Renowned American journalist and author Michael Wolff, who has written extensively about US President Donald Trump, had encouraged American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to intimidate Trump and potentially undermine his first campaign for the White House in 2016.

Democratic US lawmakers on Wednesday released a series of emails between Epstein, his associate Ghislaine Maxwell, and Wolff, some of which referenced Trump directly.

House Republicans, in response, released more than 20,000 pages of documents and accused Democrats of attempting to “create a fake narrative to slander President Trump."

In one email from 2015, Wolff informed Epstein that broadcaster CNN planned to ask Trump about his relationship with Epstein.

“I think you should let him hang himself

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