Washington, Feb 17: US President Donald Trump has once again denied any connections to financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, following the release of the Epstein Files. Speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Trump insisted that he has “nothing to hide.”
“I have nothing to hide. I’ve been exonerated. I have nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. They went in hoping that they’d find something and found just the opposite. I’ve been totally exonerated,” Trump said.
The president also alleged that Epstein tried to work against him during the 2016 US presidential elections, stating, “In fact, Jeffrey Epstein was fighting that I don’t get elected with some author.”
Since the release of the Epstein Files, which repeatedly mention Trump’s name, the US president has downplayed any relationship with Epstein. Trump claims he cut ties with Epstein in the early 2000s after the sex offender recruited one of his employees from the Mar-a-Lago estate.
White House Response
The White House has consistently downplayed any links between Trump and Epstein. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stated that Trump expelled Epstein from Mar-a-Lago because he was a “creep” and emphasized the president’s transparency regarding the matter.
“The president has always remained consistent and kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club at Mar-a-Lago because Epstein was a creep. Unlike many others named in these files, President Trump cut off his relationship with Epstein and has been honest and transparent about that for years. The release of over three million documents related to Epstein’s crimes only demonstrates the level of transparency this administration has committed to,” Leavitt said.
Trump in the Epstein Files
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently released more than three million documents, images, and videos as part of the Epstein Files. In this latest batch, Trump’s name appears over 1,000 times.
According to a New York Times report, over 5,300 files contain more than 38,000 references to Trump, his wife Melania, the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, and other related terms.
While some mentions are benign, others involve allegations of sexual assault and rape, which officials have not verified. The DOJ reviewed these allegations but stated that they found no credible information to justify a detailed investigation.
