House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, is facing fresh political headwinds after the release of a 2013 fundraising solicitation sent to Jeffrey Epstein—five years after Epstein became a registered sex offender—inviting him to attend a Democratic event or to meet privately with the then–newly elected congressman.
The message, authored by Lisa Rossi of Dynamic SRG, a consulting firm working on behalf of Jeffries and Democratic campaign efforts, pitched the freshman lawmaker as “one of the rising stars in the New York Congressional delegation” and “Brooklyn’s Barack.” Epstein was encouraged to join a fundraising dinner with then-President Barack Obama or to “get to know Hakeem better,” described in the email as “a progressive voice for New York politics for years to come.”
Wait so Hakeem Jeffries invited Epstein to a dinner to solicit money from him in 2013, AFTER Epstein was convicted for procuring a child for prostitution??? pic.twitter.com/NOJGHRDjzB
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 18, 2025
The solicitation surfaced in more than 20,000 pages of records released last week by the House Oversight Committee, which is conducting an expansive review of Epstein-related documents recovered from his estate. Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting federal sex-trafficking charges. Jeffries wasn’t the only Democrat connected to Epstein, according to the emails. Other Democrats contacted the disgraced financier hoping to get dirt on Trump.
Although Epstein received the invitation, Federal Election Commission records show he made no donations to Jeffries, the DCCC, or affiliated political entities during the period in question.
House Oversight Chairman James Comer, a Republican from Kentucky, seized on the email in remarks on the House floor Tuesday, arguing that Democrats have selectively condemned Epstein’s ties to Republicans while downplaying their own. “Another email shows Democrat fundraisers invited Epstein to an event or to meet privately with Hakeem Jeffries as part of their 2013 effort to win a majority,” Comer said. “So Hakeem Jeffries’ campaign solicited money from Jeffrey Epstein.”
Jeffries forcefully rejected that characterization during an interview with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins later that evening. “I have no recollection of the email,” he said. “I’ve never met him. I’ve never interacted with him. Certainly not [received] any contribution from him.” He dismissed the broader allegations as fiction, later telling reporters that Comer is a “stone-cold liar.”
The dispute comes as Congress overwhelmingly approved bipartisan legislation this week requiring the Department of Justice to release all remaining unredacted Epstein files, a measure that now heads to President Trump for his signature.
Jeffries has repeatedly called for complete public transparency in the Epstein case. Conservatives, however, argue that the 2013 outreach email undercuts those appeals, pointing to it as an instance of partisan selectivity—particularly after earlier document releases included correspondence tied to figures associated with Trump.
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