Epstein Files

The account, revealed in an article titled “Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein”, adds to a growing trove of details about the pair’s close ties in the 1990s and early 2000s.

The Journal published a sensational report last week alleging that a 2003 birthday album made for Epstein by Ghislaine Maxwell featured Trump’s name and a drawing attributed to him.

As Trump gears up for a trip to the UK next week to finalize a trade deal with PM Starmer, he finds himself looking slightly vulnerable

Trump suggested that there was no “smoking gun” in the Epstein files as he sought to downplay a case that has long animated his MAGA supporters.

Following Epstein’s first arrest in 2006, Trump said the two had a falling out and that they had not spoken for years. After Epstein was arrested again in 2019 and died by suicide while awaiting trial, Trump distanced himself even further.

Epstein, a wealthy financier and convicted sex offender, was facing federal charges of sex-trafficking minors when he died by suicide in jail in 2019

The dispute reportedly centres on a 10-hour surveillance video from outside Epstein’s prison cell, released by the administration to support its conclusion that Epstein died by suicide and was not murdered in his cell in 2019.

Trump has managed to avoid much of the direct blame over the fiasco, with ire instead being directed at FBI director Kash Patel, his deputy Dan Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, has died by suicide in Australia aged 41, her family confirmed in a heartbreaking statement.

The report titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1" is believed to be lacking bombshell information.

Whether Jeffrey Epstein made sex tapes to blackmail clients or not, the new Epstein files have not brought any closure to the conundrum that is Jeffrey Epstein.