Epstein claimed he 'gave' Trump his ex-girlfriend after dating her for 2 years in bombshell emails

In a fresh batch of Epstein emails released by House Democrats, the late convicted offender claimed that Trump 'knew about the girls'
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Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997 (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997 (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC: Jeffrey Epstein once claimed he “gave” his ex-girlfriend to Donald Trump after having been with her for two years.

In a fresh batch of Epstein emails released by House Democrats, the late convicted offender claimed he once “gave” his ex-girlfriend to Trump after dating her for two years and that the president “knew about the girls.”

Bombshell Epstein cmemail drop

On Wednesday morning, November 12, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee published newly unearthed emails Epstein sent to Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff about Trump.

The messages show Epstein bragging that “Of course he knew about the girls,” and that Trump “spent hours at my house” with a young woman that House Republicans say was Virginia Roberts Giuffre. Epstein even mused about letting Trump “hang himself” with comments about their relationship.

(House Oversight Committee)
(House Oversight Committee)

But Republicans weren’t about to let Democrats steal the show. Within hours, they fired back with their own document dump with tens of thousands of pages packed with their own revelations.

One of the more eyebrow-raising exchanges came in Epstein’s correspondence with then–New York Times reporter Thomas Landon Jr. “Would you like photos of Donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” Epstein asked. Landon responded, “Yes!!!” 

Epstein followed up with specifics. “Hawaiian Tropic girl Lauren Petrella,” he wrote in one message. In another, he linked to a story about Norwegian heiress Celina Midelfart and said she was “my 20-year-old girlfriend in 93, that after two years I gave to Donald."

(House Oversight Committee)
(House Oversight Committee)

The Lauren Petrella and Celina Midelfart connection

It's worth noting that Lauren Petrella wasn’t just any “Hawaiian Tropic girl.” She was later named in a since-withdrawn harassment lawsuit filed by Jill Harth against Trump. That suit included a bombshell allegation involving Petrella.

"In the predawn hours, a contestant named Lauren Petrella — who, at age 22, was 24 years younger than the 46-year-old Trump — allegedly found Trump, unannounced and uninvited, in her bed. 'You said you don’t sleep with men on the first date,' he told her, according to the lawsuit filed by Harth. 'Now it’s the second date, and here I am.'"

It's also worth noting that Celina Midelfart was reportedly the woman Trump was out with the night he first met Melania Knauss, the then-Slovenian model who would go on to become first lady Melania Trump.

Property developer Donald Trump and Norwegian businesswoman Celina Midelfart attend the 23rd annual Million-Dollar Beauty Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on April 6, 1998, in New York City, New York. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Property developer Donald Trump and Norwegian businesswoman Celina Midelfart attend the 23rd annual Million-Dollar Beauty Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on April 6, 1998, in New York City, New York (Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Ghislaine Maxwell’s take, Adelita Grijalva's appointment

The emails don’t exactly match the story told by Epstein’s longtime partner-in-crime, Ghislaine Maxwell. She told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in a prison interview on July 24, “I don’t think they were close friends or I certainly never witnessed the President in any of — I don’t recall ever seeing him in [Epstein’s] house, for instance.”

NEW YORK - MAY 6:  (U.S.TABLOIDS AND HOLLYWOOD REPORTER OUT) Socialite Ghisllane Maxwell attends Car
Socialite Ghisllane Maxwell attends Cartier's "Le Baiser du Dragon" honoring New Yorkers for Children May 6, 2003 at the Cartier Mansion in New York City (Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

According to Democrats, these messages came from a trove of more than 23,000 documents turned over by the Epstein Estate to the Oversight Committee. The timing of the release was interesting as House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) finally swore in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), who’d been waiting since her September 23 election to take her seat.

Critics accused Johnson of dragging his feet because Grijalva’s vote could tip the scales. She’s expected to be the decisive 218th signature on a discharge petition that would force a full House floor vote to release the rest of the Epstein files.

TUCSON, ARIZONA - JULY 15: Democratic U.S. congressional candidate Adelita Grijalva speaks at a primary election-night party at El Casino Ballroom on July 15, 2025 in South Tucson, Arizona. Grijalva, the Pima County supervisor, is running in a special election held for the state's 7th District seat vacated by the death of her father, longtime U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Democratic U.S. congressional candidate Adelita Grijalva speaks at a primary election-night party at El Casino Ballroom on July 15, 2025, in South Tucson, Arizona. (Photo by Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

Trump’s denials about Epstein

Meanwhile, Trump has been trying to close the book on Epstein for years. He has repeatedly dismissed the entire thing as a “Democrat hoax” and insisted the Epstein saga is a “dead issue.”

Back in July, the Department of Justice said it wouldn’t release any more Epstein-related material. In September, the Wall Street Journal published a supposed birthday card Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein for his 50th. The message was notably scrawled inside the outline of a naked woman.

However, Trump has since dismissed that letter as a "fake."

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