President Donald Trump wrote sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein a note in a signed copy of Trump's book in October 1997, calling him "the greatest," The New York Times reports.
President Trump was listed as a contributor to a book for Jeffrey Epstein's 50th birthday, adding evidence that he participated in the gift.
-- The New York Times (@nytimes.com) Jul 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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@#4 ... Drip ... drip ... drip ... ...
Pres Trump should have just been as transparent as he had claimed to be, and release the Epstein files.
But he didn't.
And yes,now we see the drip, drip, drip of information as journalists probe the topic.
Pres Trump, imo, has brought this upon himself.
PressSec: "President Trump is truly the most transparent & accessible President in American history" (April 2025)
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OpEd: I Covered the Epstein Case for Decades. These Are 9 Questions We Actually Need Answered.
www.nytimes.com
... President Trump and members of his administration teased us with the prospect of making public Jeffrey Epstein's F.B.I. files. Instead, we got zilch.
Mr. Trump then ordered the Department of Justice to seek the release of some grand jury testimony -- a request that a federal judge in Florida denied on Wednesday. But even that information, though it might have filled in some gaps in the Epstein story, would have been only a sliver of what's in the F.B.I. files " which include a mind-boggling "300 gigabytes of data and physical evidence," according to the Department of Justice and the F.B.I.
The American people -- and above all, the victims of Mr. Epstein's crimes -- deserve answers to outstanding questions about how he operated, with whose help and in whose service. With the exception of redactions required to protect the innocent and materials that must be withheld while under court seal, the complete F.B.I. files should be released.
Here are nine unanswered questions about the Epstein case -- ones that a curious, non-conspiracy-minded citizen might have -- that the files might help answer: ...
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