On Nov. 12, 2025, the U.S House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a cache of more than 20,000 documents related to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Among these documents were emails to and from Epstein, some of which discussed U.S. President Donald Trump, who reportedly had a years-long relationship with the late, disgraced financier.
The same day, Democrats forced a vote on H.R. 4405, a bill that would compel the Department of Justice to release the so-called Epstein files. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said he would schedule a vote for the week of Nov. 17, 2025.
As the public explored the cache of documents and awaited the vote, rumors began to swirl about what the emails revealed about Epstein and what he knew about Trump. Here are seven Snopes has verified.
