Democrats have released emails in which sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggested that US President Donald Trump was aware of the financier's sexual abuse and definitely "knew about the girls".
Mr Trump has denied any involvement in or knowledge of the activities of his former friend, who died by suicide in prison in 2019 as he was awaiting trial.
But Democrats on the House of Representatives' Oversight Committee said the emails "raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein's horrific crimes".
The White House said the release of the correspondence was an attempt to smear the president.
"The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
The emails have been released, four months after the Department of Justice effectively closed the case, announcing that there was no more information to share.
Democrats - keen to capitalise on the controversy - have been trying to force a vote in the House of Representatives that would compel publication of the full case files.
The newly-released emails were written to longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell - who was convicted of sex trafficking after Epstein's death - and the author Michael Wolff.
In them, Epstein claims that President Trump spent significant time with a woman who Democrats describe as a victim of sex trafficking.
In one email to Mr Wolff - shared by Democrats and dated 31 January 2019 - Epstein allegedly wrote: "Trump said he asked me to resign, never a member ever ... of course he knew about the girls as he asked ghislaine to stop".
In another message, from April 2011, Epstein told Maxwell: "I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump".
He added that an unnamed victim "spent hours at my house with him ... he has never once been mentioned."
Maxwell replied: "I have been thinking about that".
Democrats on the House of Representatives' Oversight Committee obtained the emails after subpoenaing Epstein's estate earlier this year.
President Trump has not been accused of any criminal wrongdoing in connection with Epstein or Maxwell.
In a 7 July memo, the Department of Justice said the Epstein "client list" that Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed to have been reviewing did not exist, and reaffirmed that he died by suicide in his prison cell.
It sparked a furious backlash from Mr Trump's support base, which believes that a "deep state" cover-up was protecting figures in the Democratic Party accused of being Epstein's clients.
The president's allies - including two who have since been hired to run the FBI - made careers of fanning the conspiracy theories, including that Epstein's death was a murder ordered by his powerful clients.
Prominent online influencers and media figures in the movement, as well as ordinary voters, have spoken of feeling betrayed after Mr Trump began publicly castigating them for wanting answers.
His ties to Epstein are extensive.
The pair were pictured partying together during a 15-year friendship before they reportedly fell out in 2004 over a property deal and Mr Trump denounced his former ally.
Epstein admitted two prostitution charges in 2008 as part of a plea deal - arranged by a prosecutor who would go on to serve in President Trump's cabinet - that was widely criticised as being too lenient.
