Two Senators question White House Chief of staff on Epstein remarks
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Dick Durbin sent a letter to Susie Wiles seeking details about comments she made in a recent interview, in which she said she had reviewed the so-called Epstein files and indicated that President Donald Trump appears in them. In that interview, Wiles stated: “We know he’s in the file. And he’s not in the file doing anything awful," adding that Trump “was on (Epstein’s) plane … he’s on the manifest. They were, you know, sort of young, single, whatever — I know it’s a passe word but sort of young, single playboys together.”
In their letter, the Democratic lawmakers asked Wiles to clarify when and how she accessed the materials and under what authority she reviewed them prior to any public release.
They requested a written response by Jan. 5 and posed a series of detailed questions about the scope and nature of the records she examined. The senators asked what the documents contained, whether any were presented to a grand jury, and when Wiles first obtained access to them.
Whitehouse and Durbin also questioned the purpose behind her review of the materials and whether any information from the files was shared with Trump.
Additionally, they asked Wiles to explain any role she may have played in decisions involving the “review, redaction, withholding, or release” of Epstein-related records, including whether the Department of Justice or the FBI was involved in such processes.
According to official statements, the Justice Department announced last week that more than one million additional pages of documents linked to Epstein had been discovered. Authorities said the records would be made public “as soon as possible” following a review process, in line with requirements under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which became law on Nov. 19, as well as existing federal laws and court orders.
Epstein was found dead in his New York City jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex trafficking charges. In 2008, he pleaded guilty in Florida to procuring a minor for prostitution, a conviction that critics have long described as a “sweetheart deal.”
Victims have alleged that Epstein ran a vast sex trafficking operation involving individuals from wealthy and influential circles.
The case has remained a deeply divisive political issue in the United States, with lawmakers and advocates across party lines calling for greater openness about Epstein’s associates and anyone who may have enabled his crimes.
Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing connected to Epstein. However, their past social and business interactions, along with Epstein’s extensive ties to political, financial, and academic figures in the US and abroad, have continued to fuel demands for the full release of official records.
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