This image shows an email exchange on December 1, 2018, between author Michael Wolff and a recipient identified only as "J" using the email address jjeevacation@gmail.com.
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📧 The Exchange Explained
The conversation is a rapid-fire discussion between Michael Wolff and Jeffrey Epstein about public relations strategy for handling negative media coverage and legal issues involving Donald Trump, particularly those related to payments to women.
The key points of the exchange are:
The Crisis: Wolff describes the claims they are discussing as "ludicrous and self-serving" but acknowledges they have "won the high ground—young, vulnerable, poor girls," indicating the issue involves sympathetic alleged victims. This is almost certainly referencing the legal and political fallout surrounding the hush money payments that Michael Cohen was facing charges for at the time (involving Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal).
Epstein's Strategy Suggestion (from "J"): Epstein (jjeevacation@gmail.com) suggests a specific media strategy to deflect the narrative:
"Do you think we highlight . . . that at the end of the day it was prostitution. sex for money. . . with state laws."
Goal: This suggestion attempts to minimize the political damage and moral condemnation by reframing the alleged conduct as a common, state-level crime of prostitution, rather than an abuse of power or a federal campaign finance violation (which Cohen was facing).
Wolff's Rejection: Wolff immediately advises against that line of messaging, saying, "don't tweet this" and noting that it "is going against virtue itself."
Wolff's Call for a Unified Strategy: Wolff concludes by advocating for a carefully planned, comprehensive PR strategy, rather than "a piecemeal response" or a quick tweet, to "game out everything" and create a structure for thinking through the problem.
Tres Rivers, Journalist