House Democrats released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged, the New York Times reports.In one of the messages, Epstein flatly asserted that Trump “knew about the girls,” many of whom were later found by investigators to have been underage.In another, Epstein pondered how to address questions from the news media about their relationship as Trump was becoming a national political figure.CNN: Epstein mentioned Trump multiple times in private emails.The release dropped just hours before the discharge petition secured its 218th signature — enough to force a vote on making the Epstein files public.