justice system built not on law but on class privilege. The Epstein files give a glimpse of a degenerate elite that trafficked children and young women, protected abusers, suppressed evidence, manipulated the press and now openly blocks efforts to uncover the truth.

More revelations from the emails will surface in the coming days. What has emerged so far already indicts the entire financial aristocracy and its political and media servants.