By David Morgan and Helen Coster

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some prominent conservative influencers sought to downplay newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein in which the convicted sex offender wrote that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” arguing the messages were part of a broader Democratic hoax targeting the U.S. president.

The emails, released by House Democrats on Wednesday, again thrust the relationship between Epstein and Trump into the spotlight. Trump, who was friends with Epstein in the 1990s and early 2000s before the two had a falling out, has consistently denied knowing about the late financier’s abuse and sex trafficking of underage girls.

The House will vote next week on whether to require the Justice Department to publish all of its unclassified files on Epstein.

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