Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released emails Wednesday, including one from 2019 in which disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein alleged that President Trump "knew about the girls."

The big picture: Democrats assert the emails "raise serious questions" about Trump and his knowledge of Epstein's crimes • Trump had earlier dismissed demands for additional files tied to the Epstein investigation as a Democratic "hoax." He's acknowledged he was once friendly with the convicted sex offender but said that they had a falling out.

Context: In the 2019 email, Epstein's line that Trump "knew about the girls" appears to refer to the president's past claim that he banned Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club for allegedly approaching young women who worked there.

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