United States President Donald Trump has denied being friends with Jeffrey Epstein, saying that, unlike the “crooked democrats,” he never went to the late financier’s island. Trump has also accused the late convicted sex offender of plotting against him.
Last week, the US Department of Justice released the final batch of over 3 million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, legislation signed by Trump in November. The law has compelled the agency to publish data tied to federal criminal investigations into Epstein’s dealings.
Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday that “not only wasn’t I friendly with Jeffrey Epstein but, based upon information that has just been released by the Department of Justice, Epstein and a SLEAZEBAG lying ‘author’ named Michael Wolff, conspired in order to damage me and/or my Presidency.”
“Unlike so many people that like to ‘talk’ trash, I never went to the infested Epstein island, but almost all of these Crooked Democrats, and their Donors, did,” he insisted.
Trump has vowed to sue Wolff, a U.S. journalist who was behind the 2018 unauthorized autobiography ‘Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House’.
For his part, Wolff posted an Instagram message on Sunday that said he wasn’t sure what had caused Trump’s anger, but acknowledged that he had encouraged Epstein to “go public with what he knew about Trump.”
According to a report by RT, the U.S. president’s name is mentioned in the files on at least 3,000 occasions. The documents also show that Epstein, who died in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges, had communication with multiple high-profile US figures, including former President Bill Clinton and billionaires Bill Gates and Elon Musk.
In 2016, Wolff claimed that Trump’s dealings with Epstein were the “bullet” that could end his presidential campaign.
The DOJ prefaced its latest release with a statement, saying the emails revealed no suggestion from Epstein that Trump “had done anything criminal or had any inappropriate contact with any of his victims.” According to the agency, the emails instead show the convicted sex offender frequently disparaging the president, calling him “stupid” and questioning his mental fitness. –RT
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