The latest release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein offers new insights into communications between former President Bill Clinton’s staff and Epstein, as well as his long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, including occasionally salacious email exchanges.
The Justice Department’s document release comes just days before the expected vote in the House of Representatives on contempt of Congress charges against the Clintons, who refused a subpoena to testify in the bipartisan Epstein investigation, reports CNN.
The House of Representatives, led by Republicans, is expected to vote this week on contempt charges against Bill and Hillary Clinton for failing to testify.
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee, as well as some Democrats, voted last month to initiate proceedings against the former President and former Secretary of State.
The release of more than three million documents on Friday follows a smaller set of documents released in December 2025, which revealed previously unseen photographs of Bill Clinton and Epstein together, as well as Clinton shirtless in a hot tub with a person whom a Justice Department official described as one of Epstein’s sexual abuse victims.
The latest files include frequent communications between Maxwell, who is currently serving a prison sentence for sex trafficking of minors, and Clinton’s staff from 2001 to 2004. During this time, Bill Clinton traveled on Epstein’s private jet at least 16 times, according to CNN’s analysis.
Among the newly released documents is a list of sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump, stemming from unverified tips that the Justice Department gathered last summer. The list also includes accusations against Bill Clinton. Both have denied any wrongdoing related to Epstein. Epstein was found dead in prison in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal charges for human trafficking.
Messages from Ghislaine Maxwell
The names of Clinton’s staffers in the emails are often redacted, showing only “WJC,” which appears to be a reference to the office of William J. Clinton following his presidency.
Clinton’s spokesperson, Angel Ureña, told CNN that Bill Clinton is not the author of any of these messages.
“I cannot confirm whose they are; I can only tell you whose they are not: Bill Clinton’s,” Ureña said.
“I would say that he never sent emails, but the truth is that he did it twice in his life, both times as President. Once to former astronaut and Senator John Glenn while he was orbiting the Earth in the Space Shuttle Discovery, and another time to American soldiers serving in the Adriatic,” he added.
Ureña also stated that Clinton “did not have or share a device, account, or address with anyone.”
Most of the communication between Maxwell and Clinton’s staff concerns logistical details about travel and dinners. In one email from April 2003, Maxwell writes to a redacted address: “I’m glad you’re coming to dinner – JE says, do you think Clinton would want to come – let me know.”
In another from 2001, a member of Clinton’s staff asks Maxwell for Prince Andrew’s phone number to arrange a round of golf during Clinton’s trip to Scotland.
Maxwell occasionally used flirtatious language in her messages. In one exchange, she told a member of Clinton’s staff that she had told a tabloid that he was “a great guy, and I’m in love with him and that he’s ‘well-endowed like a horse,’ and well, you get it. Hope you don’t mind!”
In another 2002 message, an individual whose name is redacted wrote to Maxwell from Clinton’s address: “I went home with someone I’ve already been with, a forty-year-old blonde widow with big breasts, if you can believe that. I really need to stop drinking.”
There is no evidence in the documents that Maxwell communicated directly with the former President. However, years later, after she was publicly accused of recruiting and abusing girls with Epstein in 2009, she was still welcomed in Clinton’s circles. In September 2013, she was a guest at the prestigious Clinton Global Initiative conference.
Contempt of Congress Charges
As the documents revealing Clinton’s interactions with Epstein were made public, Republicans in the House of Representatives have spent months arguing with the Clintons’ team over testimony. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer insisted that the Clintons personally appear for closed-door hearings, claiming that the former President has relevant information since Epstein visited the White House and Clinton flew on his plane.
Clinton’s lawyers have repeatedly argued in letters that they were unfairly singled out, calling the subpoenas “invalid and legally unenforceable.”
They offered for the former President to be available for a limited interview in New York, but Comer rejected that offer, claiming that the Clintons were seeking special treatment. When negotiations failed, neither Clinton appeared for the scheduled testimony.
When the committee moved forward with the contempt charge, it was supported by nearly half of the Democrats on the committee, arguing that this was to protect the authority of congressional subpoenas. The vote angered top Democrats, including former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
A successful vote on the contempt charge in the House of Representatives would be a symbolic rebuke to the Clintons, but it could also have legal consequences, as the case would be referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecution.
However, there is still a possibility of a settlement. Last week, Comer told reporters that “there’s an opportunity” for the two sides to reach an agreement before the vote.
