Donald Trump counterattacked on Friday, November 14, by calling for an investigation into the relations between Jeffrey Epstein and certain Democratic figures including Bill Clinton, at a time when his own links with the sex offender are the subject of new questions.
The American president announced, on his Truth Social network, that he would ask the Department of Justice and the Federal Police (FBI) to investigate several Democratic figures. In addition to the former president, who occupied the White House from 1993 to 2001, he cites Larry Summers, who was Bill Clinton’s finance minister, the investor and entrepreneur Reid Hoffman, the JP Morgan Chase bank as well as “many other people and institutions”.
“Records show these men, and many others, spent significant time with Epstein”he assures, without providing proof. Donald Trump once again accused his Democratic opponents of promoting “Epstein deception” and criticized the Republicans who are calling for more transparency, while parliamentarians must vote next week on a possible publication of documents linked to this affair.
Jeffrey Epstein, who like the American president was a figure in New York social life, “was a Democrat, he’s the Democrats’ problem, not the Republicans’ problem”said the 79-year-old billionaire, still on Truth Social.
Accusations that divide the American political class
“A few weak Republicans have fallen into the clutches [des démocrates] because they are soft and stupid”he attacked. The American president is referring to figures from his party who insist that the Department of Justice publish the documents in its possession regarding this very sensitive political-judicial matter.
It was relaunched this week by the publication of emails from the New York financier with a particularly full address book. Donald Trump “knew about girls” abused by the American sex offender and even “spent several hours” with one of them, say emails from Jeffrey Epstein, revealed by Democratic parliamentarians.
Among these emails are exchanges with Larry Summerswho was also an economic advisor to Barack Obama and president of the prestigious Harvard University. “How’s the wealthy and dissolute life going?” »wrote Larry Summers on October 27, 2017 to Jeffrey Epstein, who replied: “When we meet, I will try to fascinate you with crazy stories about Washington!!! ». Bill Clinton, for his part, frequented the New York financier in the 1990s and 2000s.
Accused of having facilitated the actions of Jeffrey Epstein by allowing him to finance his activities, the JP Morgan Chase bank agreed to pay $290 million to alleged victims, under an agreement announced in June 2023 and which avoided a media trial.
A vote expected on the publication of the Jeffrey Epstein files
Donald Trump had promised major revelations during his campaign on this scandal, which considerably agitated his base. Since his return to power in January, he has repeated that this affair, which he helped fuel, was in reality fabricated to harm him.
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The House of Representatives, which with the Senate makes up the American Congress, could vote as early as next week on a bill calling for the publication of « dossiers Epstein » of the Ministry of Justice.
At present, the American press estimates that a large number of Republicans could vote for it, despite the reluctance of the White House. With sa complice Ghislaine Maxwell as a tout, Jeffrey Epstein brought minors to his residences, particularly in New York and Florida, to sexually assault them under the pretext of massages.
His death in prison in 2019 and the delays in making investigative documents concerning him public have fueled speculation with conspiratorial overtones. The financier committed suicide in his cell according to the American authorities, before his already scheduled trial. Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a twenty-year prison sentence for sexual exploitation.
Some Americans and figures of the radical right believe that Jeffrey Epstein was in fact assassinated to prevent him from implicating prominent figures who would have benefited from his sexual exploitation network.
