Jeffrey Epstein mentioned President Donald Trump in multiple emails to his associate Ghislaine Maxwell and a journalist, at one point writing Trump “knew about the girls as he asked Ghislaine to stop,” according to messages newly released by House Democrats. The House Oversight Committee made public three email chains sent between 2011 and 2019, which they say came from Epstein’s estate as part of their broader investigation into his network. Republicans on the committee later released what they say are 20,000 additional pages from Epstein's estate. Host Yasmin Vossoughian is joined by chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Nobles and senior national politics reporter Jon Allen to unpack what’s in these emails, what they could mean and what might come next. Meanwhile, the House is back after more than a month away and set to vote Wednesday night on a deal to reopen the government. The plan, crafted in the Senate, skips funding for Affordable Care Act subsidies. Lawmakers will vote on that separately, but Republicans want to tie any extensions to new abortion limits, setting up the next big fight in Washington. NBC News senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur explains.
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