BBC VerifyNew document release doesn’t have Virginia’s name redactedpublished at 17:50 GMT

17:50 GMT

By Wesley Stephenson and Tom Edgington

New Epstein emails,
which contain references to President Donald Trump, were first released by the
US House Democrats this morning.

One email, from Epstein
to Maxwell in April 2011, claims Trump spent hours with a victim. It
reads:

“I want you to
realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. [Victim] spent hours
at my house with him.”

The victim’s name was
fully redacted in the email.

Graphic showing an email header and body, with the header showing the email was from Jeffrey Epstein to Gmax on 2 April 2011. It reads: “i want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is trump.. VICTIM [redacted] spent hours at my house with him,, he has never once been mentioned. police chief. etc. im 75% there.” Below the email the quote “that dog that hasn't barked is trump.. VICTIM spent hours at my house with him” is highlighted in red.

Shortly afterwards, the White House put out a statement saying the “unnamed victim” was Virginia Giuffre who “repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever”.

Since that statement, BBC Verify has been combing through the documents released by the Republican-controlled House Oversight Committee. It has found the same email – in a file named HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031326.txt.

However, unlike the fully redacted one put out by the US House Democrats, a name does appear:

“i want you to realize that that dog that hasn’t barked is trump.. virignia spent hours at my house with him ,,”

Asked why the name was originally redacted, Representative Robert Garcia – the leading Democrat on the US House Oversight Committee – said the party will never release names of victims in line with the wishes of the families.