Yikes! After being told that his name appeared several times in the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Donald Trump continues to accuse former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, as well as former FBI Director James Comey, of “making up the fake news.”
As we shared earlier on social media, ’The Wall Street Journal’ reported that the Department of Justice reportedly informed President Trump back in May that his name appeared multiple times in the Epstein files. Trump was an associate of Epstein, who worked to cultivate celebrity and business relationship. In August 2019, he died by suicide in prison. He was awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges.
On Wednesday (July 23), the publication claimed Trump had a conversation with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. The latter allegedly delivered the news to Trump. Bondi allegedly noted that the files also included “hundreds” of other individuals tied to the late convicted sex offender. Shortly after allegedly notifying Trump, the Justice Department pressed pause on releasing the Epstein files to the public.
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Pam Bondi Reportedly Told Donald Trump His Name Appeared Several Times In Epstein Files, Trump Speaks
Last week, when asked what Pam Bondi told him about the review and if she told him that his name reportedly appeared several times in the Epstein files, Donald Trump continued to blame other political figures of creating “fake news.” On July 15, he told the press:
“The attorney general has handled that very well. She’s really done a very good job. And I think that when you look at it, you’ll understand that. I would like to see [transparency in the Epstein case] also. But, I think that the attorney general—the credibility is very important. And you want credible evidence for something like that. And I think the attorney general’s handled that very well.”
Trump continued to speak on Bondi’s review and his name allegedly appearing in the files. He said:
“No, no. She’s given us just a very quick briefing. And in terms of the credibility of the different things that they’ve seen, I would say that these files were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by the Biden [administration]. We went through years of that.”
White House Reacts To Reports Claiming Donald Trump’s Name Appeared Several Times In Epstein Files
According to Reuters, the White House sent mixed signals following The WSJ’s story. In an initial statement, Trump’s White House called the report “fake news.” One White House official stated, “The White House is not surprised by this. Trump’s name was present in the binders that Bondi produced and handed out.” The official added, “The White House does not view this as groundbreaking or new or surprising at all.” The official noted that there was no evidence of Trump being involved in any wrongdoing.
White House Communications Director Steven Cheung further told CNN:
“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, just like the Obama Russiagate scandal, which President Trump was right about.”
However, a White House official later told Reuters that the Trump Administration did not deny him being named in some files. The White House reportedly noted that Trump was already included in a slew of materials Bondi assembled in February for conservative influencers.
Reuters continued to report that several of said items were already released to the public during the criminal case against Epstein’s former associate, Ghislaine Maxwell. She is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence after her conviction for child sex trafficking and other crimes. One of the claims released during trial came from Epstein’s longtime pilot. He testified that Trump flew on Epstein’s private plane several times. Despite this, Trump denies being on the plane.
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