House Democrats Release Epstein Report on Trump as Epstein-Themed Campaign Ads Draw Scrutiny
Photo: The New RepublicHouse Judiciary Committee Democrats released a 50-page report on Monday alleging that President Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of young women and that the Trump administration covered it up. The report draws on accounts from 11 women, FBI records and documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The women either accuse Trump of rape or sexual assault or say Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell offered them to him, mostly in the 1990s, according to the committee. The report also says Attorney General Todd Blanche, in July 2025 interviews with Maxwell, asked nothing specific about a Jane Doe who told the FBI that Trump assaulted her at 14, and cut Maxwell off when she began to address it. Separately, campaign finance records show LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman gave $5 million to Senate Majority PAC on Sept. 25 and $8.5 million to House Majority PAC. Both groups are running ads tying Republicans to Epstein, and House Majority PAC has spent $2.3 million on them in battleground races.
The Washington Free Beacon, the only right-leaning outlet here, does not mention the committee report. It leads with Hoffman, calling him a Democratic megadonor who visited Epstein's island and sent gifts to Epstein and his "girls," and it frames the ads as hypocritical. It details the ads aimed at Republicans Ashley Hinson, Susan Collins and Roger Marshall. MS NOW and The New Republic lead instead with the report. MS NOW highlights a top Democrat urging Americans to read it, and The New Republic centers on Blanche's handling of the Maxwell interview. Neither mentions the ads or Hoffman. Both sides address Epstein's political fallout but with opposite targets. Consortium News largely matches the left, adding a new rape allegation and noting the evidence contradicts Trump's claim that he was merely an acquaintance of Epstein.
How the sides differ Right sources focus on a Democratic donor funding Epstein-themed campaign ads; left and alternative sources focus on the Democratic committee report alleging Trump's involvement and a DOJ cover-up.
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MS NOW and The New Republic lead with the House Judiciary Democrats' report, quoting its allegations about Trump and detailing how Blanche questioned Maxwell, with a top Democrat urging people to read it.
Consortium News reports the 11 women's accounts and a new rape allegation in the Democratic report, saying lawmakers claim the DOJ covered it up, and notes the evidence contradicts Trump's description of Epstein as an acquaintance.
The Washington Free Beacon leads with Reid Hoffman's multimillion-dollar donations to Democratic super PACs running Epstein ads against Republicans, stressing his own Epstein island visit and gifts, and does not mention the committee report.