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 “no problem” with disclosing documents pertaining to convicted offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi’s release of the so-called ‘first phase’ of declassified Epstein files in February 2025 was a partial fulfilment of the president’s pledge; however, by July, Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it had discovered ‘no basis’ to release additional files.
Additionally, the DOJ stated in its announcement earlier this month that it had discovered “no incriminating “client list.”
The decision not to release further files prompted speculation from some members of the public that Trump was ‘hiding’ details about Epstein, with the president only adding fuel to the fire when he was questioned by one reporter and responded, “Are people still talking about this guy? This creep? That is unbelievable.”
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, Epstein’s presence at Trump’s second wedding—his 1993 marriage to Marla Maples—is confirmed by the media exposed by CNN’s KFile.
During a 1999 Victoria’s 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 Trump’s 1993 wedding, claimed CNN he’must have recognised’ Epstein at Trump’s wedding.
“I wish now I took more of him with Trump,” he said in new interview. “I 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 – the negatives were lost.”
When contacted for comment about the wedding photos, Trump accused CNN of ‘fake news’ and hit back with a six-word response, saying, “You’ve got to be kidding me.”
In a slightly longer statement, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung commented: “These are nothing more than out-of-context frame grabs of innocuous videos and pictures of widely attended events to disgustingly infer something nefarious.”
