Following the release of recently discovered images and video footage that provided additional details about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump dismissed a request for comment with a direct six-word statement.
Trump stated during his most recent presidential campaign that if elected, he would have โno problemโ with disclosing documents pertaining to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Attorney General Pamela Bondiโs release of the so-called โfirst phaseโ of declassified Epstein files in February 2025 was a partial fulfilment of the presidentโs pledge; however, by July, Trumpโs Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had discovered โno basisโ to release additional files.
Additionally, theย DOJ statedย in its announcement earlier this month that it had discovered โno incriminating โclient list.โ
The decision not to release further files prompted speculation from some members of the public that Trump was โhidingโ details about Epstein, with the president only adding fuel to the fire when he was questioned by one reporter and responded,ย โAre people still talking about this guy? This creep? That is unbelievable.โ
After being questioned about photos taken in 1993, Trump attempted to silence the discussion between him and the disgraced financier once more, but he has since announced plans to release grand jury files pertaining to Epstein.
For the first time, Epsteinโs presence at Trumpโs second weddingโhis 1993 marriage to Marla Maplesโis confirmed by the media exposed byย CNNโs KFile.
During a 1999 Victoriaโs Secret fashion event in New York, footage seems to capture Trump and Epstein speaking and joking together.
Having met the financial advisor when he took pictures of him and Trump at the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York in October 1993, Dafydd Jones, the photographer from Trumpโs 1993 wedding, claimed CNN heโmust have recognisedโ Epstein at Trumpโs wedding.
โI wish now I took more of him with Trump,โย he said in new interview.ย โI had the job of photographing the Trump wedding, so I stood with the press and photographed him. The image you have is from the contact sheet โ the negatives were lost.โ
When contacted for comment about the wedding photos, Trump accused CNN of โfake newsโ and hit back with a six-word response, saying,ย โYouโve got to be kidding me.โ
In a slightly longer statement, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung commented:ย โThese are nothing more than out-of-context frame grabs of innocuous videos and pictures of widely attended events to disgustingly infer something nefarious.โ
โThe 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.โ
Since the 1980s, Trump and Epstein have maintained a relationship and are known to have gone to many of the same social gatherings. According to reports, the couple had a falling out over a high-profile Palm Beach real estate transaction in the middle of the 2000s.
