Sleeping with married women: Does a crass joke reveal Trump-Epstein close ties?
Newly uncovered archival footage and photographs have reignited scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s past ties with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The most striking revelation is Epstein’s confirmed presence at Trump’s 1993 wedding to Marla Maples, which was not widely known until now, according to a CNN report.
Additionally, an anecdote shared by Mark Epstein, Jeffrey Epstein’s brother, paints an even closer picture of Trump-Epstein’s past relationship. Speaking to CNN, Mark recalled a conversation Jeffrey had with Trump in 1999.
“Jeffrey told me he asked Donald, ‘How come you sleep with so many married women?'” Mark said. Trump’s reply was “Because it’s so wrong,” Mark told CNN.
Footage from a 1999 Victoria’s Secret fashion show in New York shows Trump and Epstein laughing and chatting together ahead of the runway event, CNN reported.
The broadcaster’s KFILE uncovered the raw footage during a review of archival video of Trump at events in the 1990s and 2000s. Trump and Epstein appeared together in at least one video among the limited archival footage reviewed. KFILE is the leading investigation team for the social and mobile generation.
The newly surfaced photos and footage come as Trump’s past ties to Epstein is under scrutiny.
Trump hosted a party with “young women” that was only attended by the child adult offender, according to a report by The New York Times (NYT). The report came days after the Wall Street Journal stated that Trump sent Epstein a provocative birthday note featuring a nude sketch of a woman along with a cryptic message.
TRUMP CALLS CNN REPORT ‘FAKE NEWS’, WHITE HOUSE TERMS REPORT ‘OUT OF CONTEXT’
When the broadcaster contacted Trump this week for comment, he dismissed the outlet as “fake news”.
On being asked about the wedding photos, Trump responded, “You’ve got to be kidding me,” before repeatedly calling CNN “fake news” and hanging up, CNN reported.
The White House also rejected the report, calling it “out-of-context.”
In a statement to CNN, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung said, “These are nothing more than out-of-context frame grabs of innocuous videos and pictures of widely attended events to disgustingly infer something nefarious.
“The fact is that the President kicked him out of his club for being a creep. This is nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media,” CNN quoted Cheung as saying.
MARK SAYS A JOKE INDICATES HOW CLOSE EPSTEIN WAS TO TRUMP
Epstein’s brother, Mark, told CNN’s Erin Burnett about his late brother’s “very close” friendship with Donald Trump in the 1990s, according to the report.
“I know Donald was in Jeff’s office a lot back in the 1990s,” Mark said.
Mark went ahead and shared the anecdote.
“We were talking and – well, stick a pin in that – a couple of weeks or a week before that flight, I was talking to Jeffrey, and he told me that he was talking to Donald, and he asked Donald, ‘How come you sleep with so many married women?’”
To which Trump replied: “Because it’s so wrong,” according to Mark.
“Now, among guys, it was a funny line, and then when we were on the plane a week or two later, Jeffrey asked Donald the same question. I know he did that for my benefit so that I could hear Donald say it,” Mark further added.
Again, Trump’s answer was the same: “Because it’s so wrong.”
“That’s not the kind of question you ask a casual acquaintance,” Mark said.
Epstein, a financier who socialised with a range of politicians and powerful figures, was charged in 2019 with adult trafficking minors in Florida and New York. He was later found dead in his jail cell while awaiting trial, CNN reported.
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